Tricia O'Neil
Tricia O'Neil (born Patty O'Neil) is an American actress.
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| Born | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | McAllen High School |
| Alma mater | Baylor University |
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| Years active | 1972–2001 |
| Known for | Two by Two Captain Rachel Garrett in Yesterday's Enterprise, Star Trek: The Next Generation Lisa / Christine Ames in Labyrinth, Hawaii Five-O |
| Spouse | James Van Valkenburg |
Early life
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. O'Neil. The family lived in El Paso, Texas, from 1952 to 1959 and in 1963. O'Neil attended elementary and intermediate schools in El Paso and graduated from McAllen High School. She graduated from Baylor University in 1968[1]
O'Neil changed her first name from Patty because Actors Equity already had a Patty O'Neil registered.[1]
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Career
O'Neil began her career as a model and cover girl before turning to acting. She first appeared in television commercials. She sang in supper clubs in Texas and California for two years before an opportunity to act on Broadway arose.[1]
O'Neil received a Theatre World Award for her performance in the 1970 production of the Broadway musical Two by Two.[2] That role was her professional theatrical debut.[1]
O'Neil made her film debut in the 1972 film The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972). Other film appearances include The Gumball Rally (1976), Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977), Are You in the House Alone? (1978), The Kid from Left Field (1979), Brave New World (1980), Piranha II: The Spawning (1982), Ted & Venus (1991) and Titanic (1997).
O'Neil made her television debut in the 1973 television movie Duty Bound. She appeared in a number of guest roles on various television series, including a dog trainer in a 1978 episode of Columbo titled "How to Dial a Murder",[3] nightclub singer Julie Heller in the episode "Murder! Murder!" of The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978), as Dorothy Fulton in Hart to Hart (1979), as a police photographer in back-to-back episodes of Barney Miller (1980), as female stunt woman "Charlie" in the episode of the same name in the first season of The Fall Guy (1981), in Remington Steele (1982), as conniving "other woman" Ashley Vickers in the pilot episode of Murder, She Wrote (1984), as a pushy reporter in the second-season episode "Catch of the Day" in Riptide (1984), as the owner of a travelling Wild West rodeo show in the third-season Airwolf episode "Annie Oakley" (1985), and separate roles in three episodes of Matlock from 1989 to 1994. She appeared in the television miniseries Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981) and in two episodes of The A-Team, playing Dr. Maggie "Mo" Sullivan in the season one episode "Black Day at Bad Rock" and the season two episode "Deadly Maneuvers".[3]
O'Neil made a number of appearances in popular science fiction television series during the 1980s and 1990s. She portrayed Captain Rachel Garrett of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise", returning to that series with a role as the Klingon Kurak in the episode "Suspicions".[3] Later she guest-starred on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Cardassian Korinas in the episode "Defiant".[3][4] O'Neil guest-starred in the Babylon 5 season-one episode "Believers" (1994) as "M'ola". Later, she played the Earth Alliance president in the Babylon 5 TV movie Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998).
In 1991, O'Neil filmed her scenes in the role of Hoelun for the never-released film Genghis Khan. Efforts in 2010 to repackage the material as a miniseries, tentatively named Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime, never came to fruition.
O'Neil's last screen appearance was on the television series JAG, playing Dr. Beth Salluci in the 2001 episode "Redemption".
Personal life
O'Neil married opera singer James Van Valkenburg.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Legend of Black Charley | Sarah Lyons | Blaxploitation Western film |
| 1976 | The Gumball Rally | Angie - Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow | comedy film |
| 1982 | Piranha II: The Spawning | Anne Kimbrough | Horror film |
| 1991 | Ted & Venus | Judge Katherine Notch | Black comedy film |
| 1997 | Titanic | Woman | Disaster film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Duty Bound | Glenn's Wife | television film |
| 1975 | How to Survive a Marriage | Joan Willis | soap opera |
| 1976 | Ellery Queen | Yvonne Danello | Episode: "The Adventure of the Wary Witness" |
| Serpico | Grace | Episode: "The Indian" | |
| Sirota's Court | Sugar Hills | Episode: "Sirota's Car" | |
| 1977 | Delvecchio | Sharon Nicholson | Episode: "The Madness Within: Part 1" Episode: "The Madness Within: Part 2" |
| Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging | Angelica | Television film | |
| Big Hawaii | Dr. Ericka Bergen | Episode: "Sun Children" | |
| Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night | Dr. Angela Buccieri | Television film | |
| Eight Is Enough | Ellen Manning | Episode: "Double Trouble" | |
| 1978 | Columbo | Miss Cochran - the dog trainer | Episode: "How a Dial a Murder" |
| Are You in the House Alone? | Jessica hirsch | Television horror film | |
| The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Julie Heller | Episode: "Murder, Murder" | |
| 1979 | The Kid from Left Field | Marion Fowler | Television baseball comedy film |
| Hawaii Five-O | Dilys Conover Lisa / Christine Ames |
Episode: "The Bark and the Bite" Episode: "Labyrinth" | |
| 1980 | Brave New World | Maoina Krupps | Television film |
| Charlie's Angels | Anne Moore (as Tricia O'Neill) | Episode: "Toni's Boys" | |
| Barney Miller | Alex Kramer (as Tricia O'Neill) | Episode: "Homicide: Part 1" Episode: "Homicide: Part 2" | |
| 1981 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Sheila McKnight | Episode: "Macho Man" |
| Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls | Enid Marshall | TV Mini Series | |
| 1982 | Palms Precinct | Jeanine Monasco | Television film |
| Hart to Hart | Dorothy Fulton | Episode: "The Harts Strike Out" | |
| The Powers of Matthew Star | Fortune Teller | Episode: "Mother" | |
| Voyagers! | Annie Brown | Episode: "Old Hickory and the Pirate" | |
| 1982-1983 | The Fall Guy | Charlie Agent Eve Peterson |
Episode: "Charlie" Episode: "The Last Drive" |
| 1983 | Whiz Kids | Kathy Fairgate | Episode: "Deadly Access" |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Pamela Peterson | Episode: "Once Again with Vigorish" | |
| Lottery! | Episode: "New York: Winning Can Be Murder" | ||
| 1983-1984 | The A-Team | Maggie Sullivan (as Tricia O'Neill) Maggie Sullivan |
Episode: "Black Day at Black Rock" Episode: "Deadly Maneuvers" |
| 1984 | Riptide | Tawny Clark | Episode: "Catch of the Day" |
| 1985 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Rita Holden | Episode: "A Little Sex, a Little Scandal" |
| Megazone 23 | Additional Voices | (Streamline Pictures dub) (English version, voice) | |
| Airwolf | Annie Oakley, Louise Mackey | Episode: "Annie Oakley" | |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | Teresa George | Episode: "Breathing Room" (Pilot) |
| Dynasty | Mrs. Davis | Episode: "The Trial: Part 1 Episode: "The Trial: Part 2" | |
| Kay O'Brien | Episode: "Princess of the City" | ||
| 1987 | MacGyver | Susan Murphy, Victoria James | Episode: "Phoenix Under Siege" |
| The New Mike Hammer | Fran Lasker | Episode: "Little Miss Murder" | |
| Jack and Mike | Barbara | Episode: "Separate Lives" Episode: "Come Together" Episode: "Light My Fire" | |
| Hunter | Sylvia Brand | Episode: "Night on Bald Mountain" | |
| 1983-1988 | Simon & Simon | Laura Reynolds Nurse Sandy Purcell (as Trish O'Neil) |
Episode: "It's Only a Game" Episode: "A Firm Grasp of Reality" |
| 1988 | Police Story: Gladiator School | D.A. Willis | Television film |
| 1989 | L.A. Law | Meredith Korngold | Episode: "Captain Hurt" |
| 1991 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Beth Crane | Episode: "Lies of the Hear" |
| Equal Justice | Sara | Episode: "Courting Disaster" | |
| 1984-1991 | Dallas | Dr. Barbara Mulgravy Barbara Barnes |
Episode: "True Confessions" Episode: "Conundrum" |
| 1984-1991 | Murder, She Wrote | Ashley Vickers Bibi Hartman Lila Benson Althea Mayberry Linda Truitt |
Episode: "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" Episode: "Murder in the Afternoon" Episode: "Trouble in Eden" Episode: "From the Horse's Mouth" Episode: "Lines of Excellence" |
| 1991 | Jake and the Fatman | Delta Ridpath | Episode: "Every Time We Say Goodbye" |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Ruth Conway | Episode: "Whippit 'Til It Breaks" |
| A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story | Margaret Fitzpatrick | Television film | |
| 1993 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Acting Coach | Episode: "What Makes Doogie Run" |
| 1990-1993 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Captain Rachel Garrett Kurak |
Episode: "Yesterday's Enterprise" Episode: "Suspicions" |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | M'Ola | Episode: "Believers" |
| Robin's Hoods | Lydia Barnhouse | Episode: "To Heir Is Human" | |
| 1989-1994 | Matlock | Cynthia Slayton Jackie Whitman - Model's Agent Jackie Carol Davis |
Episode: "The Best Seller" Episode: "The Cover Girl" Episode: "The Tabloid" |
| 1994 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Korinas | Episode: "Defiant" |
| 1995 | Degree of Guilt | Rosa | Television film |
| 1996 | High Tide | Karen Donaldson | Episode: "University Blues: Part 1" Episode: "University Blues: Part 2" |
| 1997 | Diagnosis: Murder | Jane Ellington | Episode: "A History of Murder" |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: In the Beginning | Earth Alliance President | space opera television film |
| Gia | Vogue Editor | biographical television film | |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Mrs. O'Lare | Episode: "You say Goodbye, I Say Hello" Episode: "I'm Back Because" | |
| 2000 | Titans | Dr. Smith | Episode: "Bad Will Hunting" |
| 2001 | JAG | Amanda Litrell Dr. Beth Salluci |
Episode: "To Walk on Wings" Episode: "Redemption" |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Theatre World Award | Performance | Two by Two | Won |
References
- Ligon, Betty (January 4, 1971). "El Pasoan Takes New York Entertainment Headlines". El Paso Herald-Post. p. 17. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Theatre World Award Recipients". Theatre World Awards, Inc. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- "Tricia O'Neil". TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- Staff writers (2013-01-28). "Catching Up With TNG's Capt. Garrett, Tricia O'Neil". Startrek.com. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- Latham, Peggy (April 13, 1969). "Former El Paso Girl Makes Hit As Singer". El Paso Times. p. 7-C. Retrieved August 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.