Bibi Besch

Born Bibiana Maria Köchert
February 1, 1942
Vienna, Reichsgaue of the Ostmark, German Reich
Died September 7, 1996 (aged 54)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1954–1996
Spouse Donald B. Mathis
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​(m. 1965; div. 1973)​
Children Samantha Mathis
Parents
Gotfrid Köchert (father)
Gusti Huber (mother)

Bibi Besch (born Bibiana Maria Köchert; February 1, 1942 – September 7, 1996) was an Austrian-American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Dr. Carol Marcus in the science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Her other notable film roles were in Who's That Girl (1987), and Tremors (1990). Besch also appeared in a number of television productions, including the television film The Day After (1983) and The Jeff Foxworthy Show, and received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Bibiana Maria Köchert was born in Vienna in 1942, the younger of two daughters born to theater actress Gusti Huber, who starred in German films during World War II, and Gotfrid Köchert, an Austrian racing driver, who served in the Wehrmacht. She had an elder sister, Christiana Barbara Köchert. Gusti and her two daughters remained in Vienna throughout World War II, immigrating to the United States after the war ended.

Joseph Besch, a radio executive and former U.S. Army captain, married the divorced Huber in 1946 and became stepfather to Huber's daughters', who took his surname. Huber and Besch later had two children, born in the United States, Drea and Andrew, the half-siblings of Bibiana and Christiana. Bibi had a daughter, Samantha Mathis, also an actress.