Bibi Besch

Bibi Besch was an Austrian-American actress who worked in film, television, and theater. Born in Vienna in 1942, she started her television career in New York daytime serials such as The Secret Storm and The Edge of Night, then moved into primetime soap operas including Dynasty and Falcon Crest. She was best known for playing Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Her other films included Who's That Girl (1987) and Tremors (1990), and on television she appeared in The Day After (1983) and The Golden Girls. In 1992 she earned an Emmy nomination for Doing Time on Maple Drive, and she received another in 1993 for Northern Exposure. She kept acting until her death in 1996 and accumulated more than 100 film and television credits.