
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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.

as Claudia Chadway

as Self
1962

as Humanoid Progenitor
1987

as Claudia Chadway
1981

as Female Shapeshifter
1993

as Joan Campbell
1992

as Sister Margaret
1985

as Board Member
1994

as Beatrice Schuler
1986

1976

as Miss Stebbins
1988

as Mae Olinski
1976

1982
as Herself
2010

as Hannah 2
2023

as Councilwoman Klubeck (voice)
2016

as Herself
2010

as Narrator
2007

as Herself - Narrator
2003

as Collie at HQ (voice)
2001

as Diantha Krohn
1998

as Faith Lloyd
1996

as Narrator (voice)
1994

as Sister Angela
1989

as Helga
1986

as Narrated by (voice)
1986

as Dr. Becker
1985

as Alice Johansen
1983

as Mady Christians
1983

as Nurse Ann Botts
1983

as Laura Pressburg
1982

as Dr. Miller
1981

as Wilda
1981

as Colleen Murphy
1981

as Jean Randolph
1980

as Ilyena
1980

as Terri
1977

as Judge Kendis Winslow
1977
as Claudia Chadway
4 ep.

as Self
1 episodes

as Humanoid Progenitor
1 episodes

as Claudia Chadway
4 episodes

as Female Shapeshifter
15 episodes

as Joan Campbell
5 episodes

as Sister Margaret
1 episodes

as Board Member
1 episodes

as Beatrice Schuler
3 episodes

1 episodes

as Miss Stebbins
1 episodes

as Mae Olinski
34 episodes

1 episodes

as Additional Voices (voice)
1 episodes

as Ellen Annis
1 episodes

as Mrs. Pritchard
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Dr. Abby Whitten
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Humpback Whale (voice)
1 episodes

as Joesphine Burney
1 episodes

as Laurie Cameron
1 episodes

as Fay Dumont
1 episodes

as Olga Nurell
1 episodes

3 episodes