Nancy Crater

Nancy Crater is a minor character featured in the original NBC television series Star Trek. She was played by actresses Jeanne Bal and Francine Pyne and appeared in the season one episode, "The Man Trap".

Notes & Trivia

 * {{createdby|director Marc Daniels and writer George Clayton Johnson based on concepts originally developed by Gene Roddenberry.


 * Nancy Crater does not actually make an appearance in Star Trek. She is referenced at length, and is visually represented by the shape-shifting salt vampire of M-113.


 * Actress Jeanne Bal played the older Nancy Crater as she would have looked naturally had she lived. Francine Pyne played the younger, blonde-haired Nancy Crater.


 * Other forms that the M-113 salt creature assumed include Doctor Leonard McCoy, Crewman Green, and an unidentified blue-shirted crewman.


 * "The Man Trap" was adapted by author James Blish in the novel Star Trek. The title of the story was changed to "The Unreal McCoy" and Nancy's name was changed to Nancy Bierce.