Maurishka

Maurishka Tagliaferro (born July 1941; age 80) is an actress who appeared as "Yeoman Zahra" in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Operation -- Annihilate!", credited only as Maurishka. She filmed her scenes on Wednesday 15 February 1967 on location at the TRW Space and Defense Park, Tuesday 14 February 1967, Thursday 16 February 1967 and Friday 17 February 1967 at Desilu Stage 9. She was incorrectly identified in numerous references, such as the Star Trek Encyclopedia and Star Trek Concordance, as Maurishka Taliaferro. Born in French Morocco, Maurishka, who speaks six languages, moved to New York in the early 1960s, where she started out as a model and later appeared in television commercials. (Frieda Zylstra, "Maurishka Knows Foods of Middle East", Chicago Tribune, 22 November 1968, Section 2, p. 14.) One of her earliest acting roles, under the stage name Maurishka Ferro, was as a slave girl for eight performances in the play "Mandingo" at the Lyceum Theatre in