Salome Jens
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1935 (age 91)
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Finding Hannah
Movie · as Hannah 2
Norm of the North
Movie · as Councilwoman Klubeck (voice)
A Place for Heroes
Movie · as Older Lily
Green Lantern
Movie · as Female Guardian (voice)
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
Movie · as Herself
The Legacy: The Passion of the Christ
Movie · as Narrator
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 1 ep
Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution
Movie · as Herself - Narrator
Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
TV · as Narrator · 2 eps
Cats & Dogs
Movie · as Collie at HQ (voice)
I'm Losing You
Movie · as Diantha Krohn
The Wild Thornberrys
TV · as Humpback Whale (voice) · 1 ep
Nothing Sacred
TV · 1 ep
The Lottery
Movie · as Faith Lloyd
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
Coming Out Under Fire
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Chicago Hope
TV · as Board Member · 1 ep
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV · as Female Shapeshifter · 15 eps
Melrose Place
TV · as Joan Campbell · 5 eps
Cast the First Stone
Movie · as Sister Angela
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Mrs. Pritchard · 1 ep
The Wonder Years
TV · as Miss Stebbins · 1 ep
Superboy
TV · as Martha Kent · 8 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Humanoid Progenitor · 1 ep
CBS Summer Playhouse
TV · as Glenda Davis · 1 ep
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Movie · as Narrated by (voice)
Just Between Friends
Movie · as Helga
L.A. Law
TV · as Beatrice Schuller · 3 eps
The Hogan Family
TV · 3 eps
Playing with Fire
Movie · as Dr. Becker
MacGyver
TV · as Sister Margaret · 1 ep
The Colbys
TV · as Mrs. McAllister · 1 ep
Grace Kelly
Movie · as Mady Christians
Uncommon Valor
Movie · as Nurse Ann Botts
A Killer in the Family
Movie · as Alice Johansen
Tomorrow's Child
Movie · as Laura Pressburg
Cagney & Lacey
TV · 1 ep
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Movie · as Dr. Miller
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie · as Colleen Murphy
Harry's War
Movie · as Wilda
Falcon Crest
TV · as Claudia Chadway · 4 eps
Cloud Dancer
Movie · as Jean Randolph
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Movie · as Ilyena
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep
Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep
From Here to Eternity
TV · as Gert Kipfer · 3 eps
Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress
Movie · as Terri
In the Glitter Palace
Movie · as Judge Kendis Winslow
Meeting of Minds
TV · 2 eps
Diary of the Dead
Movie · as Vera
Quincy, M.E.
TV · 1 ep
All's Fair
TV · 1 ep
Gibbsville
TV · 1 ep
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
TV · as Mae Olinski · 34 eps
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Movie · as Esther MacDonald
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
Movie · as Alice Staverton
House of Evil
Movie
The Satan Murders
Movie · as Ann Bristol
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
Movie · as Alice
Petrocelli
TV · as Leah Barnes · 1 ep
Kojak
TV · as Olga Nurell · 1 ep
Savages
Movie · as Emily Penning, a Woman in Disgrace
The Deadly Dream
Movie · as Mary
Such Good Friends
Movie · as Blood Donor at Hospital (uncredited)
McMillan & Wife
TV · 1 ep
Me, Natalie
Movie · as Shirley Norton
Medical Center
TV · as Dr. Abby Whitten, Heather Caddison · 1 ep
Seconds
Movie · as Nora Marcus
Barefoot in Athens
Movie · as Theodote
The Rat Patrol
TV · as Patricia Bauer · 1 ep
The Fool Killer
Movie · as Mrs. Dodd
The Outer Limits
TV · as Laurie Cameron · 1 ep
Stoney Burke
TV · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Angel Baby
Movie · as Angel Baby
The Defenders
TV · as Fay Dumont · 1 ep
Kraft Mystery Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Terror from the Year 5000
Movie · as Future Woman / Nurse
Naked City
TV · as Ellen Annis · 1 ep
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
Movie · as Bryn Mawr
Gunsmoke
TV · as Joesphine Burney, Katherine Snider · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Theodote · 1 ep