Shirley Anthony (born 25 August 1928; age 95) is a retired actress who appeared as a Vulcan priestess in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. She received no credit for this appearance. Born as Shirley Smith, she also went sometimes by her married name, Shirley Rastatter. Under this name she worked on the Leave It to Beaver episode "Beaver's Old Buddy" (1961) and the short comedy That Darn Bill (2004).
Anthony worked for four decades as background and featured actress on several feature films and television series. Between 1976 and 1979 she appeared in several bit roles in the series The Rockford Files where she worked with Tony Brubaker, Frieda Rentie, Charles Hallahan, Robert Hitchcock, Julie Parrish, Nicholas Worth, Mel Gold, Richard Cox, Dave Cadiente, and Benjie Bancroft. In the 1990s, Anthony returned to this franchise and portrayed Sally in the four made for television movies – The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994, with Joanna Cassidy, Daniel Benzali, Lawrence Pressman, Joseph Campanella, Michael Bailey Smith, Bob Minor, and Greg Bronson), The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996, with Randy Oglesby, Herschel Sparber, Jay Montalvo, Terry Jackson, Terry James, and Coleman McClary), The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997, with Marco Rodriguez, Eugene Roche, Glenn Morshower, Dick Durock, and Bob Minor), and The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds...It Leads (1999, with Denise Crosby and Beverly Swanson).
Anthony's earlier acting work include The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)The Joey Bishop Show (1962, with Joan Swift), The Jack Benny Program (1965), Batman (1966, with Nancy Kovack, Pete Kellett, ND Gil Perkins), I Spy (1967, with Joan Marshall and Robert Strong), The Lucy Show (1966 and 1968, with Lucille Ball, Stanley Adams, Joan Swift, and Robert Hitchcock), Petticoat Junction (1968, with Al Roberts), The Wild Wild West (1968-1969, with Sandra Smith, Johnny Haymer, Clay Hodges, Jimmie Booth, Arthur Batanides, Stanley Kamel, Tom Huff, Al Cavens, Eddy Donno, and Tony Dante), and Gunsmoke (1969-1970, with Anthony James, John Anderson, and Robert Phillips).
Early film work include Sweet Bird of Youth (1962, with Corey Allen, Barry Atwater, Lars Hensen, Paul Power, and Davis Roberts), Send Me No Flowers (1964, with Shep Houghton and William Meader), The Glass Bottom Boat (1966, with Tom Anfinsen, Jerry Catron, Dick Dial, and Theo Marcuse), and Westworld (1973, with Alan Oppenheimer, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Charles Seel, Davis Roberts, Tony Brubaker, Bill Catching, Lou Elias, Bob Harks, Robert Hitchcock, Alan Marston, Charles Picerni, and Paul Sorensen).
Further television work includes episodes of The Doris Day Show (1972), The Partridge Family (1972), Shaft (1973, with Percy Rodriguez, Jason Wingreen, Fred Carson, Bill Catching, Bob Harks, Robert Hitchcock, Shep Houghton, Charles Picerni, and Robert Strong), Here's Lucy (1971-1974, with Lucille Ball, Bob Harks, Walter Smith, Paul Sorensen, Robert Hitchcock, John Hugh McKnight, Parley Baer, Keye Luke, Monty O'Grady, Frieda Rentie, and Joyce McNeal), Police Woman (1975, with Charles Dierkop, Ron Soble, Charlie Brill, Peter Eastman, and Bob Harks), The Rookies (1975, with Joseph Hindy), Ellery Queen (1975), Starsky & Hutch (1976, with David Soul, Madlyn Rhue, Gene LeBell, and Robert Strong), The Love Boat (1979, with Robert Strong), Charlie's Angels (1976-1980, with Joseph Ruskin, Hal Needham, David Armstrong, Frank Gorshin, Meg Wyllie, Lou Elias, Tony Dante, Robert Hitchcock, Monty O'Grady, Tricia O'Neil, and Robert Strong), Goliath Awaits (1981, with Frank Gorshin, Duncan Regehr, Lars Hensen, Peter Stader, and Arthur Tovey), Flamingo Road (1981-1982, with John Beck, Sharon Acker, Robert Buckingham, Robert Hitchcock, Walter Smith, Joel Marston, and Lemuel Perry), The Quest (1982, with Karen Austin, John Rhys-Davies, William Lucking, and James Sloyan), The A-Team (1985, with Dwight Schultz, Lance LeGault, and Arthur Tovey), Matlock (1987, with Scott Burkholder, Richard McKenzie, and Conrad Hurtt), T. J. Hooker (with William Shatner and Richard Herd), and Murder, She Wrote (1988-1989, with Julie Parrish, Robert Buckingham, Monty O'Grady, Walter Smith, David Birney, Michael Spound, and Bob Harks).
Anthony also had featured and background roles in The Parallax View (1974, with Ted Gehring, Kenneth Mars, John S. Ragin, Dorothy Hack, Anthony Zerbe, and Glenn R. Wilder), The Towering Inferno (1974, with Gregory Sierra, Elizabeth Rogers, George D. Wallace, Dave Armstrong, Buzz Barbee, John Blower, Robert Buckingham, Peter Paul Eastman, Robert Hitchcock, John Hugh McKnight, Steve Marlo, John Moio, Robert Strong, Vic Toyota, and Gary Wright), The Last Tycoon (1976, with Tige Andrews, Morgan Farley, Jeff Corey, Seymour Cassel, Lloyd Kino, Dick Cherney, Peter Paul Eastman, Bob Harks, Byron Morrow, Monty O'Grady, and Arthur Tovey), Herbie Goes Bananas (1980, with Jack Perkins, Buddy Joe Hooker, Kenny Endoso, Johnny C. Meier, and George Sasaki), Private Benjamin (1980, with Alan Oppenheimer, Keone Young, Richard Herd, Lilyan Chauvin, and David LeBell), the comedy Nine to Five (1980, with Lawrence Pressman, Earl Boen, Terrence E. McNally, and Eric Mansker), Seems Like Old Times (1980, with Marc Alaimo, Bill Zuckert, John Blower, and Charlie Brill), The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981, with Henry Gibson, John Glover, Mary McCusker, Betty McGuire, David Ruprecht, Alan Shearman, and Diz White), The Believers (1987, with Harris Yulin), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987, with Michael McKean, Larry A. Hankin, Richard Herd, Bill Erwin, John Moio, Jimmie Booth, Bob Harks, Robert Hitchcock, Debra Lamb Bailleaux, George Sasaki, and William Windom), and the television drama Charlie (1989).
In the late 1970s and the 1980s, Anthony was a regular background actress in numerous episodes of Hart to Hart (1979-1982, with Eugene Roche, Jack Perkins, Greg Barnett, Dave Armstrong, George Sasaki, Madlyn Rhue, René Auberjonois, Benjie Bancroft, Len Felber, Robert Hitchcock, Monty O'Grady, Kat Sawyer-Young, Arthur Tovey, and Bob Harks), Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984-1986, with William Boyett, Byron Morrow, Matthew Faison, Ted Sorel, David Froman, David Paymer, James Cromwell, Michael Bell, and William Schallert), The Colbys (1985-1987, with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Joseph Campanella, Ricardo Montalban, Peter White, Buzz Barbee, Robert Buckingham, Suzanne Lodge, Tim McCormack, Lynda Robertson, Ilona Wilson, Jessie Biscardi, John Blower, Fletcher Bryant, Roger Trantham, Ray Wise, Ian Abercrombie, Devron Conrad, John Copage, Gene Poe, Tony Rocco, Bob Davis, Joel Marston, Joel Schultz, Georgann Johnson, Bill Zuckert, Gayle Frank, Judson Scott, Peter Paul Eastman, Josephine Parra, Nana Visitor, Bruce Gray, Kavi Raz, Robert Hitchcock, and James Ingersoll), Falcon Crest (1982-1988, with Robert Foxworth, Nick Ramus, Mario Marcelino, Peter White, Kate Vernon, John Blower, Bob Davis, Peter Paul Eastman, Gayle Frank, Robert Hitchcock, Suzanne Lodge, Robert Ito, Allan G. Royal, J. Michael Flynn, Angela Paton, Faith Burton, Dave Armstrong, and Richard Sarstedt), Dynasty (1982-1989, with Lee Bergere, Joan Collins, Tim O'Connor, Dave Armstrong, Laura Grayson, John Hugh McKnight, Peter Mark Richman, Lance LeGault, John Blower, Debra Dilley, Buzz Barbee, Robert Hitchcock, Roger Trantham, Don Eitner, Scott Leva, Tony Rocco, Robert Buckingham, Suzanne Lodge, Liam Sullivan, Bert Remsen, John McLiam, Jimmie Booth, Peter Paul Eastman, Kaye Wade, Bruce Gray, Ian Abercrombie, Clay Hodges, William O. Campbell, Lynda Robertson, Theodore Bikel, James Louis Watkins, Rod Loomis, Conrad Hurtt, Jim Painter, Ray Petersen, Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Jessie Biscardi, Mike Paciorek, Anthony Zerbe, Tricia O'Neil, Warren Munson, Bob Davis, Juan De Villa, Bruce Dobos, Kavi Raz, John Copage, Joel Marston, Gene Poe, Ricardo Montalban, Linda Thorson, Lee Faranda, Richard Sarstedt, Tom Schanley, Patricia McPherson, Carolyne Barry, Michael Ensign, Fran Bennett, Christopher Neame, Harvey Jason, John D. Gowans, Spike Silver, Brian J. Williams, and Tom Morga), and Knots Landing (1985-1990, with Patti Yasutake, Ray Wise, Melinda Culea, John Mahon, and Michelle Phillips).
In 2011, Anthony was interviewed for the documentary Here's Harry: Remembering Gale Gordon as part of a DVD release of the show Here's Lucy.