Laurel Goodwin
Laurel Goodwin (born August 11, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas) is a retired American actress.
Career
Acting
A child model, Goodwin made her screen debut as the love interest of Elvis Presley in the film, Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962).
Between then and 1969, she appeared in three more films and as a guest actor on several television series, including as Yeoman J. M. Colt in the 1964 Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage" (from which scenes featuring Goodwin were later incorporated into the episode "The Menagerie"),[1] and Mannix ("A Question Of Midnight").[2][3]
She was a co-star in the Paramount comedy Papa's Delicate Condition (1963), playing Augusta Griffith, the daughter of Jack (Jackie Gleason) and Amberlyn Griffith. She also played the role of Phoebe, the Chief's niece in the TV comedy Get Smart.[4]
Post-acting career
After retiring from acting in 1971, she pursued a career in home nursing for over 35 years. When her husband became ill, she began taking care of him full-time until he passed away about a year and a half later.[5]
References
- StarTrek.com interview, "Catching Up Laurel Goodwin, Yeoman Colt from The Cage", StarTrek.com, September 1, 2016
- Lisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-in dream girls : a galaxy of B-movie starlets of the sixties. Jefferson, N.C. [u.a.]: McFarland. pp. 1, 15, 16, 29, 33–43, 140, 225, 250. ISBN 978-0786415755.
- Muir, John Kenneth (2007). The rock & roll film encyclopedia. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. pp. 91, 118. ISBN 978-1557836939.
- Get Smart Season 2 Episode 1 Titled "Anatomy of a Lover" Air Date: September 17, 1966
- StarTrek.com interview, "Catching Up Laurel Goodwin, Yeoman Colt from The Cage", StarTrek.com, September 1, 2016