 The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.
1 9 6 6 - 1 9 6 7 (USA)
29 x 50 minute episodes
Inspired by British comic strip heroine, Modesty Blaise, The
Girl From UNCLE (it stood for United Network Command for Law
and Enforcement) was a spin-off from The Man from UNCLE and
was also responsible for launching the TV career of Stefanie
Powers (real name Stefania Zorfja Federkievicz).
Powers (Stefanie not Austin) took on the role of April Dancer,
who came equipped with a bottomless handbag of specially designed
weaponry.
Continuity from the parent series was provided in the
form of chief Alexander Waverly (Leo G. Carroll) who would send
April and her sidekick Mark Slate (an agent transferred from
U.N.C.L.E.'s London office) in pursuit of the evil T.H.R.U.S.H.
Napoleon Solo was also apt to make the occasional guest
appearance. The series was even more far-fetched than the one that
spawned it and it failed to make an impression with viewers. As a
result, April Dancer and Mark Slate were decommissioned after only
one season.
Stefanie Powers was not the first actress to appear as The
Girl From U.N.C.L.E - Former Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley,
appeared as April Dancer in a Man from UNCLE episode
entitled The Moonglow Affair.
Noel Harrison is the son of famous actor, Rex Harrison.
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