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D. C. Fontana

1939 - 2019

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Dorothy Catherine Fontana (March 25, 1939 – December 2, 2019) was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek series. After a short period working for Samuel A. Peeples as a secretary, Fontana moved to work for Del Reisman, a producer on The Lieutenant, whose creator was Gene Roddenberry. Though The Lieutenant was soon cancelled, Roddenberry began working on Star Trek, and Fontana was appointed as the series' story editor, but left after the second season to pursue freelance work. She later worked with Roddenberry again on Genesis II and then as story editor and associate producer on Star Trek: The Animated Series. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). D. C. Fontana is the 6,858th most popular writer (down from 6,791st in 2024), the 14,576th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,991st in 2019) and the 1,035th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, D. C. Fontana ranks 6,858 out of 7,302. Before her are Paolo Bacigalupi, Eugene Vodolazkin, Alex Hirsch, Timothy Findley, Pierdomenico Baccalario, and Kristina Ohlsson. After her are Ken Levine, Jean Stafford, Patrick Besson, Noah Hawley, John Ralston Saul, and Heston Blumenthal.

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Among people born in 1939, D. C. Fontana ranks 629. Before her are Leon Brittan, Tom Harkin, George M. Whitesides, Peter Radford, John A. Russo, and John H. Sununu. After her are Bob Armstrong, Bill Toomey, Jagdeep, Ben Cayetano, Jim Baxter, and Don McKinnon. Among people deceased in 2019, D. C. Fontana ranks 585. Before her are Manohar Parrikar, Etika, Frederico Rosa, Robert Hunter, Sandie Jones, and Al Alvarez. After her are Ram Jethmalani, Okwui Enwezor, Jorge Hernández, John Dingell, Viktor Manakov, and Anthoine Hubert.

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, D. C. Fontana ranks 1,035. Before her are Justin Knapp (1982), Marge Piercy (1936), Ann C. Crispin (1950), Mark Van Doren (1894), Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), and Alex Hirsch (1985). After her are Ken Levine (1966), Jean Stafford (1915), Noah Hawley (1967), Susan Faludi (1959), Brannon Braga (1965), and David X. Cohen (1966).

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