Muldaur had experience working alongside DeForest Kelley, who played Dr. McCoy, when she guest-starred in the original Star Trek series, playing Dr. Ann Mulhall in the episode " Return to Tomorrow.

The addition of Muldaur, along with Whoopi Goldberg, also served to redress the absence of women from the principal cast, as the departure of McFadden and Denise Crosby had left only Marina Sirtis, a rapid attrition of women that recalled the imbalance of the original Star Trek series.

It was referenced in The Star Trek Encyclopedia ( prior to L. A. Law, Muldaur had played Dr. Katherine Pulaski during season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation ) in which Pulaski's biography says " There is no truth to the rumor that an ancestor of Dr. Pulaski was killed falling down the elevator shaft at a prestigious Los Angeles law firm.

During the second season, actress Gates McFadden was replaced by Diana Muldaur, who played Chief Medical Officer Dr. Katherine Pulaski.

Commander Katherine Pulaski, MD ; played by Diana Muldaur, is the replacement chief medical officer for Dr. Beverly Crusher during the second season of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He was also given a recurring love interest, the tough-spoken but soft-hearted Chris Coughlin, played by frequent guest star Diana Muldaur, whose duties as newspaper writer (" never a reporter ") sometimes came into conflict with McCloud's police work.

Boyd has played a crucial role in the recording careers of Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, The Incredible String Band, Vashti Bunyan, John and Beverley Martyn, Maria Muldaur, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Muzsikás.

* Dr. Ann Mulhall is played by Diana Muldaur, who would also play Enterprise-D Chief Medical Officer Dr. Katherine Pulaski throughout the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Muldaur subsequently earned two Emmy nominations for her role as pushy and power-hungry lawyer Rosalind Shays on L. A. Law.

The two also collaborated on the series Gabriel's Fire, which earned Sinclair an Emmy in 1991 for Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series famously beating out the expected winner, L. A. Law's Diana Muldaur.

She has sung, toured, and recorded with such acts as The Moody Blues, Bob Seger, Herbie Hancock, Phil Collins, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Maria Muldaur, Bruce Hornsby, Michael Bolton, J. J. Cale, Coco Montoya, Alice Cooper and Little Feat, in addition to Broadway theater, in national road companies in two popular rock musicals, " Hair " and " Sgt.

Muldaur was noted for playing " dignified, sophisticated characters ".

And also in the Bay Area, the " Mother of Jug Band Music ", Maria Muldaur, has formed a new jug band called The " Garden of Joy Jug Band ", which include members of the Crow Quill Night Owls and the Gallus Brothers.

Martha's Vineyard has also been or is home to a number of artists and musicians, including Evan Dando, Tim " Johnny Vegas " Burton of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Livingston Taylor, Ben Taylor, Huey Taylor ( musician / hotelier ), Kate Taylor, Alex Taylor, Tom Rush, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Willy Mason, Unbusted, Mike Nichols, Gordon Healy, Kahoots, Slim-Bob Berosh and Timo Elliott.

" Muldaur also appeared in the Hawaii Five-O episode " Time and Memories " as a former love interest of Steve McGarrett ( Jack Lord ).

Diana Muldaur is also an Airedale Terriers breeder, owner, and judge.

The book also inspired a song of the same name, recorded by the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, sung by Geoff Muldaur.

Muldaur was a guest star in the episodes " Return to Tomorrow " and " Is There in Truth No Beauty?

During its three-season run, many familiar or up-and-coming actors who guest-starred on the show went on to become successful stars, among those appearing in Courtship episodes: Jodie Foster, Sally Struthers, Bruce Kirby, Pat Harrington, Jr., Diana Muldaur, Willie Aames, Warren Berlinger, Suzanne Pleshette, Yvonne Craig, Cicely Tyson, Richard X. Slattery, Tippi Hedren, Trisha Noble, John Fiedler, Alan Oppenheimer, Lou Jacobi, Will Geer, Bill Dana, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Ronny Graham, Ann Prentiss, Ron Ely, Carol Lawrence, and George Takei.

Despite being a regular character on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Muldaur was always listed during the opening credits as a " Special Guest Star ".

Diana Muldaur, fresh from Season Two of Star Trek: The Next Generation, returned to reprise her role as McCloud's love interest, Chris Coughlin.

After leaving the show, Muldaur said in an article in The Palm Beach Post: " A lot of people ask me why I did Star Trek for a year and I said ' because it sounded wonderful and creative, fun and children's theater.

One of the longer-running police dramas of the day, the series featured appearances by a number of actors, familiar and unfamiliar, among whom were Lynn Borden, Kim Darby, Antonio Fargas, Tiny Tim ( in the pilot TV-movie ), Randolph Mantooth, Cal Bellini, Sharon Gless, Dabbs Greer, Bernie Kopell, Frank Gorshin, Jess Walton, Pernell Roberts, Alan Oppenheimer, Dan Kemp, E. G. Marshall, Harrison Ford, John Schuck, Ingrid Pitt, Susan Saint James, Ivan Dixon, Harry Townes, Pat Hingle, Norman Alden, Anne Francis, David Carradine, Charo, Joseph Campanella, Bill Quinn, Bernard Fox, Tyler McVey, Robert Webber, Alan Hale, Jr., Marion Ross, Marcia Strassman, Susan Sullivan, Suzanne Pleshette, Bo Hopkins, James Hong, Jeanne Cooper, Paul Winfield, Harold Gould, James Farentino, Robert Reed, Bill Bixby, David Cassidy, David Hartman, Dana Elcar, Tina Louise, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Robert Karnes, Tyler MacDuff, Greg Mullavy, Rod Serling, Gene Raymond, Francine York, Peter Mark Richman, Jennifer Gan, Clu Gulager, Joel Grey, Van Williams, John Hoyt, Scott Glenn, William Windom, Joshua Bryant, Dorothy Malone, Robert Alda, Barbara Rush, Jack Kelly, Jason Wingreen, George Takei, George Wallace, John M. Pickard, Diana Muldaur, Jodie Foster, William Katt, Lee Grant, Steve Forrest, Susan Olsen, Michael Lerner, Edward Asner, Eddie Garrett, Darwin Joston, John Rubinstein, Jack Lord, Scott Marlowe, Norman Fell, Gavin MacLeod, Gary Collins, Johnny Seven, William Shatner, Bobby Darin, Martin Sheen, Cheryl Ladd, William Daniels, William Schallert, Burgess Meredith, Vic Tayback, Arch Johnson, James Drury, Ed Flanders, Bruce Lee and Ellen Corby ( Grandma Walton of TV fame ).

In 1974, a thirteen-episode American television series was broadcast by NBC, entitled Born Free, starring Diana Muldaur and Gary Collins as Joy and George Adamson.

Muldaur left the series after only one season.

* Born Free ( television series ) ( 1974 ), loose adaptation starring Gary Collins and Diana Muldaur

During the second season, the Crusher character was written out of the show and replaced by the louder, more outgoing Dr. Katherine Pulaski ( Diana Muldaur ).

* The episode introduces Dr. Pulaski, portrayed by Diana Muldaur, as the ship's chief medical officer, replacing Dr. Crusher ( albeit only for the second season ).

Dozens of other cultural and popular icons got their start in the Village's nightclub, theater, and coffeehouse scene during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, notably besides Bob Dylan, there were Jimi Hendrix, Barbra Streisand, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Bette Midler, The Lovin ' Spoonful, Simon & Garfunkel, Liza Minnelli, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Eric Andersen, Joan Baez, The Velvet Underground, The Kingston Trio, Carly Simon, Richie Havens, Maria Muldaur, Tom Paxton, Janis Ian, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, and Nina Simone among others.

McFadden returned to the role of Crusher in season 3, allegedly due to a lack of chemistry between Muldaur and the rest of the cast.

In subsequent years, " Davenport Blues " has been recorded by musicians from Bunny Berigan to Ry Cooder to Geoff Muldaur.

Maria D ' Amato then joined The Jim Kweskin Jug Band, later marrying guitarist Geoff Muldaur.

Maria Muldaur, Geoff Muldaur, David Grisman, and Stefan Grossman all continued with successful solo careers.

The film features numerous well-known musicians in interviews and performances, including John Sebastian, Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, David Grisman, Fritz Richmond, Maria Muldaur, and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, as well as Taj Mahal as the voice of Gus Cannon.

In the second season McFadden was fired and replaced by actress Diana Muldaur as the Enterprise's Chief Medical Officer.

Roddenberry described Muldaur as " a most talented actress ", and said that the decision " to let her go was made solely because the hoped-for chemistry between her and the rest of the starship cast did not develop.

Following production of the second season, Muldaur left TNG and joined the cast of L. A. Law.

He formed a new group including Chris Parker on drums, guitarist Amos Garrett, Geoff Muldaur, pianist Ronnie Barron and bassist Billy Rich, naming the ensemble " Better Days.

" John Sebastian and others in the jug-folk scene of the time such as Geoff Muldaur credit Fritz Richmond for suggesting the name.

She begins to drift away into her own life, leading Cat to an abortive affair with Ann ( Diana Muldaur ).

Among the participating artists honoring her at these concerts were: Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Antony Hegarty, Jimmy Fallon, Krystle Warren, Justin Vivian Bond, Teddy Thompson, Jenni Muldaur writer Michael Ondaatje and longtime friends and McGarrigle sidemen Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin.

He produced recording sessions for Nancy Sinatra, The Everly Brothers, Van Dyke Parks, The Beau Brummels, Harpers Bizarre, Randy Newman, Ry Cooder, Arlo Guthrie, Maria Muldaur, Gordon Lightfoot, Rickie Lee Jones, James Taylor, and others.