'Star Trek' actress Arlene Martel dies

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actress Arlene Martel, who "Star Trek" fans know as Spock's bride-to-be, died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday of complications from a heart attack, her son said. Martel was 78.

Martel's ethnic ambiguity earned her the nickname "The Chameleon" among Hollywood casting directors in the 1960s, son Jod Kaftan told CNN.

It gained her diverse roles, including as a Russian spy on "The Monkees" and "I Dream of Jeannie," a French Underground operative in "Hogan's Heroes," a Native American woman in a "Gunsmoke" episode and as a Vulcan on "Star Trek."

Trekkies still lined up at sci-fi conventions to meet Martel and pay for autographs because of her role as T'Pring, the Vulcan priestess engaged to Spock in the first episode of the iconic show's second season.

 

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I remember her in a Perry Mason ep.

 

She was perfect for the Star Trek role.

 

Farewell ...

[FloatingFatMan]

RIP and all that, but really... She was in ONE episode of TOS.  One could hardly call her a "Star Trek Actress" just for a single role in a single episode...

[techbeck]

Live long and prosper....