Penny L. Juday

Penny Lynn Juday , usually credited as "Penny L. Juday",  was the Star Trek art department coordinator as well as the archivist who was responsible for managing props, set pieces, models, blueprints, photographs, and many other parts of Star Trek history. She cataloged everything on the Paramount Pictures lot relating to Star Trek, and was the first source production designers or set dressers approached when a piece of information or a certain object was needed. Juday also worked as a shopper for the productions, including Deep Space Nine, and located several set pieces and props used on the show on the countryside.

Juday started her association with the Star Trek franchise, when she was hired in 1991 by Set Decorator Mickey S. Michaels as a production associate for  which was in pre-production at the time. Nevertheless, Michaels put her also to work as such for  which was concurrently in production. 

Juday was frequently interviewed for the special features on Star Trek DVDs, and often provided glimpses into the vault of Star Trek memorabilia housed at Paramount. She also managed the History of the Future museum at Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada. Juday became a logical choice for the franchise to be assigned as a Researcher for the Star Trek Fact Files (credited as Penny Smartt-Juday) and its subsequent US derivative  as Project Coordinator, contributing photos and information to the technical briefings in both.

She had cameo appearances as a civilian of the  in  and as a Ba'ku in . In Generations, she is seen sitting at a table at the beginning of the scene and later leaves the bar, when Picard enters. A good image of her in costume is included in the photo gallery of the Star Trek Generations (Special Edition) DVD set. Ensign Penny M. Juday, an obscure name on a casualty list glimpsed during , was named for her.

Juday previously worked as a recurring background actress, a bar patron at the "Lobo", in the comedy series Roseanne.

Juday married former  and  scenic artist Anthony Fredrickson on 24 June 2000, after some gentle prodding by Denise Okuda. 

On 19 December 2015, Juday died following a battle with cancer, followed in death by her husband a mere two months later.

Star Trek work 
  – Set Buyer / Art Department Coordinator
  – Art Department Coordinator
  – Production Assistant / Art Department Coordinator
  – Art Department Coordinator
  – Art Department Coordinator
  – Art Department Coordinator

Star Trek appearances

Star Trek interviews 
 TOS Season 2 DVD special feature, "Designing the Final Frontier"
 TNG Season 2 DVD special feature, "Inside Starfleet Archives – Penny Juday, Star Trek Coordinator", interviewed on 
 DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature, "Secrets of Quark's Bar", interviewed on 
  special feature, "Penny's Toy Box"
  special features, "A Tribute to Matt Jefferies" and "Captain Picard's Family Album"
  special feature, "Build and Rebuild"

External links 
 
 
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  at StarTrek.com
 

Production associates
Star Trek publication editors
Art department
Performers
Film performers
Exhibit and attraction staff