American actress Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role in 1960s sci-fi TV series Star Trek, has died aged 89.

 

Ms Nichols broke barriers in her role as Lieutenant Uhura in the series, becoming one of the first black actresses in the US to play a figure in authority.

She was later employed by Nasa in an effort to encourage more women and African-Americans to become astronauts.

She died of natural causes on Saturday night, her son Kyle Johnson said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62373143

Very sad news.
 

Sometimes I forget just how much impact Nichelle Nichols had as an actor and NASA ambassador. 
 

RIP

Edited August 1, 20224 yr by Bluespunk

She was great on that show

R.I.P

Only two of the original bridge crew left (Chekov came a season into the show) and they both hate each other.

18 hours ago, John Drake said:

Only two of the original bridge crew left (Chekov came a season into the show) and they both hate each other.

I read up a bit about that, and it seems that while one hates the other, the other just didn't care much about minor cast members, so it's possible the hate is one sided.

On 8/1/2022 at 5:02 AM, Scott said:

Ms Nichols broke barriers in her role as Lieutenant Uhura in the series, becoming one of the first black actresses in the US to play a figure in authority.

I would hardly consider a glorified telephone exchange operator as a 'figure of authority'.

One of the first, if not the first, inter-racial (woke moment), of a televised kiss (black/white), along with chickie kissisng chickie in one eps. 

 

OMG

 

10 yrs prior Shatner kissed an Asian in TV.  Say what ... 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_and_Uhura's_kiss