Vivien Merchant

However, Merchant never got over the dissolution of her marriage, and her premature death was brought about by alcoholism. She has been married twice, first to James Vickery from 1969 until his death in 1979, then to Robert Dozier in 1981. Merchant went public about her distress, and famously told the press that Pinter had not taken many clothes with him; but, she quipped, if he didn't have any shoes to wear, he could always borrow Fraser's: "she has very big feet, you know". A graduate of Sweet Briar College, Muldaur was at one point a board member of the Screen Actors Guild and later the president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Their marriage began disintegrating in the mid-1960s and Pinter left Merchant suddenly in 1977 to live with historian Lady Antonia Fraser. She was also a guest star in two episodes of the original Star Trek; only about 30 actors have appeared in two generations of the franchise. Despite her great talent and many film appearances - including Alfie (1966) and Frenzy (1972), she is probably best known as the first wife of the playwright, Harold Pinter, whom she married in 1956. She appeared in many of his works, notably The Homecoming (1973). Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Vivien Merchant (1929-1983) was a British actress, born Ada Thompson. Law and Dr. She is best known for playing Rosalind Shays on L.A. Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938 in New York, New York), is an American television actress.