Laurel Goodwin

Laurel Goodwin (born August 11, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas) is an American retired actress.

Career

Acting

A child model, Goodwin made her screen debut as the love interest of Elvis Presley in the film, Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962).

She was a co-star in the Paramount comedy Papa's Delicate Condition (1963), playing Augusta Griffith, the daughter of Jack (Jackie Gleason) and Amberlyn Griffith. She also appeared in the western films Stage to Thunder Rock (1964) and The Glory Guys (1965), and as a guest actor on several television series, including as Yeoman J. M. Colt in the 1964 Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage" (from which scenes featuring Goodwin were later incorporated into the episode "The Menagerie"),[1] and Mannix ("A Question Of Midnight").[2][3]

She also played the role of Phoebe, the Chief's niece, in the TV comedy Get Smart.[4]

Post-acting career

After retiring from acting in 1971, she pursued a career in home nursing for over 35 years. When her husband became ill, she began taking care of him full-time until he died about a year and a half later.[5]

References
  1. StarTrek.com interview, "Catching Up Laurel Goodwin, Yeoman Colt from The Cage", StarTrek.com, September 1, 2016
  2. Lisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-in dream girls : a galaxy of B-movie starlets of the sixties. Jefferson, N.C. [u.a.]: McFarland. pp. 1, 15, 16, 29, 33–43, 140, 225, 250. ISBN 978-0786415755.
  3. Muir, John Kenneth (2007). The rock & roll film encyclopedia. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. pp. 91, 118. ISBN 978-1557836939.
  4. Get Smart Season 2 Episode 1 Titled "Anatomy of a Lover" Air Date: September 17, 1966
  5. StarTrek.com interview, "Catching Up Laurel Goodwin, Yeoman Colt from The Cage", StarTrek.com, September 1, 2016


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