Meg Wyllie
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| Meg Wyllie | |
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| Birth name: | Margaret Gillespie Wyllie |
| Gender: | Female |
| Date of birth: | 15 February 1917 |
| Place of birth: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Date of death: | 1 January 2002 (age 84) |
| Place of death: | Glendale, California |
| Character(s): | The Keeper |
Margaret "Meg" Gillespie Wyllie (15 February 1917 – 1 January 2002; age 84) had the honor of portraying The Keeper; the first villain to ever (chronologically) appear on Star Trek in the unaired pilot "The Cage". Born in Hawaii, she grew up in the Philippines, where her father was working as an engineer on sugar plantations. She moved to New York City during the 1940s to pursue a career in acting and over the next five decades would make around a hundred TV guest appearances.
She died of heart failure.
Appearances
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- TOS:
- "The Cage"
- "The Menagerie, Part I" (archived footage)
- "The Menagerie, Part II" (archived footage)
External links
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- Meg Wyllie at the Internet Movie Database
- Meg Wyllie at Wikipedia
- Meg Wyllie studio photo (1970s)
