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Catherine Shirriff is a Canadian actress. Shirriff was born in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. Her notable roles include the horror comedy Vampira (1974), Bob Fosse 's film All That Jazz (1979), as the Klingon Valkris in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Olga Denerenko in Murder in Space (1985), and co-host with Jack Palance of ...
Cathie Shirriff, also known as Catherine Shirrif, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is known for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), All That Jazz (1979) and Magnum, P.I. (1980). She was married to Julius Anthony Forstmann until his death in 2023.
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Cathie Shirriff was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is known for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), All That Jazz (1979) and Magnum, P.I. (1980). She was previously married to Julius Anthony Forstmann.
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Cathie Shirriff (born 14 April 1948; age 76) is the Canadian actress who played Valkris in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The previous year, she acted with her Search for Spock co-star Christopher Lloyd in an episode of Taxi entitled "Burned by an Old Flame".
She made her film debut in the 1974 English horror movie Vampira (released as Old Dracula in America). In 1979, Shirriff made her American film debut with a role in the musical drama All That Jazz, which also featured Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star Ben Vereen and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actor Wallace Shawn. That same year, she appeared in a made-for-television movie She's Dressed to Kill, along with fellow Star Trek alumni Joanna Cassidy, John Rubinstein, Clive Revill, and Jonathan Banks.
Shirriff went on to become Jack Palance's first co-host on the original Ripley's Believe It or Not!, staying with the program from 1982 through 1983. And in 1984, she had a supporting role in the drama Covergirl, co-starring TNG guest actor Charles Dennis.
Having retired from acting in the mid-1980s, Shiriff – now Mrs. Catherine Forstmann – is currently a Realtor working in Beverly Hills, California.
Co-hosts included actress Catherine Shirriff in season 1, Palance's daughter Holly Palance in seasons 2 and 3 and singer Marie Osmond, in season 4.
Cathie Shirriff is known as an Actor. Some of her work includes All That Jazz, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Vampira, Covergirl, She's Dressed to Kill, Airwolf, Wonder Woman, and Magnum, P.I..
