Beverly Washburn

Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Eye on Science Fiction" (McFarland & Co., 2003).

Interviewed in "Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television", by Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup (McFarland, 2002).

She appeared in three episodes of Quinn Martiin's "The Streets of San Francisco," with Karl Malden and Michael Douglas. Her episodes were "Most Feared in the Jungle" (1973), where she portrayed Miss Rayfield, an unwed mother, "Letters from the Grave" (1975) where she played an Alcatraz tour guide, and as Michelle Rhodes in "Let's Pretend We're Strangers" (1977), where her character was the roommate of a murder victim.

Perhaps best-known for her role as Lieutenant Arlene Galway on the original Star Trek series in the episode "Star Trek: The Original Series: The Deadly Years (1967)".

In 1963, at the age of 20, had a hit record called "Everybody Loves Saturday Night" on Smash Records. The flip side was entitled "The Heart You Break".

Washburn said that, as a child actress, her favorite adult female co-star was Loretta Young. She appeared in four (4) episodes of The Loretta Young Show (1953) (between 1954-56) and in 24 episodes of The New Loretta Young Show (1962) (between 1962-63). Washburn and Young became friends despite 30 years of age difference. Washburn's favorite male co-star was Jack Benny and she spoke of his generosity, despite the comic media portrayals of him as a tightwad. She appeared on The Jack Benny Program (1950) twice between 1952-54.

In 1951, she appears in the first Superman theatrical film, entitled "Superman and the Mole Men," starring George Reeves. It would eventually be sold to television and become the final 2-part episode of the "Superman" series of the show.

Beverly Washburn was born on November 25, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.