GORT

Reviews

Denise Crosby On Leaving Star Trek: I Wasn’t Going To Be ‘The

Di: Everly

Denise Crosby only portrayed Lt. Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation for a portion of the first season. Unhappy with what her character was being given, Crosby

Denise Crosby said she didn’t go to drama school to just stand around. The actress said that in the eighties, she was in drama school, and no one wanted to be on a television series. It was either the movies or Broadway.

261. Denise Crosby on Leaving Star Trek/Loving Star Trek

How did viewers respond to the death of Tasha Yar at the time?

Some days you’re hard at work, trying to make a deadline on a Friday night. (That’s right now as this is being written.) Others, you’re sitting in the VIP lounge with Tasha

Crosby with “Star Trek: The Next Generation” co-stars Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden in 1987. Crosby left the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1988 under a

Tasha Yar’s death shocked „Star Trek: The Next Generation“ fans, but Denise Crosby was the one who requested to be written off of the show.

  • Celebrating the Living: Denise Crosby
  • Crosby: Did She Make The Right Choice?
  • Did Denise Crosby Lobby for Sela to Appear on DS9?

Crosby didn’t get fired or find herself forced out, however. Departing the show was her own decision, as she had grown to find the role

The rumor mill has been busy while fans are awaiting the third season of Star Trek: Picard, and one of those rumors was that Denise Crosby would be reprising her role as

Denise Crosby on Leaving Star Trek: I Wasn’t Going to Be ‘The

Denise Crosby famously walked away from being a member of the main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation shortly before the end of the first season. Her character of Tasha Yar was killed

Crosby and Trekkies director Roger Nygard created the best Trek documentary, offering up the real emotional landscape of passionate Trek followers instead of slipping into

Ms. Crosby was then asked about her departure from Star Trek the Next Generation and if the decision to leave the show was due to any kind of conflict and whether or

As someone who didn’t first discover Trek until closer to the end of TNG, I’ve often wondered how fans responded to the death of Tasha Yar when it originally aired. Was the fact

In a recent interview with IGN, Denise Crosby revealed that despite being reluctant to return to Star Trek, she was convinced after reading the script of the Season 3 episode, Yesterday’s Enterprise. She loved the script

Yar was portrayed by Denise Crosby, who was ‘Tinseltown’ royalty. Crosby is the granddaughter of Hollywood legend Bing Crosby. But her role on “Star Trek” did not turn out to

Denise Crosby: Well you know, the problem I always had with Star Trek and what Gene Roddenberry made very clear to me which was sort of the final push for me to make a decision to leave was that weren’t many

In 1987, Crosby was cast as one of the original cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation as Enterprise security chief Tasha Yar.

Although Star Trek: Picard season 3 saw the original cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation reunite, Denise Crosby was not asked to be a part of the series.

Of course, as „Star Trek: The Next Generation“ fans know, neither Denise Crosby nor Tasha Yar were quite done with the franchise, despite the character’s death. Instead,

Tasha Yar actress Denise Crosby looks back on that Star Trek: The Next Generation life — from leaving the show to coming back to the show to having no regrets.

Denise Crosby played Security Chief Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but if it wasn’t for Gene Roddenberry, she’d have played a very different role.

Denise Crosby, who played Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation, appeared at the Star Trek Mission: New York convention over the weekend, and TrekNews.net

It’s at 42:21 in the episode on Paramount+. As it turns out, it wasn’t scripted. An eagle-eyed fan asked about the wave in the December/January 1998 edition of Star Trek Communicator, the

After playing Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation for one season, Denise Crosby wanted out, but what does she think today about her decision to leave the

Prior to „Star Trek,“ Chao had a prolific TV career going back to 1970, when she was only 13. Chao had been performing with a California-based Peking Opera troupe since

In 1987, Crosby was cast as one of the original cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation as Enterprise security chief Tasha Yar.

In 1987, Crosby was cast as one of the original cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation as Enterprise security chief Tasha Yar.

In 1987, Crosby was cast as one of the original cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation as Enterprise security chief Tasha Yar.

Jeffrey Hunter’s brief „Star Trek“ stint can be attributed to a blend of personal choices and professional considerations. He originated the role of Captain Christopher Pike in

Denise Crosby, unhappy with her role of Lt. Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation, asked to be let out of the series in its first season. While the other actors decided to wait to see what

Denise Crosby played Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation before leaving the show, only to unexpectedly return to the series later in its run.

Essentially, Yar lost her importance to the series, and leaving made perfect sense, if she didn’t have enough clout to change things, which she apparently didn’t. Except for

Denise Crosby ended her full-time run on Star Trek: The Next Generation when her character was killed by a grotesque, tarry life form on the 23rd episode of the first season

I suspect she didn’t see better coming, and honestly she wasn’t wrong. In case you’re wondering, yes, Denise Crosby is Bing’s granddaughter. Her parents were unmarried;