Leonard Nimoy’s Widow Susan Bay Nimoy shares with PEOPLE how the late actor's family wasn't convinced he should play Spock in 'Star Trek' ...

Leonard Nimoy (left) is pictured with his children, Adam and Julie, and his first wife, Sandi, in an undated family photo. Courtesy of Adam Nimoy ...

Leonard Nimoy knew how to soar — in his career and, eventually, with his family. His son, Adam, remembers “flying around with him in his private plane,” high above the mountains surrounding ...

The Nimoy family has been active in preserving and promoting Leonard Nimoy's legacy. Adam Nimoy released a 2016 documentary on his father called For the Love of Spock .

Leonard Nimoy, the actor known and loved by generations of “Star Trek" fans as the pointy-eared, purely logical science officer Mr. Spock, died in 2015. He was 83.

Susan Bay Nimoy, the widow of Leonard Nimoy, began her acting career in the 1960s. For the most part, though, she stopped acting after 1998, returning only for two guest spots in 2009 and 2018.

Named after late actor Leonard Nimoy, CAP UCLA's renovated, multi-use 300-seat venue at Westwood's historic Crest Theatre will be L.A.'s newest performing arts space.

Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy in Los Angeles, California in May 2013. While Leonard Nimoy will always be fondly remembered for his memorable performance as Spock, his family wasn’t initially ...

While Leonard Nimoy will always be fondly remembered for his memorable performance as Spock, his family wasn’t initially convinced it was a part he should play.. The actor’s widow Susan Bay ...

Not everyone in Leonard's family was convinced the actor should play what would eventually become an iconic role While Leonard Nimoy will always be fondly remembered for his memorable performance ...