Herta Ware

Herta Ware in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation: Where No One Has Gone Before'

Herta Ware (1917 - 2005)

Film Deaths

• Cocoon (1985) [Rosie Lefkowitz]: Dies of old age/natural causes in her sleep, with Jack Gilford by her side. Jack then takes her body to the pool with the aliens' rejuvenating pods in an unsuccessful attempt to revive her.

TV Deaths

• Star Trek: The Next Generation: Where No One Has Gone Before (1987) [Yvette Picard]: Dies years before the episode begins. She is seen in a corridor by her son (Patrick Stewart) after Eric Menyuk uses his alien abilities to propel the Enterprise to a distant region of the universe millions of light years from their point of departure where thought and reality could exist together.
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction: The Gravedigger's Nemesis (1999) [Old Woman]: Appears as a ghost, singing a warning to Angus Scrimm in the cemetery; her body is shown afterwards when Angus opens her coffin and sees her open her eyes, causing him to die of fright.

Notable Connections

• Granddaughter of Ella Reeve Bloor, Co - founder of The Communist Party of the United States

• Ex-wife of Will Geer

• Ex-wife of David Marshall

• Mother of Ellen Geer, Kate Geer, Thad Geer and Melora Marshall

• Ex-mother-in-law of Larry Linville