Salome Jens
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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Films (42)
Finding Hannah
2023 · Hannah 2
NORM
2016 · Councilwoman Klubeck (voice)
A Place for Heroes
2014 · Older Lily
Green Lantern
2011 · Female Guardian (voice)
Rock Hudson, beau ténébreux
2010 · Herself
The Legacy: The Passion of the Christ
2007 · Narrator
Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution
2003 · Herself - Narrator
Comme chiens et chats
2001 · Collie at HQ (voice)
I'm Losing You
1998 · Diantha Krohn
The Lottery
1996 · Faith Lloyd
Coming Out Under Fire
1994 · Narrator (voice)
Cast the First Stone
1989 · Sister Angela
Just Between Friends
1986 · Helga
The Clan of the Cave Bear
1986 · Narrated by (voice)
Playing with Fire
1985 · Dr. Becker
A Killer in the Family
1983 · Alice Johansen
Grace Kelly
1983 · Mady Christians
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Nurse Ann Botts
Tomorrow's Child
1982 · Laura Pressburg
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981 · Dr. Miller
Harry's War
1981 · Wilda
A Matter of Life and Death
1981 · Colleen Murphy
Cloud Dancer
1980 · Jean Randolph
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980 · Ilyena
Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress
1977 · Terri
In the Glitter Palace
1977 · Judge Kendis Winslow
Diary of the Dead
1976 · Vera
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
1975 · Esther MacDonald
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
1975 · Alice Staverton
House of Evil
1974
The Satan Murders
1974 · Ann Bristol
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
1974 · Alice
Savages
1972 · Emily Penning, a Woman in Disgrace
Such Good Friends
1971 · Blood Donor at Hospital (uncredited)
The Deadly Dream
1971 · Mary
Me, Natalie
1969 · Shirley Norton
Barefoot in Athens
1966 · Theodote
Seconds
1966 · Nora Marcus
The Fool Killer
1965 · Mrs. Dodd
Angel Baby
1961 · Angel Baby
Terror from the Year 5000
1958 · Future Woman / Nurse
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956 · Bryn Mawr
Séries (40)
Avatar : Le Dernier Maître de l'air
2005 · Additional Voices (voice)
Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
2003 · Narrator
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Humpback Whale (voice)
Nothing Sacred
1997
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996 · Narrator (voice)
Chicago Hope
1994 · Board Member
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Female Shapeshifter
Melrose Place
1992 · Joan Campbell
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Mrs. Pritchard
Superboy
1988 · Martha Kent
The Wonder Years
1988 · Miss Stebbins
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Humanoid Progenitor
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 · Glenda Davis
L.A. Law
1986 · Beatrice Schuller
The Hogan Family
1986
The Colbys
1985 · Mrs. McAllister
MacGyver
1985 · Sister Margaret
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Falcon Crest
1981 · Claudia Chadway
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Hart to Hart
1979
From Here to Eternity
1979 · Gert Kipfer
Meeting of Minds
1977
Gibbsville
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
All's Fair
1976
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976 · Mae Olinski
Petrocelli
1974 · Leah Barnes
Kojak
1973 · Olga Nurell
McMillan & Wife
1971
Medical Center
1969 · Dr. Abby Whitten, Heather Caddison
The Rat Patrol
1966 · Patricia Bauer
The Outer Limits
1963 · Laurie Cameron
Stoney Burke
1962
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Defenders
1961 · Fay Dumont
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Naked City
1958 · Ellen Annis
Gunsmoke
1955 · Joesphine Burney, Katherine Snider
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Theodote