So long, Ena Hartman

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Bob Jersey

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May 29, 2025, 10:11:56 AM5/29/25
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Pioneering Black actress, discovered by NBC in a 1962 talent search, went on to many a TV and film role, but best known as the police dispatcher alongside Burt Reynolds in ABC's "Dan August"... had two firsts for the Peacock in '68, the début episode of "Adam-12" and the Columbo introduction "Prescription Murder"... you can connect her to the Trek universe as well, having been considered for the role of Uhura, and being cast in "The Corbomite Maneuver"... April 16th in Van Nuys, CA: 93.
Her best-known movie, the cult fave Terminal Island, can be streamed on AMC's horror channel Shudder.
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