Biography for
Bibi Besch

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Date of Birth

1 February 1940, Vienna, Austria

Date of Death

7 September 1996, Los Angeles, California, USA (metastasized breast cancer)

Birth Name

Bibiana Besch

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography

Bibi had worked in television for over twenty years before she was nominated for an Emmy. She received one supporting actress Emmy nomination for Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992) (TV) and another in 1993 for a guest appearance on "Northern Exposure" (1990). While Bibi is a veteran of dozens of television movies from 1976 to 1995, she has also appeared in feature films. She was Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and played Belle in Steel Magnolias (1989). She also worked in the giant earthworm movie Tremors (1990) and was in Madonna's movie 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." Her television credits include guest roles on shows from "ER" (1994) to "Murder, She Wrote" (1984). Her television series and miniseries roles ranged from the soap "Somerset" (1970) to "Backstairs at the White House" (1979) to "The Hamptons" (1983). Bibi was a very busy supporting actress.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Fontana

Trivia

Mother of Samantha Mathis.

Daughter of Gusti Huber.

Passed away on September 7, 1996, one day before the "Star Trek" (1966) 30th Anniversary (she played Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)).

Personal Quotes

My responsibility to the audience is to be truthful and that can take many different forms; that doesn't mean to be boring. What I think is important is to reveal some aspect of myself and I can do that in a comedy or a serious piece. It's important for me to connect with something inside of me; if I don't do that, I'm ripping myself and the audience off and nobody gets anything out of it. It's to try to get to the heart of the matter, whatever that is, and it doesn't have to be heavy, either.

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