Bibi Besch(1942-1996)
- Actress
Bibi Besch was born in Vienna, Austria, to race car driver Gotfrid
Köchert and actress Gusti Huber. She was a
very busy supporting actress who had worked in television for over
twenty years before being nominated for an Emmy Award as a supporting actress for
Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
and another in 1993 for a guest appearance on
Northern Exposure (1990). A veteran of dozens of television movies from 1976 to
1995, Besch also appeared in several feature films, most notably as Dr. Carol Marcus
in
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Other notable feature film roles were in
Steel Magnolias (1989), Tremors (1990) and Who's That Girl (1987). Her stage
work included the plays "Fame," "The Chinese Prime Minister," "Here
Lies Jeremy Troy" and "Once for the Asking." Other television credits
include guest roles on popular network shows such as
ER (1994) and
Murder, She Wrote (1984).
Besch's television series and miniseries roles ranged from the soap opera
Somerset (1970) to
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
to The Hamptons (1983). Bibi
Besch died of breast cancer at age 54 on September 7, 1996.
Köchert and actress Gusti Huber. She was a
very busy supporting actress who had worked in television for over
twenty years before being nominated for an Emmy Award as a supporting actress for
Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
and another in 1993 for a guest appearance on
Northern Exposure (1990). A veteran of dozens of television movies from 1976 to
1995, Besch also appeared in several feature films, most notably as Dr. Carol Marcus
in
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Other notable feature film roles were in
Steel Magnolias (1989), Tremors (1990) and Who's That Girl (1987). Her stage
work included the plays "Fame," "The Chinese Prime Minister," "Here
Lies Jeremy Troy" and "Once for the Asking." Other television credits
include guest roles on popular network shows such as
ER (1994) and
Murder, She Wrote (1984).
Besch's television series and miniseries roles ranged from the soap opera
Somerset (1970) to
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
to The Hamptons (1983). Bibi
Besch died of breast cancer at age 54 on September 7, 1996.