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Laurette Spang

Laurette Spang

Actor · Born May 16, 1951 (75) · Buffalo, New York, USA

Laurette Spang-McCook (born May 16, 1951), credited as Laurette Spang, is an American television actress. She is best known for playing the character Cassiopeia on the original Battlestar Galactica (1978).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 16, 1951 (75)
From
Buffalo, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 45% in 30 days

What are Laurette Spang's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
70%
Society
10%
Morality
8%
Ideas
7%
Power
4%
Survival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Thrilling
2
Hopeful
2
Dread
1
Melancholic
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Hopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Laurette Spang's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Laurette Spang's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

23 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Day the Bubble Burst(1982)

    as Frances Pierce

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Magnum, P.I.(1980)

    Show 1 episode · as Marge Atherton/Zelda Fitzgerald

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Tourist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as RoseAnne Wicker

  • Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack(1979)

    as Cassiopeia

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Battlestar Galactica(1978)

    as Cassiopeia

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Battlestar Galactica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 21 episodes · as Cassiopeia

  • Colorado C.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Chris Morrison

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Linda Hamilton · as Melanie Taylor

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Man from Atlantis(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Amanda Trevanian

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Three's Company(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Inga

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Charlie's Angels(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Tracy

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • The Love Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Juanita Havlicek

  • Isis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Ann

  • Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic(1975)

    as Nancy

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Rangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Ranger Julie Beck

  • Airport 1975(1974)

    as Arlene

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Six Million Dollar Man(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Yeoman Helen Maychick

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Happy Days(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Denise

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Maneater(1973)

    as Polly

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Runaway! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Coed

  • Short Walk to Daylight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Sandy

  • Emergency!(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Betsy Power · as Sally

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Adam-12(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Carla Rogers

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 77th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles from 1968 to 1982.

Highest rated

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)

Midcredits 75th

Most popular right now

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Film career

  • 1978Screen debut· Battlestar Galactica
  • 1978First film· Battlestar Galactica

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting23 of 23: 23 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score58th

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s19 · acting1980s3 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Laurette Spang's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed1

Most divisive · actor

The Day the Bubble Burst (1982)

82nd percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)

Midcredits 75th · 68% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Laurette Spang work with?

People who share at least 2 of Laurette Spang's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Vince Edwards shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors