Uhura was one of the few who could wear red . . . and survive.
Posted on 06/05/2015 9:05:16 AM PDT by markomalley
Star Trek actress and NASA recruitment ambassador Nichelle Nicols is recovering in hospital following a stroke.
Nichols – best known for playing Lt Nyota Uhura on TV and in the Star Trek film franchise – suffered a mild stroke while at her home in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening.
Her agent Zach McGinnis informed Nichols’ followers on her Facebook page of the stroke. In an update, he said Nichols had undergone a CAT scan and MRI, and was awake and eating as of Thursday evening.
Nichols has shown minor signs of loss of mobility but otherwise no signs of paralysis.
Nichelle shot to fame as Lt Uhura, the red-mini-dressed, black-beehived comms officer, with one finger pressed to her ear and others massaging the flashing lights of the USS Enterprise’s comms desk in the 1960s TV series Star Trek.
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Get well Nichelle. Bummer getting old, Nyota....I’m getting long in the tooth myself. Prayers up.
Uhura was one of the few who could wear red . . . and survive.
good observation.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/pioneers-of-television/pioneering-people/nichelle-nichols/
“Do you not understand what God has given you? … You have the first important non-traditional role, non-stereotypical role. … You cannot abdicate your position. You are changing the minds of people across the world, because for the first time, through you, we see ourselves and what can be.” Nichols remembers King saying to her.
I never knew her first name on Star Trek. Don’t remember anyone calling her by her first name ever.
Her first name was never used on the original series.
It didn't hurt that she was charming eye candy either.
You won’t find a bad word about her on the Internet, which in itself is an accomplishment for a public figure. Always very good to the Trekkies.
The CAT is faster and will let you know right away if the stroke was an aneurism. If nothing found, MRI would help diagnose an ischemic stroke. That is my understanding after my wife’s stroke anyway.
I’m with you on all counts - 1,2, and especially 3.
Hoping she has a speedy recovery.
Thx ... hope wife is now ok.
Here is a recent picture. She is 82.
she is still a fine looking woman
The lack of wrinkles strongly implies Botox, but she certainly has a sweet expression. I love the Lego mini-figure ring.
Get well Uhuru, that’s an order.
Her and Scotty.
I met her once years ago at Dragoncon and talked for a minute. Made a great impression on me. She laughed when I mentioned an Action Pack movie called Captain Zoom she was in. I believe she said it was fun to do. A campy movie.
Hope she recovers.
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