Gates McFadden
Acting
Cheryl Gates McFadden (born March 2, 1949) is an American actress and choreographer.
She is best known for portraying the character of Dr. Beverly Crusher in the television and film series Star Trek: The Next Generation. She attended Brandeis University earning B.A Cum Laude in Theater Arts. After graduating from Brandeis, she moved to Paris and studied theater with actor Jacques LeCoq. Before Star Trek: The Next Generation, she was mostly known as a choreographer, often working on Jim Henson productions including the films The Dark Crystal, for which she was a choreographer, Labyrinth, for which she served as Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement, and The Muppets Take Manhattan, in which she has a brief on-screen appearance.
Known For
Family Guy
NCIS
Saturday Night Live
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Practice
Party of Five
Mad About You
The Cosby Show
Star Trek: Picard
Franklin & Bash
X-Men '97
Star Trek: Prodigy
Star Trek: Prodigy
The Hunt for Red October
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Star Trek: First Contact
Dirty
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek: Generations
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Taking Care of Business
Chaos on the Bridge
Make the Yuletide Gay
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