Cast & creator
Salome Jens
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Chicago Hope
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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film credits
42
television credits
84
1951–2023 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Humanoid Progenitor
1987
Chicago Hope
Board Member
1994
MacGyver
Sister Margaret
1985
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Female Shapeshifter
1993
Melrose Place
Joan Campbell
1992
Falcon Crest
Claudia Chadway
1981
L.A. Law
Beatrice Schuller
1986
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Wonder Years
Miss Stebbins
1988
Naked City
Ellen Annis
1958
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Defenders
Fay Dumont
1961
Hart to Hart
1979
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mae Olinski
1976
The Wild Thornberrys
Humpback Whale (voice)
1998
Tales from the Crypt
Mrs. Pritchard
1989
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Additional Voices (voice)
2005
Medical Center
Dr. Abby Whitten
1969Medical Center
Heather Caddison
1969
Gunsmoke
Joesphine Burney
1955Gunsmoke
Katherine Snider
1955
Kojak
Olga Nurell
1973
The Outer Limits
Laurie Cameron
1963
The Hogan Family
1986
McMillan & Wife
1971
Green Lantern
Female Guardian (voice)
2011
Petrocelli
Leah Barnes
1974
Stoney Burke
1962
The Colbys
Mrs. McAllister
1985
The Rat Patrol
Patricia Bauer
1966
Superboy
Martha Kent
1988
CBS Summer Playhouse
Glenda Davis
1987
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Cats & Dogs
Collie at HQ (voice)
2001
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Theodote
1951
Norm of the North
Councilwoman Klubeck (voice)
2016
All's Fair
1976
Nothing Sacred
1997
From Here to Eternity
Gert Kipfer
1979
Seconds
Nora Marcus
1966
Gibbsville
1976
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Narrator (voice)
1996
Meeting of Minds
1977
Me, Natalie
Shirley Norton
1969
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Narrated by (voice)
1986
I'm Losing You
Diantha Krohn
1998
A Killer in the Family
Alice Johansen
1983
Cast the First Stone
Sister Angela
1989
Diary of the Dead
Vera
1976
Just Between Friends
Helga
1986
Such Good Friends
Blood Donor at Hospital (uncredited)
1971
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
Herself
2010
Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress
Terri
1977
A Place for Heroes
Older Lily
2014
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Ilyena
1980
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Esther MacDonald
1975
The Lottery
Faith Lloyd
1996
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
Alice Staverton
1975
A Matter of Life and Death
Colleen Murphy
1981
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Dr. Miller
1981
Cloud Dancer
Jean Randolph
1980
The Fool Killer
Mrs. Dodd
1965
The Legacy: The Passion of the Christ
Narrator
2007
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
Bryn Mawr
1956
Finding Hannah
Hannah 2
2023
In the Glitter Palace
Judge Kendis Winslow
1977
Terror from the Year 5000
Future Woman / Nurse
1958
Grace Kelly
Mady Christians
1983
Angel Baby
Angel Baby
1961
The Satan Murders
Ann Bristol
1974
The Deadly Dream
Mary
1971
Harry's War
Wilda
1981
Savages
Emily Penning, a Woman in Disgrace
1972
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
Alice
1974
Uncommon Valor
Nurse Ann Botts
1983
Playing with Fire
Dr. Becker
1985
Coming Out Under Fire
Narrator (voice)
1994
Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution
Herself - Narrator
2003
House of Evil
1974Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
Narrator
2003Barefoot in Athens
Theodote
1966
Tomorrow's Child
Laura Pressburg
1982