Lorine Mendell

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Lorine Mendell (second from left) and fellow TNG stand-ins

Mendell with her brown wig in "The Next Phase".

Lorine Mendell portrayed the recurring background character Diana Giddings during the run of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She also served as main stand-in and photo double for actress Gates McFadden on The Next Generation and the seventh feature film Star Trek Generations. Mendell received no on-screen credits for her appearances. A science division Starfleet jumpsuit worn by her was once sold on the web. [1]

For some unknown reason, Mendell was wearing a brown wig during her brief appearance in sickbay in the fifth season episode "The Next Phase".

In addition, Mendell worked as stand-in for the following guest stars:

• Marsha Hunt in "Too Short a Season"
• Suzie Plakson in "The Schizoid Man"
• Pamela Winslow in "Clues" and "In Theory"
• Carolyn Seymour in "First Contact"
• Susan Gibney in "Galaxy's Child"
• Maryann Plunkett and Mona Grudt in "Identity Crisis"
• Saxon Trainor in "The Nth Degree"
• Jennifer Hetrick in "Qpid"
• Ann Shea in "The Drumhead"
• Majel Barrett and Michelle Forbes in "Half a Life"
• Barbara March in "Redemption"
• Barbara March in "Redemption II"
• Michelle Forbes in "Ensign Ro"
• Ellen Geer in "Silicon Avatar"
• Michelle Forbes in "Disaster"
• Katherine Moffat and Ashley Judd in "The Game"
• Joanna Miles in "Unification I"
• Harriet Leider and Denise Crosby in "Unification II"
• Shay Garner in "A Matter of Time"
• Sheila Franklin in "New Ground"
• Dey Young and Sheila Franklin in "The Masterpiece Society"
• Michelle Forbes in "Conundrum"
• Michelle Forbes and Patricia Tallman in "Power Play"
• Melinda Culea in "The Outcast"
• Majel Barrett and Tracey D'Arcy in "Cost of Living"
• Famke Janssen in "The Perfect Mate"
• Sheila Franklin in "Imaginary Friend"
• Michelle Forbes in "The Next Phase"
• Jennifer Gatti in "Birthright, Part I" and "Birthright, Part II"
• Caitlin Brown in "Gambit, Part I" and "Gambit, Part II"

Beside her work on Star Trek, Mendell was featured as "Woman #2" in the 1989 Hunter episode "Return of White Cloud" which also featured Charles Hallahan, Frank Salsedo, Bruce Davison, and James Whitmore, Jr..

Star Trek appearances

Diana Giddings
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Recurring character
(uncredited)

Hand double for Gates McFadden
TNG: "Data's Day"
(uncredited)

Dead Vico crewmember
TNG: "Hero Worship"
(uncredited)

Enterprise-B crewman
Star Trek Generations
(uncredited)

Appearances as Diana Giddings

• TNG:
  • "Encounter at Farpoint" (Season One)
  • "The Naked Now"
  • "Code of Honor"
  • "Haven"
  • "Where No One Has Gone Before"
  • "Lonely Among Us"
  • "Justice"
  • "The Battle"
  • "Hide and Q"
  • "The Big Goodbye"
  • "Datalore"
  • "Angel One"
  • "11001001"
  • "Home Soil"
  • "When The Bough Breaks"
  • "Coming of Age"
  • "Heart of Glory"
  • "Symbiosis"
  • "We'll Always Have Paris"
  • "Conspiracy"
  • "The Neutral Zone"
  • "The Child" (Season Two)
  • "The Outrageous Okona"
  • "The Schizoid Man"
  • "Unnatural Selection"
  • "Contagion"
  • "The Icarus Factor"
  • "Evolution" (Season Three)
  • "Who Watches The Watchers"
  • "The Bonding"
  • "The Enemy"
  • "The Price"
  • "The Most Toys"
  • "Ménage à Troi"
  • "Suddenly Human" (Season Four)
  • "Reunion"
  • "Devil's Due"
  • "Clues"
  • "Night Terrors"
  • "Identity Crisis"
  • "The Mind's Eye"
  • "In Theory"
  • "Power Play" (Season Five)
  • "Imaginary Friend"
  • "I Borg"
  • "The Next Phase"
  • "Birthright, Part I" (Season Six)
  • "Lessons"
  • "Frame of Mind"
  • "Timescape"
  • "Liaisons" (Season Seven)
  • "Parallels"
  • "Homeward"
  • "Firstborn"
  • "Bloodlines"

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