Barbara Baldavin

Barbara Baldavin (October 18, 1938 – March 31, 2024) was an American television and film actress.

Career Baldavin mainly performed in dramatic roles. In the late 1960s, she played a small recurring part in Star Trek as Angela Martine, in season 1 episodes "Balance of Terror" and "Shore Leave". Baldavin appeared in the series finale, "Turnabout Intruder", as Lt. Lisa, a communications officer and court reporter.

In a season 1 episode of Adam 12, Baldavin played Betty Wells, the wife of Officer Ed Wells (Gary Crosby); in a season 2 episode, she played Sally Fisher, a nurse and girlfriend of Pete Malloy (Martin Milner). In the 1970s, Baldavin was a regular cast member in Medical Center as Nurse Holmby. In 1971, she appeared in a season 5 episode of Mannix, "To Save a Dead Man", as Mrs Kilgore.

Baldavin went on to become a casting assistant, and then the casting director, for Trapper John, M.D. and Dynasty. In September 2010, she was shown as a member of the faculty at Dawn Wells' Film Actor's Boot Camp.

Personal life and death Baldavin was married to Joseph D'Agosta, whom she met when she appeared on the original Star Trek series, where he was a casting director.

Baldavin died of congestive heart failure at her home in Manhattan Beach, California, on March 31, 2024, at the age of 85.

Filmography

Casting 1962: Father of the Bride - casting director, 3 episodes 1981–1982: Strike Force - casting associate, 3 episodes 1981–1984: Trapper John M.D. - casting associate, 62 episodes 1981–1984: Dynasty - casting assistant, 73 episodes 1982–1983: Matt Houston - casting associate, 23 episodes 1984–1985: Finder of Lost Loves - casting director, 22 episodes 1984–1986: Trapper John M.D. - casting director, 38 episodes 1990: Satan's Princess - casting director, feature film 1998: Fallen Arches - casting director, feature film