Person Details

Birthday: 1935-05-08 01:09:46

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 15


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Salome Jens (born May 8, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actress. She is perhaps best-known for portraying the Female Changeling on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She also appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation as an "Ancient humanoid", a member of the race responsible for populating the galaxy with humanoid life forms. She had previously played Clark Kent's mother Martha Kent on the popular TV series Superboy. She also appeared in the 1966 film Seconds by John Frankenheimer, in a 1963 episode of The Outer Limits, "Corpus Earthling," and in 1981's Harry's War. She also appeared in the "I Spy" episode "A Room with a Rack" in 1967, as a globe-trotting pilot friend of Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott. Jens graduated Bay View High School with a 96 average and was crowned Miss Bay View at the long running South Shore Water Frolics. Later in life she remarked that "the only time I can imagine contemplating suicide would be if I was told that I had to go back and live in Milwaukee forever." She has been married twice, first to film actor Ralph Meeker, and then to television personality Lee Leonard. Her performances in the theatre have been rare but well regarded. She nabbed the lion's share of attention in the small role of "The Thief" in the New York premiere production of Jean Genet's The Balcony. She won excellent notices playing Josie in A Moon for the Misbegotten at the downtown Circle-in-the-Square theatre in the late 1960's in New York, and she did a Cleopatra at Stratford. Jens' debut was in the title role of Terror from the Year 5000, which was later featured in the 8th Season of Mystery Science Theater 3000. She subsequently had major roles in Angel Baby and the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. In 1971, she also appeared as a widow with two children in the 1971 Gunsmoke episode, "Captain Sligo," with Richard Basehart in the title role as an Irish cattle buyer who courts her. She has a very distinctive and sultry voice, and has also narrated a number of documentaries including The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century and the film "Clan of the Cave Bear" starring Darryl Hannah. Description above from the Wikipedia article Salome Jens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Star Trek: The Next Generation
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8

Star Trek: The Next Generation

(1987) Humanoid Progenitor
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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8

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

(1993) Female Shapeshifter
L.A. Law
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7

L.A. Law

(1986) Beatrice Schuler
The Outer Limits
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8

The Outer Limits

(1963) Laurie Cameron
Naked City
Average
5

Naked City

(1958) Ellen Annis
Gunsmoke
Average
7

Gunsmoke

(1955) Katherine Snider
Kojak
Average
7

Kojak

(1973) Olga Nurell
The Defenders
Average
6

The Defenders

(1961) Fay Dumont

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 Councilwoman Klubeck (voice)
2010 Herself
2003 Narrator
Herself - Narrator
2001 Collie at HQ (voice)
1998 Diantha Krohn
Humpback Whale (voice)
1997 N/A
1996 Narrator (voice)
Faith Lloyd
1994 N/A
Narrator (voice)
1993 Female Shapeshifter
1992 N/A
1989 Sister Angela
Mrs. Pritchard
1988 Martha Kent
Miss Stebbins
1987 Humanoid Progenitor
1986 Beatrice Schuler
Helga
N/A
Narrated by (voice)
1985 N/A
N/A
Dr. Becker
1983 Alice Johansen
Mady Christians
Nurse Ann Botts
1982 N/A
Laura Pressburg
1981 N/A
Dr. Miller
Wilda
Colleen Murphy
1980 Jean Randolph
Ilyena
1979 N/A
N/A
Gert Kipfer
1977 Terri
Judge Kendis Winslow
N/A
1976 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Vera
1975 Esther MacDonald
1974 N/A
N/A
Ann Bristol
1973 Olga Nurell
1972 Emily Penning, a Woman in Disgrace
1971 Blood Donor at Hospital (uncredited)
Mary
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1969 N/A
Shirley Norton
1966 Theodote
Nora Marcus
Patricia Bauer
1965 Mrs. Dodd
1963 Laurie Cameron
1962 N/A
1961 Fay Dumont
N/A
Angel Baby
1958 Future Woman / Nurse
Ellen Annis
1956 Bryn Mawr
1955 Joesphine Burney
Katherine Snider
1951 Theodote
Hannah 2
Year Character Movie/Tv

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