Laurel Goodwin Wiki

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Who was Laurel Goodwin ?

Laurel Goodwin, an actress who appeared on “Girls! Girls! Girls!” And the rejected “Star Trek” pilot, she died on February 25 at age 79. The star’s sister, Maureen Scott, confirmed her death in an obituary, but did not disclose the cause of death. her death.

Born on August 11, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas, Goodwin made her big screen debut in the 1962 musical comedy “Girls! Girls! Girls!” in front of Elvis Presley. In fact, it was during a steamy dance scene with the then-star that the King of Rock and Roll got a boner on camera.

Laurel Goodwin Age

August 11, 1942 (age 79 years), Wichita, Kansas, United States

Career

The actress was also the last surviving member of Gene Roddenberry’s original “Star Trek” pilot “The Cage,” in which she played Yeoman J.M. Colt alongside Jeffrey Hunter’s Captain Pike and Leonard Nimoy’s Captain Spock.

“I said, ‘Oh no. ‘Star Trek’ is everything,'” Goodwin recalled in a 2016 interview for StarTrek.com. “I have to do ‘Star Trek.’ It’s great, it’s going to be wonderful.”

Unfortunately, the inaugural episode, completed in 1965, was ultimately scrapped after negotiations with Hunter failed. However, snippets of “The Cage” appeared in the 1966 “Star Trek” episode “The Menagerie.” Meanwhile, the pilot was released in its entirety on VHS in 1986.

After her run on “Star Trek” fizzled out, the actress appeared on television shows ranging from “Get Smart” to “The Beverly Hillbillies” to “Mannix.”

Goodwin also appeared in a variety of successful 1960s movies, including the Jackie Gleason comedy “Papa’s Delicate Condition” (1963) and the westerns “Stage to Thunder Rock” (1964), “Law of the Lawless” (1964) . and “The Glory Boys” (1965).

The actor retired from acting in 1971 to pursue nursing.

Family

Goodwin also produced the Burt Reynolds-Loni Anderson action comedy “Stroker Ace” (1983) with her husband, Walter Wood, with whom she had a 43-year relationship until his death in 2010.

Goodwin is survived by her sister, Scott, who lives in Bellingham, Washington, “and a host of friends and family around the world,” according to her obituary.