Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Beverly Muppet Conection thread

Beauregard

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According to IMDb she:

Played the secretary in Muppet's Take Manhatten
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Choreographed the ballroom scene in Labyrinth, and also Dreamchild, and
The Dark Crystal.

IMDb adds in her Bio. : She was a "Muppeteer" for Jim Henson prior to her role on Star Trek.

So, how did gates McFadden go on from Muppeteer to Ship's Doctor?

Does anyone know what happened?

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i'd say she has a good agent. but not to good considering the latest startrek film was a bust and nearly messed up the startrek franchise.....

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I quite liked the recent one actually.

But, I was wondering Chereographer to Doctor? I guess she had a bit of that "Can't take no for an answer," about her.

So, was she a puppeteer or just a chereographer?
 

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Beauregard said:
I quite liked the recent one actually.

But, I was wondering Chereographer to Doctor? I guess she had a bit of that "Can't take no for an answer," about her.

So, was she a puppeteer or just a chereographer?

She was a choreographer. She has an acting/dance background. She danced a few times on ST as well. I know ther'e one where she teaches Data to dance and I think she might have done it another time to. At least there were a few references to her dancing. Her charcacter on ST had the nickname 'The Dancing Doctor".

So there you have it. they interview her a little in 'inside the Labyrinth". I don't know about her work in Dreamchild or DC though. I thnk those are wrong. You can't always trust IMDB for info.

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Acourding to www.daisydownunder.com :

Gates worked with Jim Henson for several years, Gates helped choreograph three of his films, Dreamchild, The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. The filming of 'Labyrinth' was also a good experience for Gates "It was massive. It took nine months. I have never done anything quite so complex in terms of special effects choreography."

I'll check more of the internet later for info on this...
 

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It was Gates McFadden's sister who choreographed Labyrinth, not Gates herwelf. Though, she did make that guest appearance on TMTM.

The two do look a lot alike.
 

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Super Scooter said:
It was Gates McFadden's sister who choreographed Labyrinth, not Gates herwelf. Though, she did make that guest appearance on TMTM.

The two do look a lot alike.
Are you sure, on IMDb it says that she was creditied with a different name, Cheryl I think.
 

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Why would they credit her as Cheryl if her name was Gates? It's even listed as Cheryl when they interview her for Inside the Labyrinth. I seem to remeber Jim Henson even calling her Cheryl...

I dunno. I thouhgt it was her sister.
 

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I think she might have changed it to Gates because it sounds better than Cheryl, and looks better ofn credits and so on, after all a lot of actors change their names...Even Cliff Richard used to have a different name before he becamse Cliff Richard.
 

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Look:

Birth name:
Cheryl Gates McFadden

From here:

There are 4 movies that contain "Gates (Cheryl) McFadden".
 
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