About Barbara Baldavin
Barbara Baldavin, 85, American actress (Medical Center, Star Trek) and casting director (Trapper John, M.D.), heart failure.
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|Barbara Baldavin (October 18, 1938 – March 31, 2024) was an American television and film actress.
Career
Baldavin mainly performed in dramatic roles. In the late 1960s, she played a small recurring part in Star Trek as Angela Martine, in season 1 episodes "Balance of Terror" and "Shore Leave". Baldavin appeared in the series finale, "Turnabout Intruder", as Lt. Lisa, a communications officer and court reporter.
In a season 1 episode of Adam 12, Baldavin played Betty Wells, the wife of Officer Ed Wells (Gary Crosby); in a season 2 episode, she played Sally Fisher, a nurse and girlfriend of Pete Malloy (Martin Milner). In the 1970s, Baldavin was a regular cast member in Medical Center as Nurse Holmby. In 1971, she appeared in a season 5 episode of Mannix, "To Save a Dead Man", as Mrs Kilgore.
Baldavin went on to become a casting assistant, and then the casting director, for Trapper John, M.D. and Dynasty. In September 2010, she was shown as a member of the faculty at Dawn Wells' Film Actor's Boot Camp.
Personal life and death
Baldavin was married to Joseph D'Agosta, whom she met when she appeared on the original Star Trek series, where he was a casting director.
Baldavin died of congestive heart failure at her home in Manhattan Beach, California, on March 31, 2024, at the age of 85.
Filmography
Casting
- 1962: Father of the Bride - casting director, 3 episodes
- 1981–1982: Strike Force - casting associate, 3 episodes
- 1981–1984: Trapper John M.D. - casting associate, 62 episodes
- 1981–1984: Dynasty - casting assistant, 73 episodes
- 1982–1983: Matt Houston - casting associate, 23 episodes
- 1984–1985: Finder of Lost Loves - casting director, 22 episodes
- 1984–1986: Trapper John M.D. - casting director, 38 episodes
- 1990: Satan's Princess - casting director, feature film
- 1998: Fallen Arches - casting director, feature film
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