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Jeri Taylor Biography (1938-)

Full name, Jeri Cecile Taylor; born June 30, 1938, in Evansville, IN; daughter of William Edward and Ruah Loraze (maiden name, Brackett) Suer; married Dick Enberg (a sportscaster), September 19, 1959 (divorced, 1977); married DavidMoessinger (a television writer), October 11, 1986; children: (first marriage) Jennifer, Andrew, Alexander (an actor).

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Producer, writer

Birth Details

June 30, 1938

Evansville, Indiana, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Producer
• Series
• (With others) Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC, between 1976 and 1983
• (With Donald A. Baer) Blue Thunder, ABC, 1984
• Coproducer, Magnum P.I., CBS, 1987-88
• Supervising producer, In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1988-89
• Co-executive producer, Jake and the Fatman, CBS, 1989-90
• Supervising producer, Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1990-92
• Executive producer, Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known asStar Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1992-93
• Creator and executive producer, Star Trek: Voyager (also known asVoyager), UPN, 1995-98
• Also worked as story editor for Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC.
• Television Work
• Episodic
• Executive producer, "All Good Things ..." (final episode), Star Trek:The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1992
• Directed episodes of Jake and the Fatman, CBS; and Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC.
• Other
• Supervising producer, A Place to Call Home (special), CBS, 1987
• Creator and executive producer, Star Trek: Voyager--Caretaker (pilot), UPN, 1995
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Journey's End: The Sage of Star Trek--The Next Generation, 1994
• Inside the New Adventure--Star Trek Voyager, syndicated, 1995
• Film Appearances
• Herself, Trekkies, Paramount Classics, 1999
• WRITINGS
• Television Series
• Staff writer, Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG; also based on story by Taylor), syndicated, 1990-94
• Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager), UPN, 1995-98
• Television Episodes
• Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC, c. 1982-83
• "Second Thunder," Blue Thunder, ABC, 1984
• Magnum P.I., CBS, three episodes, 1987-88
• In the Heat of the Night, NBC, between 1988 and 1989
• Author of "The Medical Mystery," an episode of Father Dowling Mysteries (also known as Father Dowling Investigates); "Gambini the Great"and "Wave of the Future," episodes of Little House on the Prairie (also known as Little House: A New Beginning), NBC; also wrote episodes of The Incredible Hulk, CBS; Jake and the Fatman, CBS; and Salvage, ABC
• Television Specials
• Please Don't Hit Me, Mom (also based on story by Taylor), ABC, 1981
• But It's Not My Fault! (also based on story by Taylor), ABC, 1983
• Television Scripts
• Other
• A Place to Call Home (movie), CBS, 1987
• Star Trek: Voyager--Caretaker (pilot), UPN, 1995
• "Star Trek" Novels
• Unification, Pocket Books, 1991
• Mosaic, Pocket Books, 1996
• Pathways, Pocket Books, 1998
• Also author of Day of Honor.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

• The novels Mosaic and Pathways have been adapted as audio books. Episodes of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as Deep Space Nine, DS9, and Star Trek: DS9), syndicated, beginning 1993, were created by Taylor. Video games based on Taylor's creations include Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, released by Activision in 2000, and Star Trek: Elite Force II, released by Activisionin 2003. The short film Star Trek: The Experience--Borg Invasion 4D, released by Paramount in 2004, was also based on Taylor's creations.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Cult Times, July, 1997, pp. 26-29
• Starlog, February, 1995; October, 1996