Kirstie Alley not returning to portray Lieutenant Saavik in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country led to a different character becoming a traitor, according to director Nicholas Meyer. Released ...

Both Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home saw Lt. Saavik returning through Robin Curtis’ performance, but the absence of Kirstie Alley had always stuck out with fans.

Kirstie Alley fibbed in order to play her iconic Star Trek character who was, ironically, incapable of lying. ... Kirstie Alley Dead: Star of Cheers Dies at 71 After Short Battle with Cancer.

In 1981, as Kirstie Alley was in her final round of auditions to play Saavik in Star Trek II, her parents were in a car accident. Her mother was killed instantly and her father was hospitalized.

Alley appeared as the Vulcan Lt. Saavik in 1982’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” and it was a role so beloved that fans wanted Paramount to bring it back for the next film. She had ...

The director of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" remembered Kirstie Alley's audition for his movie, as well as her excitement for the role. She was so happy she wore her ears to bed.

Beyond giving a "terrific reading" for the 1982 sequel, Alley played Saavik with an "unselfconscious originality" that the character required, Meyer says, in explaining why he fought for her.

Kirstie Alley, the two-time Emmy-winning star of the classic sitcom “Cheers” and the comedy “Veronica’s Closet,” has died. She was 71. Her passing was announced Monday evening on her ...

Five years before she first pulled up a barstool on “Cheers,” Kirstie Alley made her big-screen debut in a role that couldn’t be more different than businesswoman Rebecca Howe on NBC’s ...