By Kiesly Jameson
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Jeri Lynn Mooney (born 1942), better known as Susan Howard, is an American actress, writer, and political activist. She portrayed Donna Culver Krebbs on Dallas (1979–1987) and co-starred on Petrocelli (1974–1976). She is also a screenwriter and member of the Writers Guild of America.
Howard had a number of notable guest appearances on television shows during the 1960s and early 1970s: The Flying Nun (1967), I Dream of Jeannie (1968), Star Trek ‘’Day of the Dove’’ (1968), Bonanza (1969), Mannix (1969), Mission: Impossible (1972), and Columbo (1972). She played the first female Klingon (“Mara”) on the original Star Trek series and the only one to ever speak.
In 1973, she appeared as Evan Sands on Lorne Greene‘s series Griff in the episode “Who Framed Billy the Kid?”, with Nick Nolte as Billy Randolph.
In 1974, Howard was cast as the co-star of the series Petrocelli. Her performance was nominated for both the Golden Globe and Emmy awards. Despite critical acclaim for Howard, the series was cancelled in 1976.
1979, she appeared on Dallas as Donna Culver. The producers of the show liked her performance so much that her guest spot was expanded to an eight-year stint; she has the distinction of being the only Dallas cast member to have written for the series (“Sitting Ducks” and “The Ten Percent Solution”). In 1987, the show decided to not renew her contract. She has blamed this decision on her opposition to what she saw as pro-abortion stories involving her character.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
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Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Alexander Mackenzie (Canadian statesman) –
- Henry Morton Stanley (journalist & explorer) –
- Jose Marti (Cuban poet) –
- Artur Rubinstein (pianist) –
- Jackson Pollock (artist) –
- Susan Sontag (novelist) –
- Susan Howard (actress) –
- Mikhail Baryshnikov (ballet dancer) –
- Sarah McLachlan (musician) –
- Joey Fatone (singer & actor) –
- Elijah Wood (actor) –
Died
- W. B. Yeats (poet) –
- Christa McAuliffe (selected to be the first teacher in space) –
- Harold “Red” Grange (football player) –
- Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg (American-born Canadian astronomer ) –
- Astrid Lindgren (children’s author who wrote Pippi Longstocking) –
- Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch (football player) –
- Jim Capaldi (musician) –
- Cicely Tyson (actress) –
Events
- The Yale Daily News became the first daily, college newspaper in the U.S. –
- Jose Miguel Gomez was inaugurated as president of Cuba and the U.S. provisional government withdrew –
- The U.S. Coast Guard was established by Congress, combining the Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service –
- Manitoba became first province to grant women suffrage –
- Aaron Copland’s instrumental suite, Quiet City, premiered in New York –
- Leonard Bernstein conducted the premiere of his first symphony, Jeremiah, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania –
- An African American student, Harvey Gantt, entered Clemson College in South Carolina, thus breaking the barrier in the last state to hold out against integration. Harvey later became the first African-American mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. –
- Barnaby Jones premiered on television –
- U.S. army officer, James Dozier, was rescued from his Red Brigade captors in Padua, Italy –
- The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe –
- The Canadian Supreme Court ruled federal restrictions on abortions violate the constitution –
- An 8-pound 12-ounce redeye bass was caught in the Apalachicola River in Florida –
Weather
- Snowstorm left 36 inches in northern Virginia –
- Knickerbocker Storm’s 28 inches of snowfall crushed Washington theater of the same name, killing over 100 movie patrons –
- Forty-six degrees below zero F at First Connecticut Lake –
- -132 degrees F windchill, in Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories –
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