Arlene Martel Arlene Martel was the actress from New York City , known to " Star Trek " fans for playing Spock ' s bride - to - be , T ' Pring , in the second season episode . She filmed her scenes between Wednesday and Monday at Desilu Stage 10 In 1965 , Martel was among the candidates for the role of Doctor Elizabeth Dehner for the second " Star Trek " pilot , . However , the role would ' ve required her to wear silver contact lenses , which might ' ve damaged her sensitive eyes . Nearly two years later , she auditioned for " Star Trek " again , this time for the role of Sylvia in . Again , she didn ' t get cast , because the production staff ( probably director Joseph Pevney or casting director Joseph D ' Agosta ) had seen her as the ideal actress for T ' Pring in " Amok Time " . Forty years after her role on " Star Trek " , Martel appeared as a Vulcan Priestess in the fan film " Star Trek : Of Gods and Men " , directed by and co - starring Tim Russ . Other canon " Star Trek " performers who participated in this production include Walter Koenig , Nichelle Nichols , Alan Ruck , Gary Graham , Chase Masterson , J . G . Hertzler , Garrett Wang , Crystal Allen , Cirroc Lofton , Ethan Phillips , Grace Lee Whitney , and Martel ' s " Amok Time " co - star Lawrence Montaigne . Career outside " Star Trek " . In her career prior to 1964 , Martel was billed under her maiden name of Arlene Sax or Arline Sax . The latter is the name she was billed under when she appeared in a 1960 episode of " The Rebel " called " The Hunted " opposite Leonard Nimoy . She also used that name when she made her film debut , in the 1964 mystery " The Glass Cage " , which was one of her few movie roles as a leading lady . Her co - stars in this film included fellow TOS alumni John Hoyt and Elisha Cook . She was billed as Arline Martel in the " Demon With a Glass Hand " episode of " The Outer Limits " , in which Abraham Sofaer also costarred , and which was written by Harlan Ellison and directed by Byron Haskin . Additionally , she has occasionally been credited as Tasha Martel , as in the 1978 " Battlestar Galactica " episode " The Long Patrol " , in which she played Adulteress 58 . This episode also featured John Colicos , James Whitmore , Jr . , and Ian Abercrombie . She had a recurring role as French Underground contact " Tiger " on the television series " Hogan ' s Heroes " from 1965 through 1967 , though she later played two different characters on the show . Her first episode of " Hogan ' s Heroes " was directed by Robert Butler ; her fifth episode – her first as a character other than " Tiger " – was directed by Marc Daniels . Martel has also appeared on such shows as , , " Perry Mason " , " Route 66 " , " The Man from U . N . C . L . E . " , " Mannix " , and " Gunsmoke " , as well as such sitcoms as " My Favorite Martian " ( starring Ray Walston ) , " I Dream of Jeannie " , and " Bewitched " . She appeared alongside David Opatoshu and Blaisdel Makee in " Terror " , a Marvin Chomsky - directed episode of , during the first season that Leonard Nimoy played Paris in that series . Martel was the female lead in the 1968 action film " Angels from Hell " . Her few subsequent film credits include " Chatterbox " ( 1977 ) and " Dracula ' s Dog " ( 1978 ) , the latter of which starred Reggie Nalder , Michael Pataki , and Jan Shutan . She also had roles in three of the " Columbo " TV movies : " The Greenhouse Jungle " ( 1972 ) , " Double Exposure " ( 1973 ) , and " A Friend in Deed " ( 1974 , starring Richard Kiley ) . She has been married three times , and has three children . She was an animal rights activist who worked with Last Chance for Animals to prevent the selling of dogs and cats for medical research , and has recently appeared in an HBO special investigative report on this subject . Martel passed away on 12 August 2014 .