# Star Trek TOS: Who was the most beautiful woman? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765 "2002-10-04T02:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/21 "2002-10-04T18:29:43Z")
Ah, yes. Susan Oliver. But almost all of the other women will do. Trek seems to have an overabundance of babes. Mmm…Grace Whitney and Nichelle Nichols… ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/22 "2002-10-04T22:42:29Z")
**Yeoman Colt** She has unusually strong female drives! **Mother Horta** ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/23 "2002-10-05T03:23:12Z")
Joann Lindel, the Rolulan Commander from _The Enterprise Incident_ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/24 "2002-10-05T15:42:36Z")
The Romulan commander was Joanne Linville. In a similar vein, I found Tasha Martel, a.k.a. Spock’s wife, kinda cute. It must be the ears. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/25 "2002-10-05T18:10:30Z")
I have my moments of lust for the [Romulan Commander](http://www.startrek.com/library/media_tos.asp?id=114368), Yvonne Craig’s mad and beautiful [Marta](http://www.startrek.com/library/media_tos.asp?id=114841), and the not-quite-human [Andrea](http://www.startrek.com/library/media_tos.asp?id=114054), and I’ve always had a soft place in my heart for [Rayna](http://www.startrek.com/library/media_tos.asp?id=114919), even though she’s a blonde, my one true heart will always belong to the ill-fated [Marla McGivers](http://www.startrek.com/library/media_tos.asp?id=114754). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/26 "2002-10-05T18:15:49Z")
That should have read: > [@](#): > > **but** my one true heart will always belong to the ill-fated Marla McGivers. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/27 "2002-10-05T22:57:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Santos L Halper \* > Sherry Jackson as Andrea in **What are Little Girls made of?** What he said. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/28 "2002-10-06T02:13:00Z")
[hijack] I’m absolutely convinced that Spock was shagging Yeoman Janice Rand. Can’t recall the exact episodes, but there were a few instances where I swear he was flirting with her. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/29 "2002-10-06T17:50:56Z")
1. Joanne Linville as the Romulan Commander 2. Mariette Hartley as Zarabeth; and 3. Yvonne Craig as Marta. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/30 "2002-10-06T18:07:47Z")
Why do people list more than one choice when asked which was/is best? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/31 "2002-10-06T18:11:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Why do people list more than one choice when asked which was/is best? \*\* I did it because ST:TOS, much like life itself, is a great continuum, and besides, picking three favorites is more fun than just picking one! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/32 "2002-10-06T18:17:58Z")
Fun is good. Not aimed at you, lots of folks do it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/33 "2002-10-06T18:47:49Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned [Sally Kellerman](http://www.space-debris.com/st_lockwood_kellerman_M.jpg) yet. She was indeed the most beautiful woman on Star Trek. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/34 "2002-10-06T19:33:18Z")
when do we add 'em all up? i vote for the android Andrea as # 1 Just Absolutely O My God! 2nd place has got to be all those little old women aliens in The Cage and Menagerie. (Wow! Look at the brains on her!) You did know they were all women, didn’t you? 3rd: Lela (Spock’s ex-girlfriend) “I heard you, Jim” “then why didn’t you answer?” “I didn’t want to.” ok, my real # 2 is Yeoman Colt from The Cage How about after, say, 100 posts, we add up the score? Sound good to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/35 "2002-10-06T20:17:23Z")
I posted a couple of days ago, and my post got eaten. I come back and STILL not one person has mentioned Nurse Chappel - aka Mrs. Gene Roddenberry. What? OK, what do I know about hot women. I always thought she was gorgeous as a young woman, and quite attractive and handsome as an older woman later on (Luoxana Troi). ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/36 "2002-10-06T20:44:45Z")
**Masonite** , I know it’s not fair, but I think a lot of people personally don’t care for Majel Barrett Roddenberry, and **hate** the character of Luoxana Troi. (If you were Gene Roddenberry, and you were shagging both Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett while you were still married, would you have picked Majel?) How about the witch-doctor chick in “A Private Little War”? It was a silly, unnecessary subplot, but she was hot. ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/37 "2002-10-06T21:36:05Z")
Many fine choices listed above, but I’m going to have to stick up for my favorite damsel in distress, Emily Banks as Yeoman Barrows from “Shore Leave”. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/38 "2002-10-07T01:59:48Z")
Okay, this is pretty much a total highjack, but **TheeGrumpy** ’s post reminded me of something I noticed a couple years ago when the Sci-Fi channel ran the original series uncut episodes. In **Balance of Terror** , the sub-plot has Specialist [Angela Martine](http://www.sherylfranklin.com/trekwomen_angela_martine.html) preparing to marry Specialist Tomlinson. Of course, Tomlinson is the one person you can expect to die during the battle with the Romulan ship. At the end of the episode Kirk gives an uplifting emotional speech to Angela, who’s obviously broken up over the death of her fiance’. In _the very next episode_, **Shore Leave** , Angela Martine is making time with Lieutenant Rodriguez! For God’s sake, lady! The body’s not even cold yet! It sure undercuts the impact of the emotional scenes in the previous episode… Eric ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/39 "2002-10-07T05:00:33Z")
There were lots of beautiful women through out the series bu the only face that really sticks in my mind was the girl who played Miri, Kim Darby. Hard to believe she was already 19 in that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765/40 "2002-10-07T13:48:15Z")
You name more than one because there is more then one definition of best. Ask which ONE you would most like to boink. PLUS I can’t believe that none of you have pointed that the Brown Haired Crew Chick did in fact get crushed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-who-was-the-most-beautiful-woman/130765.md?page=3)