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May 29, 2021 · According to a story Lance Parkin, the author of The Impossible Has Happened: The Life and Work of Gene Roddenberry, wrote, Teri Garr ended up walking off the set off Star Trek when Gene Roddenberry wanted her skirt to be even shorter than it already was.
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Aug 15, 2023 · In the scene where the characters are trying to stop a nuclear launch, Garr was already wearing a criminally short skirt, but Roddenberry insisted that it be shortened by another two inches.
- Carolyn Jenkins
May 12, 2013 · Mini Skirts in ‘Star Trek’ (1966) In the early 1960s the average stewardess uniform was a tailored suit with a nod toward military styling, but by mid-decade the uniforms were becoming increasingly fashionable, with “wild” colors and shorter skirts.
"Star Trek was the first job where I had a fairly big (for me) speaking part," Garr related in her memoir, "I played Roberta Lincoln, a dippy secretary in a pink and orange costume with a very short skirt. Had the spin-off succeeded, I would have continued on as an earthling agent, working to preserve humanity.
Teri Garr (born 11 December 1944; age 79) [1], credited as Terri Garr, is the actress who played Roberta Lincoln in the Star Trek: The Original Series second season episode "Assignment: Earth". She filmed her scenes between Wednesday 3 January 1968 and Monday 8 January 1968 at Paramount Stage 5...
The actor's skin-tight suit represented an objectification that Star Trek had been moving away from, and was a big reason why Ryan and Mulgrew notoriously didn't see eye to eye. Thankfully, in her appearance in Star Trek: Picard, Ryan seemed to have a much more comfortable outfit.
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Jul 15, 2010 · Teri Garr (Roberta Lincoln) was reportedly upset over Roddenberry’s shortening of her skirt and has refused to talk about Star Trek. Genre fans would remember her from Young Frankenstein and Close Encounters of the Third Kind .
