Bibi Besch (February 1, 1940 - September 7, 1996) was one of those talented performers whom fans often recognize by face, but rarely know by name. February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

She was born Bibiana Besch in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of theater actress, Gusti Huber, who fled the Nazis shortly after her daughter's birth. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Croatian and Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ...

By the early 1960's she had moved to the United States, and spent 1965 to 1976 appearing in a variety of daytime soaps such as The Secret Storm, The Edge of Night, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, and finally, Somerset. In addition to her theater career, she began appearing in more nationally known primetime features, such as the 1979 miniseries Backstairs at the White House. Her most famous role was probably as Dr. Carol Marcus, the mother of Captain James T. Kirk's son in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. She also had a small role as the much-hated "Belle Marmillion" in the hit movie Steel Magnolias. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Secret Storm title card from 1960. ... The Edge of Night title card from 1956-67. ... Love is a Many Splendored Thing was a soap opera which aired on CBS from September 18, 1967 to March 23, 1973. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Captain James T. Kirk James Tiberius Kirk, a fictional character in the Star Trek television series, was the captain of the starship Enterprise (NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A). ... Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Paramount Pictures, 1982; see also 1982 in film) is the second feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... Steel Magnolias is a 1987 play, which was later made into a successful movie in 1989. ...

In 1992 she received her first acting nomination (not counting a Razzie for the Pia Zadora film The Lonely Lady) for the landmark TV-movie Doing Time on Maple Drive (which starred Jim Carrey). She received another a year later for her performance as Janine Turner's neurotic mother in a Northern Exposure episode. She continued to appear in films and television (including ER and Melrose Place) right up until her 1996 death following a long battle with breast cancer at the age of 56. Ironically, she died one day before the 30th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Golden Raspberries or Razzies were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to complement the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ... Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. ... The Lonely Lady is a 1983 film directed by Peter Sasdy based on the book written by Harold Robbins. ... Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. ... Janine Turner Janine Turner (born Janine Gauntt December 6, 1962 in Lincoln, Nebraska and raised in Euless, Texas) is an American actress, best known for her starring role on the television show Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995 and on General Hospital from 1982 to 1983. ... Northern Exposure was a quirky, surreal, character-driven dramatic-comedy television show. ... ER is a long-running serial drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of a fictitious teaching hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Star Trek collectively refers to a science-fiction franchise spanning six unique television series, 726 episodes and ten motion pictures in addition to hundreds of novels, video games, and other works of fiction all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the mid-1960s. ...

Besch's daughter is actress Samantha Mathis. Samantha Mathis (b. ...

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