An actress, Gates McFadden popular for playing the role of Dr. Beverly Crusher in the television series has also established himself in the film industry as a choreographer.

Gates McFadden's early life

Best known for her strawberry blonde hair and her sparkling blue eyes, Gates McFadden was born as Cheryl Gates McFadden on in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the United States of America at the end of the 1940s. 

Her nationality is American and she has a diverse ethnicity. She is of Lithuanian descent.

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With the completion of her high school graduation, Gates joined Brandeis University. From a young age, she was interested in acting and that's why she majored in theatre arts while she was at Brandeis University.

She finally earned her Bachelor of Arts cum laude from there. Later on, she studied theatre in Paris.

Gates McFadden's career

In , she entered into the film industry as a choreographer in the movie The Dark Crystal. In she worked in an American musical comedy film The Muppets Take Manhattan, featuring Joan Rivers.

She was the choreographer as well as an actress in this movie. Two years later, she worked as Director of Choreography and Puppet Movement in a British-American adventure musical fantasy film Labyrinth.

She is critically acclaimed for starring the role of Dr. Beverly Crusher on starring William Shatner and Malcolm McDowell.