Acting · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA · Born May 8, 1935
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.
MovieFinding Hannah
2023
as Hannah 2
MovieNorm of the North
2016
as Councilwoman Klubeck (voice)
MovieRock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
2010
as Herself
MovieThe Legacy: The Passion of the Christ
2007
as Narrator
TVAvatar: The Last Airbender
2005
as Additional Voices (voice)
TVPeter & Paul and the Christian Revolution
2003
as Narrator
MoviePeter and Paul and the Christian Revolution
2003
as Herself - Narrator
MovieCats & Dogs
2001
as Collie at HQ (voice)
MovieI'm Losing You
1998
as Diantha Krohn
TVThe Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Humpback Whale (voice)
TVNothing Sacred
1997
TVThe Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Lottery
1996
as Faith Lloyd
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Board Member
MovieComing Out Under Fire
1994
as Narrator (voice)
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Female Shapeshifter
TVMelrose Place
1992
as Joan Campbell
MovieCast the First Stone
1989
as Sister Angela
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Mrs. Pritchard
TVSuperboy
1988
as Martha Kent
TVThe Wonder Years
1988
as Miss Stebbins
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Humanoid Progenitor
TVCBS Summer Playhouse
1987
as Glenda Davis
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Beatrice Schuller
MovieJust Between Friends
1986
as Helga
TVThe Hogan Family
1986
MovieThe Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
as Narrated by (voice)
TVThe Colbys
1985
as Mrs. McAllister
TVMacGyver
1985
as Sister Margaret
MoviePlaying with Fire
1985
as Dr. Becker
MovieA Killer in the Family
1983
as Alice Johansen
MovieGrace Kelly
1983
as Mady Christians
MovieUncommon Valor
1983
as Nurse Ann Botts
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
MovieTomorrow's Child
1982
as Laura Pressburg
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Claudia Chadway
MovieThe Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981
as Dr. Miller
MovieHarry's War
1981
as Wilda
MovieA Matter of Life and Death
1981
as Colleen Murphy
MovieCloud Dancer
1980
as Jean Randolph
MovieThe Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
as Ilyena
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
TVHart to Hart
1979
TVFrom Here to Eternity
1979
as Gert Kipfer
MovieSharon: Portrait of a Mistress
1977
as Terri
MovieIn the Glitter Palace
1977
as Judge Kendis Winslow
TVMeeting of Minds
1977
TVGibbsville
1976
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
TVAll's Fair
1976
TVMary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
as Mae Olinski
MovieDiary of the Dead
1976
as Vera
MovieThe Boy Who Talked to Badgers
1975
as Esther MacDonald
MovieHenry James' The Jolly Corner
1975
as Alice Staverton
TVPetrocelli
1974
MovieHouse of Evil
1974
MovieThe Satan Murders
1974
as Ann Bristol
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
1974
as Alice
TVKojak
1973
as Olga Nurell
MovieSavages
1972
as Emily Penning, a Woman in Disgrace
MovieSuch Good Friends
1971
as Blood Donor at Hospital (uncredited)
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
MovieThe Deadly Dream
1971
as Mary
TVMedical Center
1969
as Dr. Abby Whitten
MovieMe, Natalie
1969
as Shirley Norton
Barefoot in Athens
1966
as Theodote
MovieSeconds
1966
as Nora Marcus
TVThe Rat Patrol
1966
as Patricia Bauer
MovieThe Fool Killer
1965
as Mrs. Dodd
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Laurie Cameron
TVStoney Burke
1962
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Fay Dumont
TVKraft Mystery Theatre
1961
MovieAngel Baby
1961
as Angel Baby
MovieTerror from the Year 5000
1958
as Future Woman / Nurse
TVNaked City
1958
as Ellen Annis
MovieShowdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956
as Bryn Mawr
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Joesphine Burney
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Theodote
