Spice Williams
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Spice Williams (born as Marceline Ann Williams on 26 April 1952; credited as Spice Williams-Crosby since 2003) is an "Action Actress" (a term she prefers) who played the part of Vixis in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. She also worked on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, appearing in the uncredited role as the female Klaestron kidnapper in DS9: "Dax". She also doubled for actress Megan Gallagher in DS9: "Invasive Procedures" for a fight sequence. In addition, she served as stunt double for Jeri Ryan on episodes of Star Trek: Voyager.
Williams-Crosby was born in North Hollywood, California. She began her career in show business as a singer and dancer before becoming a stunt performer. She is also a famous bodybuilder and a vegan. She married Gregory Crosby – the first grandson of Bing Crosby and half-brother to Denise Crosby – on 26 August 1989. They have one son, Luke.
In addition to her roles on Star Trek, she has appeared in or performed stunts for over 100 films and television programs, including Roseanne and From Dusk Till Dawn and has doubled for actresses like Louise Fletcher and Meg Foster.
[edit] Star Trek Appearances
[edit] Selected filmography
[edit] Acting
- Films
- Number One with a Bullet (1987; also stunts)
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
- Guyver (1991; also stunts), co-starring Michael Berryman and Jeffrey Combs
- The Naked Truth (1992)
- Archibald the Rainbow Painter (1998) with Ann H. Gillespie, Michael McKean, and Robert Picardo; written and directed by Les Landau
- Restraining Order (1999)
- Beautiful (2000)
- The Signing Detective (2003)
- Dead End Road (2004)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Television
- Diff'rent Stokes (1985)
- Mama's Family (1987)
- Step by Step (1996)
- Roseanne (1997)
- Seinfeld (1997), as a woman carrying George Costanza (played by Jason Alexander)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998)
- Diagnosis Murder (1999)
- Angel (2003)
- Charmed (2005)
- Scrubs (2007; also stunts)
[edit] Stunts
- Films
- The Lost Boys (1987)
- Natural Born Killers (1994)
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
- Batman & Robin (1997)
- Liar Liar (1997)
- Spawn (1997)
- A Simple Plan (1998)
- For Love of the Game (1999)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
- The Island (2005)
- Mission: Impossible III (2006), written and directed by J.J. Abrams
- Television
- Star Trek: Voyager (1997-2001)
- 7th Heaven (1996-?)
[edit] External links
- SpiceWilliamsCrosby.com - official site
- Spice-of-Life.com - official nutrition site
- Spice Williams at the Internet Movie Database
- Spice Williams-Crosby at the WorkingActorsGroup
