Arlene Martel

About Arlene Martel

Who is it?: Actress, Music Department, Soundtrack
Birth Day: April 14, 1936
Birth Place:  New York City, New York, United States
Cause of death: Heart attack
Occupation: Actress, screenwriter
Years active: 1958-2013
Notable work: T'Pring on Star Trek Tiger on Hogan's Heroes
Spouse(s): Robert Palmer (divorced); 1 child Jerry Douglas (m. 1962–1973); 2 children Matthew B. Schoen (m. 1980–1988)
Children: 3

Arlene Martel

Arlene Martel was born on April 14, 1936 in  New York City, New York, United States, is Actress, Music Department, Soundtrack. Arlene Martel is well-known to Star Trek (1966) fans as Spock's Vulcan bride, T'Pring, in the episode, Star Trek: Amok Time (1967). Born Arlene Greta Sax on April 14, 1936 in New York City, she spent her early years in one of the poorest slums in the Bronx. When her mother's boss saw her poor living conditions, he personally underwrote her attendance at an upper-crust boarding school in Connecticut. At age 12, Arlene assumed personal responsibility to audition for New York's famed High School of the Performing Arts. Not only did she gain entrance, she also went on to excel at the school--graduating with the school's top drama award. Her professional career began in her teens when she landed the role of Esther in the Broadway production of "Uncle Willie", also starring Norman Fell.After heading to Hollywood, Martel began making guest appearances on television series such as The Untouchables (1959), Route 66 (1960) and Mien Ao Anh (1959). She also had the recurring role of Tiger on the situation comedy Hogan's Heroes (1965). Her facility with accents and dialects enabled her to play a wide variety of characters, earning her the nickname of "The Chameleon". Arlene's relationship with James Dean is chronicled in Joe Hyams' biography, "The James Dean Story". Married and divorced three times, Arlene had three children: Adam Palmer, Avra Douglas and Jodaman Douglas. Arlene Martel died at age 78 of a heart attack and breast cancer on August 12, 2014 in Santa Monica, California.
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As per our current Database, Arlene Martel has been died on August 12, 2014(2014-08-12) (aged 78)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S..

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When Arlene Martel die, Arlene Martel was 78 years old.

Popular As Arlene Martel
Occupation Actress
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born April 14, 1936 ( New York City, New York, United States)
Birthday April 14
Town/City  New York City, New York, United States
Nationality United States

🌙 Zodiac

Arlene Martel’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Arlene Martel was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.

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Biography/Timeline

1953

Martel attended the Performing Arts High School in New York, on which the movie Fame was based, graduating in 1953. She later studied method acting and was a member of The Actors Studio.

1959

The daughter of Austrian Jewish immigrants, Martel was billed as "Arline Sax" during the early years of her television career. One of her earliest appearances was in the December 25, 1959 Twilight Zone episode "What You Need" as a girl in the bar (speaking role). She appeared in a 1960 episode of The Rebel entitled "The Hunted" in which she had a scene with Leonard Nimoy, before Star Trek. She was also featured in two 1961 episodes of Route 66: "Legacy for Lucia", in which she had the title role of a Sicilian girl who inherits an American soldier's estate, and "The Newborn," in which she played a mother who dies in childbirth. She appeared in an episode of the TV series Hong Kong in 1961, opposite Rod Taylor.

1962

In 1962, she made the first of two appearances on Perry Mason, as Fiona Cregan in "The Case of the Absent Artist." Later, she guest starred as Sandra Dunkel in "The Case of the Dead Ringer" (1966), in which, aside from his role as Mason, Raymond Burr played the actual murderer, Grimes. Martel appeared in the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" (1967) as T'Pring, Mr. Spock's wife, and the original The Outer Limits episode "Demon with a Glass Hand" (1964).

1968

Martel had roles in such films as Angels from Hell (1968) and Chatterbox (1977). She appeared as a featured Actress in the Gunsmoke episode titled "The Squaw" (1975). In 1974, Martel also appeared as "Tasha Martelle," playing secretary "Marty Bach" (eventual mistaken murder victim) in an episode of The Rockford Files (season 4), Episode 2, titled "Trouble in Chapter 17." She received top billing as the commandant in charge of a Russian road crew in Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (1978), although it was only a bit part lasting less than five minutes. She appeared in the Star Trek webisode "Of Gods and Men" in the final scene as a Vulcan priestess initiating a marriage ceremony between Uhura and Vulcan native Stonn (a character from the episode "Amok Time," played by original actor Lawrence Montaigne). Martel played Gloria, mistress of murder victim Tony Goodland (Bradford Dillman), in the Columbo episode "The Greenhouse Jungle" (1972).

1972

She was a regular at Star Trek conventions worldwide from 1972 to 2014. Her last convention appearance was at TrekTrax Atlanta (later renamed Treklanta) in Atlanta, Georgia on April 25–27, 2014 – four months before her death.

1980

Martel semi-retired from acting in the mid 1980s, but continued to work sporadically in acting after that. She appeared in several episodes of TV and in some unreleased TV pilots in the early 2000s. She stated in interviews that even in her early career, she got most of her work through word of mouth and not through talent agents. In her later years, she often remarked, "I don't have a good agent who will get me the plum roles."

2013

Martel played the Princess Sarafina on Have Gun – Will Travel, the evil witch Malvina on Bewitched, the French Underground contact Tiger in five episodes of Hogan's Heroes (1965-71), a female cosmonaut on I Dream of Jeannie, a Hungarian immigrant Magda on The Fugitive episode "The Blessings of Liberty" (1966) and, memorably, the nurse who repeatedly utters the sinister phrase "Room for one more, Honey!" at the entrance to a hospital Morgue and the stewardess at the door of a doomed airplane in the Twilight Zone episode "Twenty-Two" (1959).

2014

On August 12, 2014, Martel died from heart bypass surgical complications at a hospital in Santa Monica, California. She was 78 years old. She had been battling breast cancer for the last five years of her life, although this was reportedly not the cause of her death. She was survived by her children and two of her three grandchildren.

2015

Before her death, Martel was one of the narrators for the 2015 documentary film Unity, which was released on August 12.

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