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When Deep Space Nine‘s Nana Visitor was approached about writing a book about the women in Star Trek, the original idea pitched to her was that she’d do short interviews to work into a picture-filled kaffe table book. When she started doing interviews, the concept changed to something deeper: a look at female Trek characters, yes, but also a deep dive into the actresses who played them and they times they lived in. We reviewed the book when it came out, then spoke to her in depth about her experience writing it and how it affected her.
Here is part 1 of our extended and frank conversation, where she talks about watching all the Star Treks (sometimes for the first time) and some of her experience when the show was in production. (More to come.)
You described having the Original Series guest stars [BarBara Luna, France Nuyen, Sandra Gimpel, and Tanya Lemani] with [Voyager‘s] Irene Tsu over to your house. The way you set that stage, inom felt like there was a whole lot goi • Ep. 224 Star Trek Ladies: Nana Visitor | Deep Space Nine, Part 2 In this special series we're calling Star Trek ladies. We're looking at the women of Star Trek across all decades. Melissa Roth: Weirding way media network. [Music] [Singing] Amy Englehardt: 80s TV Ladies, So sexy and so pretty. 80s TV Ladies, Steppin’ out into the city. 80s TV Ladies, often treated kind of sh-[wolf whistle]. Working hard for the money in a man’s world. 80s TV Ladies! Melissa Roth: Welcome to eighties tv ladies, where we look back at female driven television shows from the 1980s. In this special series we're calling Star Trek ladies. We're looking at the women of Star Trek across all decades and across the universe. Here are your hosts, Sharon Johnson and Susan Lambert Hatem. Sharon Johnson: hello, I'm Sharon. Susan Lambert Hatem: And I'm Susan. Sharon Johnson: And we are in the middle of our two-part • Real world article (written from a production point of view) New York City, New York, USA Actress; Visitor was born as Nana Tucker in New York City, the daughter of a Broadway choreographer and a ballet instructor. Visitor's first name is pronounced na-NA, with the stress on the second syllable, as her mother, who is of French origin, pronounced it in the French fashion. She credits Avery Brooks for ensuring her name was pronounced correctly on the set of Deep Space Nine. [1] She began acting on stage while attending high school in the 1970s, and although she had been accepted into Princeton University, she chose instead to pursue a professional acting career. She continued ac DON'T MISS OUT! SIGN UP FOR OUR MAILING LIST
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