Bibi Besch, who is the progeny of noted Austrian actress Gusti Huber and Olympic sailor Gotfrid Kochert, grew up in the suburbs of New York, so it only made sense that she would get her start in the Woodbridge, NY (which is not a real town) set soap opera The Secret Storm. She subsequently became one of TV’s most recognizable character actresses with recurring parts on such series as Falcon Crest, Somerset, Secrets of Midland Heights and Love is a Many Splendored Thing while making one off appearances on everything from Charlie’s Angel’s and The Rockford Files to Hart to Hart and How the West Was Won. All that TV work doesn’t leave much time for more skinematic endeavors, but Bibi still managed to pull a part as William Shatner‘s squeeze Doctor Carol Marcus in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). If you’re wondering why Captain Kirk would stop chasing alien tail to settle down with the doc, the horror flick The Beast Within (1982) answered that question. The werewolf son flick starts off great, with Bibi putting her boobies on full display whilst being assaulted by the “beast.” Judging by her incredibly erect meat bullets, it was either incredibly cold on the set, or Bibi had a serious thing for animalistic romance. After displaying those eye popping beebees, Bibi played Dr. Veronica Miller on Dynasty, scored Emmy nominations for both Doing Time on Maple Drive and for playing Maggie’s mom Jane O’Connell in Northern Exposure. After a recurring role as Lois on The Jeff Foxworthy Show and bit roles in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, ER and Melrose Place, Bibi left the acting world in 1996. But while Bibi was done acting, her daughter Samantha Mathis took the mantle with roles as Princess Daisy in Super Mario Bros (1993), The Punisher (2004), and American Pastoral (2016). It will be tough for her to match the output of her mom, although hopefully she puts out more on screen than Bibi did, if you catch our drift. Still, when it came to bringing sensuality to the small screen, Bibi was simply the Besch!
