Katharyn Michaelian Powers is a television writer who wrote for several television series from the 1970s through the 1990s. Among the series she has written episodes for are ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Airwolf'' and '' Stargate SG-1''. She was the story editor for ''

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'', ''Fantasy Island'' and ''

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''. She was credited as an "executive story consultant" for ''Stargate SG-1'' during its first season.

Personal life

Katharyn Powers was born Lorna Theresa Patton in Los Angeles, California in 1943. Her mother, Miriam Aulman, was sixteen years old; her father is still unknown. She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1960, and went on to study theatre with television actor Bert Holland at Santa Monica College. In 1962, she married stage actor Terry Boole. The two had one daughter,

Alexandra Powers Alexandra Kristin Powers is an American former actress. Early life Powers was born in New York City. She grew up in an 'artsy, liberal environment' on both coasts with her divorced parents. Her father teaches acting. She said in an interview th ...

, in 1967, but divorced shortly thereafter. In 1969, she married Michael Michaelian. The two had one daughter, Nicole Powers (Nicole Montgomery), in 1970. In 1979, she married actor and model Dana Reno Andrews after having divorced Michaelian. The two had one daughter, Sterling Powers, in 1979, and wrote one episode of ''

'' together before divorcing in 1984. She is now retired, and spends most of her time researching

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List of episodes written by Powers

*" Code of Honor" ('' Star Trek: The Next Generation'') (with Michael Baron) *" Past Prologue" (''

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'') *" Emancipation" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *" Brief Candle" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *"

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" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *" Fire and Water" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *" Enigma" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *" Thor's Chariot" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *"

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" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *"

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" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *" Pretense" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *"

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" ('' Stargate SG-1'') *" Smoke & Mirrors" ('' Stargate SG-1'')

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*"Jennie" ('' Airwolf'') *"Swamp Molly" ('' The Dukes of Hazzard'') *"The Brujo" ('' Kung Fu'') *"The Arrogant Dragon" ('' Kung Fu'') *"This Valley of Terror" ('' Kung Fu'') *"The Devil's Champion" ('' Kung Fu'') *unknown episodes ''

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'' *"The Visit" (''

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'') *''The Missing are Deadly'' (U.S. 1975 TV movie) *"Death Mask" ('' Khan!'') *"Death Ride" ('' Petrocelli'') *"Chain of Command" ('' Petrocelli'') *"The Pay Off ('' Petrocelli'') *" The Cheese Sisters" ('' Young Pioneers'') *"Sweetwater" ('' The Young Pioneers'') *"Pilot" ('' How the West Was Won'') *"Erika" ('' How the West Was Won'') *"Bowie John Christie" ('' How the West Was Won'') *"Buffalo Story" ('' How the West Was Won'') *"Mormon Story" ('' How the West Was Won'') *"Interlude" ('' How the West Was Won'') *"Orville Gant" ('' How the West Was Won'') *"Formicida" (''

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'') *'' The Kid from Left Field'' (1979 remake) *"Fallen Angel" (''

'') *"Of Ghosts and Angels" (''

'') *"Toni's Boys" (''

'') *"Tony Comes Home" (''

'') *"Dark Journey" (''

'') *"Everybody Goes to Gilley's/Face of Fire" (''

'') *"Naughty Marietta/The Winning Ticket" (''

'') *"Eternal Flame/A Date with Burt" (''

'') *"Futurepast" (''

Logan's Run ''Logan's Run'' is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusianism future society in which both population and the consumption of resource ...

'')

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Powers, Katharyn Living people Date of birth unknown American women television writers 1943 births Screenwriters from California Writers from Los Angeles American television writers 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women