Claudette Nevins

Claudette Nevins (née Weintraub; April 10, 1937 – February 20, 2020) was an American stage, film and television actress.

Biography Claudette Nevins was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She was a daughter of merchant Joseph Weintraub and garment worker Anna Lander, both of whom emigrated from small towns in Austria to America. Nevins was a graduate of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia School of Performing Arts and a 1957 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of New York University, with a degree in English.

Nevins debuted on Broadway in The Wall (1960) with other Broadway appearances including Plaza Suite (1968) and Danton's Death (1965). She also appeared in In White America (off-Broadway) with Gloria Foster and Moses Gunn.

The National Company of The Great White Hope, in which she starred with Brock Peters, took her to Los Angeles, after which she began working in television. For two and a half years she was seen in the long-running daytime soap opera Love of Life playing Laurie Krakauer. She appeared as a series regular in Headmaster (opposite Andy Griffith), Husbands, Wives, and Lovers, and Married: the First Year (a David Jacobs project). Her guest star appearances include Beverly Hills 90210, Barnaby Jones, Melrose Place, JAG, Three's Company, Lou Grant, Without a Trace, M*A*S*H, Hart to Hart, Trial and Error, and many others.

Her first film was the 1961 3D feature The Mask, which later became a cult classic. Other feature film appearances include Sleeping With the Enemy (with Julia Roberts), All the Marbles (with Peter Falk), and Tuff Turf (with James Spader).

Her work in regional theaters included the following: Arena Stage; Major Barbara, The Iceman Cometh, Ring Round the Moon, The Cherry Orchard with the Atlanta Repertory; King Arther, The Hostage, The Little Foxes, Major Barbara, The Homecoming, You Can't Take It With You, Twelfth Night, and with LA Shakespeare; Comedy of Errors; La Mirada: Blithe Spirit.

Nevins was a member of the Matrix Theatre Company, where she appeared in Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus, J. B. Priestley's Dangerous Corner, Caryl Churchill's Mad Forest, and The Water Children. Other stage appearances in Los Angeles include Passion Play (Taper), Isn't it Romantic? (Pasadena), P.S. Your Cat is Dead (Westwood) and Philadelphia Story (Court).

She was a member of the Antaeus Company and with them has done staged readings of Noël Coward's Hay Fever, O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, and Shakespeare's Richard III and King John.

In addition, she had extensive on-camera and voice-over commercial credits.

Personal life Nevins married Benjamin L. Pick, with whom she had two daughters, Jessica and Sabrina. Nevins died February 20, 2020, in hospice care at her home in Los Angeles.

Selected filmography Film 1961: The Mask .... Pam Albright 1981: All the Marbles .... Solly 1982: The American Adventure .... Mother (voice) 1983: Over Here, Mr. President .... Maggie Bohanon 1985: Tuff Turf .... Page Hiller 1987: Jake's M.O. .... Sigournet Tompkins 1991: Sleeping with the Enemy .... Dr. Rissner 1996: Final Vendetta .... Dr. Lisa Farrow 1997: The Doyles 1998: Star Trek: Insurrection .... Son'a Officer #2 2000: Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time .... (voice) 2004: Eulogy .... Barbara Collins

Television series

1964: The Nurses .... Grace Kearney 1965: The Defenders .... Ruth Parker 1970: Headmaster .... Margaret Thompson 1972: The F.B.I. 1973: The Bob Newhart Show 1973–1974: Police Story .... Ellen Calabrese 1974: Mrs. Sundance (TV Movie) .... Mary Lant 1974: The Magician .... Suzanne 1974–1980: Barnaby Jones .... Anita Parks / Pat Runkle / Claudia Elwood / Francis Yeager / Lisa Howard 1975: Harry O .... Jessica Shannon / Margin Wayne 1975: Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (TV Movie) .... Marilyn Sheppard 1975: Return to the Planet of the Apes .... Nova / Judy Franklin 1976: The Dark Side of Innocence (TV movie) .... Maggie Hancock 1976: Rich Man, Poor Man Book II .... Mrs. Martindale 1976: Electra Woman and Dyna Girl .... Empress of Evil 1976–1978: Switch .... Alice / Genevieve 1977: The Possessed (TV Movie) .... Ellen Summer 1977: The Rockford Files .... Ann Louise Clement 1977: Lou Grant .... Irene Mott 1978: Barnaby Jones .... Pat Reed 1978: Husbands, Wives & Lovers .... Courtney Fielding 1979: The Lazarus Syndrome 1979: Three's Company .... Barbara 1979: Married: The First Year .... Barbara Huffman 1979: Mrs. Columbo .... Sybil 1979: M*A*S*H .... Donna Marie Parker 1980: Knots Landing .... Susan Philby 1980: Family .... Claire Hopkins 1981: Behind the Screen .... Angela Aries 1981: Hart to Hart .... Señora Piranda 1981: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (TV Movie) .... Janet Bouvier Auchincloss 1981: CHiPs .... Hannah Chadway 1982: Police Squad! .... Veronica 1982: Magnum, P.I. .... Phyllis Reardon 1982: Don't Go to Sleep (TV Movie) .... Dr. Robin Samuel 1984: Steambath .... Dr. Blossom Jennings 1982–1983: One Day at a Time .... Marge 1986: Hardcastle and McCormick .... Judge Sheila Mooney 1987: The Tortellis .... The Arbiter 1987: Hotel .... Myrna Dawson 1988: Head of the Class .... Mrs. Samuels 1988: L.A. Law .... Sarah Schindler 1989: Free Spirit .... Mildred Crater 1990: Dallas .... Lizzie Burns 1991: Designing Women .... Roseland Price 1991: Child of Darkness, Child of Light (TV Movie) .... Lenore Beavier 1991: Dead Silence (TV Movie) .... Mrs. Stillman 1992–1998: Melrose Place .... Constance Fielding 1993: Picket Fences .... Claudia Graham 1993: Beverly Hills, 90210 .... Vivian Carson 1994: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman .... Barbara Trevino 1994: Thunder Alley .... Ellen 1995: Coach .... Mrs. DiMateo 1996: ER .... Judge 1997: 7th Heaven .... Mrs. Rainy 1997–2004: JAG .... Porter Webb 1998: Ally McBeal .... Mrs. Hollings 2000: Judging Amy .... Karen Cassidy 2000: The District .... Judge Arlene Sidwell 2001–2002: Providence .... Joyce Sidwell 2001–2002: The Agency .... Audrey Simmons 2004: Without a Trace .... Cathy Payton 2005: Strong Medicine .... Ava Rey (final appearance)