Biography
On "Hill Street", Babcock was tough Grace Gardner, hounding Sgt. Esterhaus (Michael Conrad) until she had him. "Tough" seems to be a word threaded through Babcock's personal life as well. The daughter of the US Army General, she was raised in Tokyo and spoke Japanese before English. On screen, Babcock seems very much the "lady". Her early career included guest spots on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (CBS) as a cousin to the rich boy nemesis …
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Career Milestones
| Cast as Dorothy Jennings on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (CBS) | ||
| Played Grace Gardner on "Hill Street Blues" (NBC) | ||
| Played attorney Ellie McGinnis on "The Law and Harry McGraw" (CBS) | ||
1960 | TV debut, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" as Pamela Osborne (date approximate) | |
1966 | Played "Mea3" in "A Taste of Armageddon" episode of "Star Trek" | |
1968 | Film debut, "Day of the Evil Gun" | |
1971 | TV-movie debut, "The Last Child" | |
1973 | Played team owner in "Bang the Drum Slowly" | |
1978 | Played recurring role of Liz Craig on "Dallas" (CBS) | |
1984 | Co-starred as Lorraine Elliot, a medical professor, on the CBS sitcom "The Four Seasons" | |
1986 | Featured as the flighty landlord June Swinford on the ABC sitcom "Mr. Sunshine" (1986) | |
2001 | Returned to series work as co-star of the Fox fall primetime serial "Pasadena" | |
Awards
1981 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Hill Street Blues |
1988 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in Cheers |
1995 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman |