Nichols, the sci-fi and television icon, was 89 years old
Born in Illinois as Grace Dell Nichols in 1932, Nichols’ started her show business career as a theater actor.
Her first acting break came from an appearance in Oscar Brown’s, which earned her a nomination for Chicago’s Sarah Siddons theatrical acting award and brought her to the attention of Hugh Hefner—as the show involved a thinly veiled parody ofNichols’ first TV show appearance was in one episode Gene Roddenberry’s, and she revealed later in life that the two of them had been in a relationship years before he cast her onthat went on to define her career and made her an iconic figure in pop culture.
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