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Soloman Rhue (née Madeline Roche), October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003)
was an American actress in film and television roles.
Rhue was born in Washington, D.C., graduated from Los Angeles High School, and studied drama at Los Angeles City College.
Rhue's professional name was an adaptation of the title of the film 13 Rue Madeleine (1947). She debuted in show business at age 17 as a dancer at the Copacabana in New York City.
From the 1950s to the 1990s, Rhue appeared in some 20 films.
In 1977, Rhue was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She continued to work, including a role in Days of Our Lives; but by 1985, she needed a wheelchair and was limited to roles that did not require her to walk or stand, such as recurring roles in Murder, She Wrote and Houston Knights. Her illness prevented her from appearing as her Star Trek character Lieutenant Marla McGivers in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and the character ultimately disappeared from the script as director Nicholas Meyer did not wish to re-cast the part.
She eventually became incapacitated by multiple sclerosis and died from pneumonia at the age of 68 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills in Los Angeles, California.
Rhue was born in Washington, D.C., graduated from Los Angeles High School, and studied drama at Los Angeles City College.
Rhue's professional name was an adaptation of the title of the film 13 Rue Madeleine (1947). She debuted in show business at age 17 as a dancer at the Copacabana in New York City.
From the 1950s to the 1990s, Rhue appeared in some 20 films.
In 1977, Rhue was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She continued to work, including a role in Days of Our Lives; but by 1985, she needed a wheelchair and was limited to roles that did not require her to walk or stand, such as recurring roles in Murder, She Wrote and Houston Knights. Her illness prevented her from appearing as her Star Trek character Lieutenant Marla McGivers in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and the character ultimately disappeared from the script as director Nicholas Meyer did not wish to re-cast the part.
She eventually became incapacitated by multiple sclerosis and died from pneumonia at the age of 68 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills in Los Angeles, California.
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