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Shore Leave: Directed by Robert Sparr. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Emily Banks, Oliver McGowan. The past months have left the crew exhausted and in desperate need of a break, but does this explain McCoy's encounter with a human-sized white rabbit or Kirk crossing paths with the prankster who plagued his days at Starfleet Academy?
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Better utilised in TV roles, Emily Banks became perhaps best known for her small role as Yeoman Tonia Barrows in the episode 'Shore Leave' of Star Trek (1966).
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Emily Ann Banks (died September 17, 2023) was an American actress and model. She is known for the films, Gunfight in Abilene and Live a Little, Love a Little, and as Yeoman Tonia Barrows in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, Shore Leave. She also appeared on the television series, The Tim Conway Show.
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Emily Banks (23 January 1938 – 17 September 2023; age 85) was the actress who played Tonia Barrows in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Shore Leave". She filmed her scenes between Wednesday 19 October 1966 and Monday 24 October 1966 at Africa USA and on Thursday 27 October 1966 at Desilu Stage 9.
Banks got her start in 1960 when she was elected Miss Rheingold, appearing in advertisements and promotions for Rheingold Beer. In 1963, she appeared as a model for the game show Say When!. Contestants were presented with merchandise, and were required to build their "pot" by selecting items to get close to, but not exceed, a total. Banks modeled these items. Two years after her run ended in 1964, she got her first movie role and first television guest appearance; she worked intermittently in both forms until 1986, including Live a Little, Love a Little, an Elvis Presley movie that also starred Celeste Yarnall.
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"Shore Leave" is the fifteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Theodore Sturgeon and directed by Robert Sparr , it first aired on December 29, 1966.
Dr. McCoy : My dear girl, I am a doctor. When I peek, it's in the line of duty. Dr. McCoy : Oh, them, well... I, uh... I was thinking about a little cabaret I know on Rigel II, and, uh... there were these two girls in the chorus line. And, well, here they are! Well, after all, I am on shore leave. Tonia Barrows : And so am I.
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Emily Banks. Series: TOS. Character (s): Tonia Barrows. Emily Banks played Yeoman Tonia Barrows in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode “Shore Leave”.
