- Best remembered for her role as Dr. Carol Marcus in the sequel film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
- Gave birth to her only child at age 28, a daughter Samantha Mathis on May 12, 1970. Child's father is her now ex-husband Donald Mathis.
- Daughter of Gusti Huber.
- Had one older sister: Christiana Barbara Kochert (August 17, 1939 - August 13, 2004).
- Attended and graduated from Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York (1959).
- Passed away on September 7, 1996, the day before the original Star Trek (1966) series' 30th anniversary.
- Attended the Connecticut College for Women in New London, Connecticut, but did not graduate.
- Was the first cast-member of Steel Magnolias (1989) to pass away, dying just 7 years after the film's release.
- Born on exactly the same date as Terry Jones of "Monty Python" fame.
- She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) & My Family (1995).
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