Bronwyn (Nancy Kovack) is a secondary antagonist in the 1967 episode “Apollo” for the action adventure TV series “I Spy”.
Bronwyn is a spy who infiltrates NASA in order to get secret information. She is friends with Kelly Robinson (Robert Culp), who helps her get her job and clearance. Kelly introduces her to his friend Alexander Scott (Bill Cosby), who pretends to be strapped for cash.
Kelly and Bronwyn go on a double date to a nightclub with Scott. While there, the nightclub singer, Margo (Charlene Jones) is revealed to be Scott’s ex, who he owes alimony to.
Bronwyn goes to Scott and asks him if he is interested in getting some extra money to make his problems go away. She introduces him to her roommate (boss), Bobbie (Pippa Scott), who intends to pay him $10,000 to steal secrets. Scott tells her that he will think about it and get back to her. After he leaves, it is revealed that they have kidnapped Margo as an insurance policy. However, Margo reveals that she was a paid actress, and she was not married to Scott. Bobbie and Bronwyn, decide to use this information to their advantage, since Scott and Kelly don’t know they know about it.
While Bronwyn goes with Scott to meet Bobbie, Margo is able to warn on a telephone to Kelly. When Scott meets Bobbie, he is told that she wants information on the booster engines for the next launch. She devises a plan that Bobbie will pose as a congresswoman, and Bronwyn is an under-secretary. Scott will get them access to the facility, gather up the data, and blow up the facility. They also reveal that he is expendable, since they already have the company car, the VIP access badges, and the information. Bobbie tells him after she reaches Santa Susana Test Facility, Scott along with his phony ex-wife will be eliminated.
Bobbie transports Scott and Margo to the freight cars at the railroad yard. They temporarily escape, but are ultimately locked in a freezer car that begins moving. Kelly is able to track down the car and rescue them.
Bobbie and two of her goons arrive at the Test Facility and gain access to the launch room. There they hold two senators and the engineers as hostage. Before they can do the launch, Kelly is able to disconnect the cables, which disables the launch. With their mission failed, they make a getaway, with Bronwyn showing up with another helicopter. As Bronwyn holds a gun on the pilot, Bobbie and her goons make a run for it across the landing pad with the classified material. The two goons are killed in a gunfight, Bobbie is wounded, and Bronwyn is arrested.
Trivia[]
- Nancy Kovack appeared as Monique in the 1964 episode ‘Hail To The Chief’ for the tv series ‘Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea’.
- Nancy Kovack appeared as the evil nurse Miss Flostone in the 1965 episode "The Brain-Killer Affair" for the TV series "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
- Nancy Kovack appeared as Rita Mitchell, a rich snobby actress in the 1965 episode "The Moving Finger" for the TV series "I Dream of Jeannie".
- Nancy Kovack appeared as Queenie, the Joker's henchwoman in the 1966 episodes "The Joker is Wild" and "Batman is Riled" for the TV series "Batman".
- Nancy Kovack appeared as Barbara, a villainess in the 1966 Matt Helm spy spoof film, "The Silencers". In the movie she attempts to seduce Matt Helm (Dean Martin) and then tries to kill him by sticking him with a knife. This attempt is thwarted when Tina (Daliah Lavi) shoots her in the back 2 times.
- Nancy Kovack appeared as Sonja, the KAOS agent in the 1969 episode "The Night They Raided Knights" in the TV series Get Smart.
- Nancy Kovack appeared as Clio Vanita in the 1969 two-part episode "Cousin Serena Strikes Again" for the TV series "Bewitched".
- Nancy Kovack appeared as Nona in the 1969 episode ‘A Private Little War’ for the tv series ‘Star Trek’.
- Nancy Kovack appeared (with brunette hair) as Sheila Sommers, the ex-girlfriend of Darrin Stephens (Dick York) in two episodes of the TV series "Bewitched" from 1964-1968. As a blonde, she played other villainesses (perhaps being a perfect cast for the trope of the “evil blonde” https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Blondes_Are_Evil),
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