Lately I have been on a binge of watching 70s TV movies. The one I watched this evening (Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole) had some "acting" from a person named Michele Nichols. She went on to other one offs on other 70s shows before fading away - EXCEPT - she is listed as a panelist in Season 4 of Whoopi Squares.
I am wondering if this was really meant to be Nichelle Nichols. This would have been the week of 5/23/99 with Whoopi, Gilbert Gottfried, Loretta Swit, Caroline Rhea, Dick Van Patten, Bruce Vilanch, Cindy Williams, and Marcia Wallace.