Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy  is an actress who portrayed T'Les in the  fourth season episodes  and . Parts of her latter costume were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay.  She is perhaps best known for her supporting role as Dolores in the film , in which she co-starred with David L. Lander and Christopher Lloyd. She is also known for playing the role of Zhora in the acclaimed 1982 science fiction film .

Cassidy began her film career with a bit part in 1968's Bullitt, which also featured  guest star Vic Tayback. After several uncredited appearances on the Desilu series Mission: Impossible, she had a supporting roles in the 1973 films The Outfit, with Elisha Cook, and The Laughing Policeman, co-starring  actor Anthony Zerbe. She then played the female lead opposite George C. Scott in the 1974 comedy Bank Shot. Subsequent film credits include Stay Hungry (1976, with Ed Begley, Jr.), The Late Show (1977, with Eugene Roche), and Under Fire (1983, with Hamilton Camp).

In 1979, Cassidy starred in the short-lived ABC series 240-Robert during its first season, playing Deputy Morgan Wainwright, helicopter pilot for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Emergency Services Detail. In 1984, she earned an -nomination for her role in the short-lived NBC sitcom Buffalo Bill, on which TOS guest star John Fiedler also starred. The following year she played Elizabeth "Foxfire" Towne in the NBC action series Code Name: Foxfire, although it only lasted a few episodes. 

Afterward, Cassidy continued starring in films, including Club Paradise (1986, Andrea Martin, Antoinette Bower, and Bruce McGill), The Fourth Protocol (1987, with Matt Frewer) and 1969 (1988, co-starring Mariette Hartley and Winona Ryder). Her role in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) earned her a Saturn Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.  In the following year, she appeared in The Package (1989, with Danny Goldring and Thalmus Rasulala) 

Her later film credits include Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991, with Jayne Brook, Concetta Tomei and Christopher Pettiet playing her character's son), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995, with Andrew DePalma and Wendy Robie), Chain Reaction (1996, which reunited her with director Andrew Davis, and Danny Goldring), Ghosts of Mars (2001, with Rosemary Forsyth and Marjean Holden), and The Grudge 2 (2006). She also worked with TNG star Denise Crosby in the independent thriller Executive Power, released direct-to-video in 1997.

In 1993, Cassidy and DS9 guest star Joel Brooks were regulars on the CBS television series Dudley, starring . The following year, starred in another short-lived CBS series called Hotel Malibu. That same year, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in the "Other Mothers" episode of the CBS Schoolbreak Special. 

Her other television credits during the 1990s include the movies Barbarians at the Gate (1993, with Ron Canada and Bruce French), The Tommyknockers (1993, with Cliff DeYoung), and recurring roles on the series L.A. Law (starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake) and Melrose Place (with Jeffrey Nordling). In 1997, she co-starred in the TV movie The Second Civil War. This movie featured a whole slew of fellow Star Trek alumni, including Brian Keith, Dick Miller, Ron Perlman, William Schallert, and ' star Robert Picardo. 

Cassidy made several appearances as Dr. Madison Wesley on the television series Diagnosis: Murder from 1999 through 2000. From 2001 through 2005, she had recurring role as Margaret Chenowith on the hit HBO series Six Feet Under. Her character on this series was married to Dr. Bernard Chenowith, played by DS9 guest star Robert Foxworth. She and Foxworth had previously worked together in four episodes of the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest in 1982 and would again co-star together in the Enterprise episode . The two most recently reunited for the movie Kiss the Bride, to be released in 2008.

In 2006, Cassidy was a recurring guest star on ABC's Boston Legal, starring TOS actor William Shatner and DS9 actor Rene Auberjonois. She played the love interest (and brief wife) for Shatner's character, Denny Crane. The following year, Cassidy appeared on NBC's Heroes in the episode "Truth and Consequences", along with Nichelle Nichols and Zachary Quinto.

In 2011, Cassidy was a recurring guest star on ABC's Body of Proof, starring VOY actress Jeri Ryan.

In 2015, Cassidy was elected as Los Angeles member of the National Board of Directors for the 2015-2017 period of SAG/AFTRA.

Other Star Trek connections 
Additional projects in which Cassidy has appeared with other Star Trek performers include:

 Stunts (1977 film) with Richard Lynch and Malachi Throne
 American Raspberry (1977 film) with Harris Yulin and cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti
 Kaz episode "A Piece of Cake" (1977) with Marc Alaimo
 She's Dressed to Kill (1979 TV movie) with John Rubinstein, Clive Revill, Cathie Shirriff, Jonathan Banks, and Seamon Glass
 Hagen episode "The Rat Pack" (1980) with Salome Jens
 Invitation to Hell (1984) with Bill Erwin, Nicholas Worth, Bruce Gray, and Michael Berryman
 Hollywood Wives (1985 mini-series) with Mary Crosby, K Callan and Meg Wyllie and art direction by John E. Chilberg II
 Pleasures (1986 TV movie) with Rif Hutton
 The Children of Times Square (1986 TV movie) with cinematography by Robert Elswit
 Bar Girls (1990 TV movie) with Stanley Kamel, Matthew Faison, and Melissa Young
 Wheels of Terror (1990 TV movie) with Sharon Thomas
 Where the Heart Is (1990 film) with Christopher Plummer
 Murder, She Wrote episode "Roadkill" (1994) with Gary Lockwood and Robert O'Reilly
 The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994 TV movie) with Daniel Benzali and Lawrence Pressman; directed by James Whitmore, Jr.; 
 Eye of the Stalker (1995 TV movie) with James MacDonald and Barbara J. Tarbuck
 Loved (1997 film) with Paul Dooley
 To Serve and Protect (1999 TV movie) with Tony Jay
 Philly pilot episode (2001) with Kristanna Loken and Michael Bailey Smith
 Less Than Perfect episode "Claude's Got a Secret" (2003) with Andy Dick
 The Virgin of Juarez (2006 film) with Jude Ciccolella
 The American Standards (2007 film) with Ed Lauter
 For Sale by Owner (2007 film) with Rachel Nichols

External links 
 JoannaCassidy.com – official site
 
 

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