Barbara March (born Barbara Jean Maczka; October 9, 1953 – August 11, 2019) was a Canadian actress best known for her portrayal of the

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character Lursa, one of the

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. She appeared as Lursa in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (" Redemption" and "

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"), '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' ("

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"), and ''

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''.

Biography

Other credits included '' Total Security'', ''

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'', ''The Portrait'', '' The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw'', ''Blood Ties'', ''Kingsgate'', ''Nightheat'' and ''

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'' for which she earned a

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nomination for

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. March attended the

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, and began acting shortly after graduating. March was an accomplished stage performer and starred at Canada's

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and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, as well as in both New York and Los Angeles. She received critical acclaim as Isabella in ''

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'', Desdemona in ''

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'', Titania in ''

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'', the title heroine in ''

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'', Ruth in

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's ''

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'' and, on many occasions,

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. March was also a playwright and screenwriter. Her play ''The Razing of Charlotte Brontë'' is also available in Italian as ''Le riflessioni di Charlotte Brontë'' and she published a novella, ''The Copper People''. March married

Alan Scarfe Alan John Scarfe (born 8 June 1946) is a British–Canadian actor, stage director and author. He is a former Associate Director of the Stratford Festival (1976–77) and the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool (1967–68). He won the 1985 Genie A ...

in 1979 and they had a daughter named Antonia (Tosia), born in 1985, who is a musician and composer.Entry for Alan Scarfe in ''Canadian Who's Who'' She died of cancer on August 11, 2019, at the age of 65.

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