Date of Birth - July 22, 1934
Place of Birth - Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Height - 5' 9½" (1.77 m)

Most Famous Role(s) Other Than Star Trek:
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Nurse Ratched

Trivia About the Actor:
- Was a leading choice to play the mother in Terms of Endearment.
- Won an Oscar for her Nurse Ratched role.

ER - Emergency Room (2005) (TV)
- Starring as Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick in 3 episodes
- ER is about the County General Hospital where doctors and nurses are faced with life-and-death decisions daily. The staff is led by Dr. John Carter, and the chief of staff, Dr. Kerry Weaver. Also included are Nurse Abby Lockhart (Maura Tierney) and Dr. Doug Ross (George Clooney).

Aurora Borealis (2005)
- Starring as Ruth Shorter
- Ever since the death of his father, 25-year-old Minneapolis slacker Duncan (Joshua Jackson) is content with shuffling aimlessly through life and just hanging out. Duncan takes a job as a handyman in a high-rise that allows him to be near his gravely ill grandfather Ronald (Donald Sutherland), who's more than a handful for his grandmother Ruth. He also finds romance with home healthcare provider Kate (Juliette Lewis). However, Kate isn't one to stay in the same place for too long, and Duncan is soon torn between following her to California and his feelings of familial obligation to an increasingly suicidal Ronald.

Joan of Arcadia (2004) (TV)
- Starring as Eva in "Do the Math"
- Joan of Arcadia is a story of a girl named Joan Girardi who sees and speaks with God in different people such as children, teenage boys, the elderly, etc. Joan is asked by God to do tasks that is adverse and superficial, but it always ends with positive results.

It's All Relative (2004) (TV)
- Starring as an ER Nurse in "Oscar Interruptus"
- Bobby (Reid Scott) is a bartender and the only son of Irish Catholic parents from Boston. His fiance, Liz, is a Harvard medical student. Liz has two gay dads, and aside from the obvious, there's a culture gap between these in-laws-to-be that makes the Grand Canyon look like a seam in the sidewalk.

Wonderfalls (2004) (TV)
- Starring as Vivian Caldwell in "Barrel Bear"
- Set against the backdrop of Niagara Falls, this is a quirky one-hour family dramedy about an underachieving twenty-something souvenir shop worker named Jaye Tyler. Her life is forever changed when inanimate figures begin to talk to her. In each episode, the creatures' cryptic messages set into motion a chain of unpredictable events that invariably lead Jaye into the lives of others in need.
- In this episode, Jaye and Mahondra end up on opposite sides of a battle between two older women both claiming to be the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Big Eden (2000)
- Starring as Grace Cornwell
- Big Eden is a tiny fictional town in northwestern Montana, Timber and Cowboy country. This is the story of Henry Hart (Arye Gross), a New York Artist, who returns to the town of his childhood to care for his ailing grandfather. Henry must come to terms with his relationship to Dean Stewart, his best friend from high School, as well as the object of his unrequited love. This is also the story of Pike Dexter, the shy, unassuming Native American owner of the town's general store, who is as surprised as anyone to find himself falling in love with Henry. The people of Big Eden conspire and attempt to bring Henry and Pike together.