Susan Oliver Susan Oliver was the stage name of Charlotte Gercke , a New York native , who guest - starred in the first pilot episode , , as Vina . She filmed her scenes between Friday and Friday at Desilu Culver Stage 15 , Stage 16 , and on location at 40 Acres . ( " " , 1st ed . , pp . 58 - 62 ) Just before being cast as Vina , Oliver took on an acting assignment which exhausted her . She was looking forward to a holiday in Hawaii when Studio Executive Oscar Katz talked her into accepting the part of Vina , expecting she would easily manage it without any problems . ( " " ) Once signed , Oliver recalled her preliminary meetings ; " " It was a very nice company . All of us in the production enjoyed doing it . We went to Gene Roddenberry ' s house several times and just sat around the kitchen , had coffee and talked . Gene was very much present on the set during filming . " " ( " " , issue 135 , p . 78 ) However , realizing she was not to go on holidays after all and that the makeup requirements of her role were extremely demanding , Oliver sought a serious heart - to - heart with Katz , who already suspected as much ; " " I knew that she would not be kindly disposed towards me . " " ( " " ) Whereas Katz subsequently stayed " religiously " away from the soundstage , Oliver – not to be outdone by him – had a sign made , reading , " " OSCAR Where are You ? " " and consistently showed it in her dailies ( shot footage shown unedited on a day - to - day basis to producers and executives ) at the end of her shoots . ( " " ; " " , issue 135 , p . 78 ) It became a running gag for the production team and more than one staffer and performer had their picture taken with the sign . Oliver wasn ' t a dancer before playing Vina . However , since the part required her to perform a dance , she trained with a choreographer every day of a week , before she began filming . In common with Majel Barrett - Roddenberry , Oliver also worked as a test subject for the Orion makeup , later recalling , " " They tried many , many things on me until they finally [ . . . ] found what they wanted . " " ( " " , issue 135 , p . 78 ) Years later , Oliver wanted to direct an episode of but never got the chance , the response being that she didn ' t know enough about visual effects , this despite the fact that a knowledge of visual effects was not a director ' s requirement for the series . " Star Trek " expert Larry Nemecek has commented that Oliver could very well have learned how to direct for the show and been fine at doing so . ( " The Green Girl " documentary – " see link below " ) Career . Susan Oliver was the daughter of Hollywood astrologer Ruth Hale Oliver . When her parents divorced around 1935 , she was raised by her mother , although she lived with her father in Japan for a short time . She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City , and in 1957 moved to Los Angeles to star in her first screen role , a film entitled " The Green Eyed Blonde " . A later movie role was " Ginger in the Morning " ( 1974 ) , with Monte Markham as her ex - husband . Most of Oliver ' s career consisted of numerous television guest star roles ( well over 100 between 1956 and 1988 ) . These included the " Prisoner of Love " episode of " The Andy Griffith Show " , the " Michael Shayne " episode " The Heiress " , in which Celia Lovsky also guest starred , and " The White Birch " episode of " The Name of the Game " , in which Louise Sorel also guest starred . In 1960 , Oliver , Byron Morrow and Vic Perrin played Martians in the " People Are Alike All Over " episode of " The Twilight Zone " , which also featured Paul Comi . ( It ' s worth noting that this episode was similar to 1964 ' s " The Cage " insofar as the aliens put the space - faring Earthman in a zoo and read his mind to create a familiar environment for him . ) That same year , Oliver appeared in an episode of " Wagon Train " ( with Leonard Nimoy ) . She also guest starred in a 1974 episode of " Petrocelli " , " Edge of Evil " alongside Susan Howard , William Shatner and Glenn Corbett , and in " The Night Dr . Loveless Died " , a 1967 episode of " The Wild Wild West " with Michael Dunn , Anthony Caruso and Robert Ellenstein . She appeared in " Double Jeopardy " , the 1970 pilot of the series " Dan August " , directed by Ralph Senensky and also featuring Ned Romero , Jerry Ayres and Fritz Weaver . Though they shared no scenes , Oliver appeared with Meg Wyllie , her co - star from " The Cage " , in a 1973 episode of " Cannon " , which was directed by Lawrence Dobkin . Keith Andes also appeared in that episode . Oliver was also a passionate pilot , winner of the 1970 Powder Puff Derby air race and the fourth woman to fly a single - engined aircraft solo across the Atlantic . She attempted to become the first woman to fly a single - engine plane from the United States to Moscow ; she made it as far as Denmark but was denied entry into Soviet airspace . Her aviation exploits are the focus of her 1983 autobiography , " Odyssey : A Daring Transatlantic Journey " ( ISBN 0025929208 ) . Oliver received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the three - hour 1976 NBC television movie , " Amelia Earhart " . Her co - stars in this movie include Stephen Macht , Jane Wyatt and Garry Walberg . Oliver died in Woodland Hills , California , of lung cancer in . A documentary about her life , entitled " The Green Girl " , was released in , featuring interview footage from Larry Nemecek , Martha Landon actress Celeste Yarnall , and two - time director Nancy Malone , among other contributors .