Fontana, D. C.
URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Dorothy Catherine
Variants
- Fontana, Dorothy C.
- Fontana, Dorothy Catherine
- Bingham, J. Michael
- Richards, Michael, 1939-
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1939-03-25
Death Date
- 2019-12-03
Has Affiliation
- Organization: American Film Institute
Birth Place
- Sussex (N.J.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
Television producer
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Star trek. This side of paradise [MP] 1967:credits (teleplay and story by D.C. Fontana)
- found: LC data base, 2/1/96(hdg.: Fontana, D. C.)
- found: LC COPICS data base, PA58-281, 2/1/96(D.C. Fontana; Dorothy Fontana)
- found: Internet movie database, February 27, 2015(D.C. Fontana; born, March 25, 1939 in Sussex, New Jersey, USA; birth name, Dorothy Catherine Fontana; also credited as J. Michael Bingham, Dorothy C. Fontana, Dorothy Fontana, Michael Richards; writer, story editor, producer)
- found: Globe and mail WWW site, viewed Dec. 11, 2019(in obituary published Dec. 4, 2019: D.C. Fontana, who helped craft the lore of Star Trek and developed one of its signature characters, Spock, as the first female writer for the original 1960s television series, died Tuesday [Dec. 3, 2019] in Burbank, Calif. She was 80 and lived in Los Angeles. Dorothy Catherine Fontana was born March 25, 1939, in Sussex, N.J. In her later years, Ms. Fontana taught at the American Film Institute until a few weeks before her death)
LC Classification
- PS3556.O48
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Change Notes
- 1996-02-23: new
- 2022-09-15: revised
Alternate Formats