Joanne Linville (born January 15 1928, Bakersfield, California) is an American film and television actress whose screen credits include The Goddess, Gable and Lombard, and A Star Is Born.
Linville's many television credits include appearances in The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-O, Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Kojak, I Spy, Bonanza, Felony Squad, Gunsmoke, L.A. Law, and Charlie's Angels.
She portrayed Hedda Hopper in the television movie James Dean and the Female Romulan Commander in the Star Trek episode, "The Enterprise Incident".
Mother of actress Amy Rydell and actor Christopher Rydell (I).
First actress to play a female Romulan, in the episode "The Enterprise Incident" on "Star Trek" (1966). She was never named, and only referred to as the Female Romulan Commander.
