Diana Charlton Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American film and
television actress. Muldaur's television roles include Rosalind Shays
on L.A. Law and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star
Trek: The Next Generation. She also appeared in two episodes of Star
Trek: The Original Series in the late 1960s, playing two different
roles. She has been nominated for an Emmy two times: twice as a
supporting actress on L.A. Law in 1990 and 1991. She was also
nominated twice for a Q Award from Viewers for Quality Television for
L.A. Law.[citation needed]Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised on
the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, Muldaur started acting
in high school and continued on through college, graduating from Sweet
Briar College in Virginia in 1960. She studied acting under Stella
Adler and made her name on the New York stage. She was at one point a
board member of the Screen Actors Guild and was the first woman to
serve as president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
(1983â€"1985).In 1965, Muldaur landed the role of Ann Wicker in the
CBS daytime soap opera The Secret Storm. She then did a five-episode
arc as Jeannie Orloff in the final season of Richard Chamberlain's NBC
medical drama, Dr. Kildare.
television actress. Muldaur's television roles include Rosalind Shays
on L.A. Law and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star
Trek: The Next Generation. She also appeared in two episodes of Star
Trek: The Original Series in the late 1960s, playing two different
roles. She has been nominated for an Emmy two times: twice as a
supporting actress on L.A. Law in 1990 and 1991. She was also
nominated twice for a Q Award from Viewers for Quality Television for
L.A. Law.[citation needed]Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised on
the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, Muldaur started acting
in high school and continued on through college, graduating from Sweet
Briar College in Virginia in 1960. She studied acting under Stella
Adler and made her name on the New York stage. She was at one point a
board member of the Screen Actors Guild and was the first woman to
serve as president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
(1983â€"1985).In 1965, Muldaur landed the role of Ann Wicker in the
CBS daytime soap opera The Secret Storm. She then did a five-episode
arc as Jeannie Orloff in the final season of Richard Chamberlain's NBC
medical drama, Dr. Kildare.
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