Salome Jens
Acting
Born: May 8, 1935 (age 91) · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Cats & Dogs
2001
The Wonder Years
1988
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
MacGyver
1985
Seconds
1966
Norm of the North
2016
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Melrose Place
1992
The Outer Limits
1963
Photos (2)
Movies (38)
Green Lantern
Female Guardian (voice)
Cats & Dogs
Collie at HQ (voice)
Seconds
Nora Marcus
Norm of the North
Councilwoman Klubeck (voice)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Narrated by (voice)
Me, Natalie
Shirley Norton
I'm Losing You
Diantha Krohn
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
Esther MacDonald
Angel Baby
Angel Baby
Such Good Friends
Blood Donor at Hospital (uncredited)
The Lottery
Faith Lloyd
Just Between Friends
Helga
A Matter of Life and Death
Colleen Murphy
Grace Kelly
Mady Christians
Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress
Terri
In the Glitter Palace
Judge Kendis Winslow
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Ilyena
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
Bryn Mawr
Uncommon Valor
Nurse Ann Botts
A Killer in the Family
Alice Johansen
Diary of the Dead
Vera
The Deadly Dream
Mary
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Dr. Miller
The Fool Killer
Mrs. Dodd
Harry's War
Wilda
Cloud Dancer
Jean Randolph
Finding Hannah
Hannah 2
House of Evil
1974
Playing with Fire
Dr. Becker
Terror from the Year 5000
Future Woman / Nurse
Tomorrow's Child
Laura Pressburg
Savages
Emily Penning, a Woman in Disgrace
Cast the First Stone
Sister Angela
The Satan Murders
Ann Bristol
The Legacy: The Passion of the Christ
Narrator
A Place for Heroes
Older Lily
Henry James' The Jolly Corner
Alice Staverton
Coming Out Under Fire
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (41)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Humanoid Progenitor · 1 eps
Melrose Place
Joan Campbell · 5 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Female Shapeshifter · 15 eps
Chicago Hope
Board Member · 1 eps
Hart to Hart
1 eps
MacGyver
Sister Margaret · 1 eps
Falcon Crest
Claudia Chadway · 4 eps
L.A. Law
Beatrice Schuller · 3 eps
The Wonder Years
Miss Stebbins · 1 eps
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Additional Voices (voice) · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
1 eps
The Wild Thornberrys
Humpback Whale (voice) · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Mrs. Pritchard · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Laurie Cameron · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Joesphine Burney · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Katherine Snider · 1 eps
Naked City
Ellen Annis · 1 eps
Trapper John, M.D.
1 eps
The Defenders
Fay Dumont · 1 eps
Medical Center
Dr. Abby Whitten · 1 eps
Medical Center
Heather Caddison · 2 eps
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mae Olinski · 34 eps
Kojak
Olga Nurell · 1 eps
McMillan & Wife
1 eps
Petrocelli
Leah Barnes · 1 eps
Stoney Burke
1 eps
The Hogan Family
3 eps
The Rat Patrol
Patricia Bauer · 1 eps
The Colbys
Mrs. McAllister · 1 eps
Superboy
Martha Kent · 8 eps
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1 eps
CBS Summer Playhouse
Glenda Davis · 1 eps
All's Fair
1 eps
From Here to Eternity
Gert Kipfer · 3 eps
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
Nothing Sacred
1 eps
Meeting of Minds
2 eps
Gibbsville
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Theodote · 1 eps
Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
Narrator · 2 eps
