Early life

Although she was born in the United States, Babcock spent a large part of her childhood in Tokyo, Japan, because her father Conrad Stanton Babcock, Jr. was a general in the United States Army. She learned to speak Japanese before English.

Babcock studied at Switzerland's University of Lausanne and Italy's University of Milan. She also attended Miss Porter's School and graduated from Wellesley College, where she was a classmate of Ali MacGraw.

Career

Babcock's television appearances began in 1956. They included several episodes of the original series of Star Trek, although much of her work on the show consisted of uncredited voice work. In 1968, she made her debut on the big screen in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer western Day of the Evil Gun, followed by roles in the films Heaven with a Gun, co-starring Glenn Ford, Bang the Drum Slowly, Chosen Survivors, The Black Marble, Back Roads, The Lords of Discipline and That Was Then... This Is Now. From 1978 to 1981, she played the role of Liz Craig on the CBS soap opera Dallas. Other notable films include Heart of Dixie, Happy Together, Far and Away and Space Cowboys.

Babcock won the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress—Drama Series for her work on Hill Street Blues. She appeared in 16 episodes of the NBC police drama as Grace Gardner from 1981 to 1986. She starred in the short-lived TV series The Four Seasons in 1984, Mr. Sunshine in 1986 and The Law & Harry McGraw in 1987.

From 1993 to 1998, she played the role as Dorothy Jennings on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1993. (However, the Emmy Awards website lists the nomination for 1995.) She was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine in 1994. After completion of the show in 1998, she appeared in the The Pretender, Chicago Hope, Frasier and Judging Amy. From 2001 to 2002, she played the role of the mother of Dana Delany's character in the Fox drama series Pasadena. Since 2004, Babcock has not done film or television roles.

Other activities

Babcock went to "remote areas of the world as an assistant on scientific expeditions. And ... was awarded a patent for a shampoo she and another actress developed."

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1968	Day of the Evil Gun	Angie Warfield
1969	Heaven with a Gun	Mrs. Andrews
1971	The Last Child	Shelley Drumm
1973	Bang the Drum Slowly	Team Owner
1974	Chosen Survivors	Dr. Lenore Chrisman
1977	Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.	Rachel Sullivan
1978	Operating Room	Jean Lawrence
1979	Survival of Dana	Lorna Sims
1980	The Black Marble	Madeline Whitfield
1981	Back Roads	Rickey's Mom
1982	Memories Never Die	Louise Lowry
1983	Quarterback Princess	Judy Maida
	The Lords of Discipline	Abigail St. Croix
1984	Attack on Fear	Jane Dutton
1985	That Was Then... This Is Now	Mrs. Douglas
1986	News at Eleven	Joanna Steckler
1989	Happy Together	Ruth Carpenter
	Heart of Dixie	Coralee Claibourne
1990	A Family for Joe	Miss Quinn Collins
1992	Far and Away	Nora Christie
1993	Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert	Rhonda Devon
1996	A Mother's Instinct	Mrs. Mitchell
1997	Childhood Sweetheart?	Rose Carlson
1999	A Vow to Cherish	Ellen Brighton
	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie	Dorothy Jennings
2000	Space Cowboys	Barbara Corvin
2002	Home Alone 4	Molly

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	NBC Sunday Showcase	Annie Lee	1 episode
1963	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Pamela Osborne	1 episode
1965	The Munsters	Miss Guthrie	1 episode
1966-1967	Green Hornet	Elaine Carey	2 episodes
1967	The Lucy Show	English Teacher	1 episode
1968	Mission: Impossible	Major Maria Felder	1 episode
1967-1968	Star Trek	Mea 3/Philana/voice-over work	"A Taste of Armageddon" and "Plato's Stepchildren", plus 4 other episodes
1969	Family Affair	Pamela	1 episode
1967-1970	Hogan's Heroes	Mama Bear	3 episodes
1971	Night Gallery	Flora Alden	1 episode
1972	Banyon	Caroline Wheeler	1 episode
1973	Shaft	Jane Cunningham	1 episode
	Love, American Style	Anna Scott	1 episode
1968-1973	Mannix	Ellen West	4 episodes
1975	The Streets of San Francisco	Judith 'Judy' Tyrell	1 episode
1976	Starsky and Hutch	Ellen Forbes	1 episode
1977	McMillan & Wife	Lydia Corman	1 episode
	Quincy, M.E.	Melissa Asten	1 episode
	The Rockford Files	Karen Hall	1 episode
1978	Logan's Run	Marianne	1 episode
1979	Salem's Lot	June Petrie	TV miniseries
1980	Benson	Lily Maxwell	1 episode
1981	Taxi	Karen	1 episode
	Flo	Louise Browning	1 episode
1978-1982	Dallas	Liz Craig	16 episodes
1983	Cheers	Lana Marshall	1 episode
1984	The Four Seasons	Lorraine Elliot	13 episodes
1985	Hotel	Monica Shawcross	1 episode
1986	Mr. Sunshine	Mrs. June Swinford	11 episodes
1981-1982, 1984, 1986	Hill Street Blues	Grace Gardner	16 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1981)
1987	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Cissie Enright	1 episode CableACE Award for Outstanding Actress in a Dramatic Series (1988)
	Remington Steele	Marisa Peters	2 episodes
1987-1988	The Law and Harry McGraw	Ellie Maginnis	16 episodes
1989-1990	Empty Nest	Paula Conroy	2 episodes
1990	The Golden Girls	Charmaine Hollingsworth	1 episode
	China Beach	Lt. Col. Libby Heiss	1 episode
1991	Wings	Mae Hackett	1 episode
1985-1993	Murder, She Wrote	Various roles	5 episodes
1993-1998	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Dorothy Jennings	100 episodes Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1995)
1998	Chicago Hope	Beverly Kronk	2 episodes
2000	The Pretender	Edna Raines	2 episodes
2001	Frasier	Penelope Janvier	1 episode
2001-2002	Pasadena	Lillian Greeley	8 episodes
2002-2004	Judging Amy	Diane McCarty	2 episodes

[ Source: Wikipedia ]