Ellen Geer Ellen Ware Geer is the actress who played Doctor Kila Marr in the fifth season episode in . Geer filmed her scenes between Thursday and Thursday on Paramount Stage 8 , 9 , and 16 . She is the daughter of fellow TNG guest star Herta Ware . Her costume was later worn by background actress Leslie McCasky in an episode of and by Barbara Tarbuck in the episode before it was sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay . Geer has enjoyed a long , distinguished career in film and television . She began her career appearing as a nun in the 1968 Richard Lester drama " Petulia " . This film also marked the first credited appearance by future DS9 star Rene Auberjonois . Geer followed this with an appearance in 1969 ' s " The Reivers " with her actor father , Will Geer . In 1971 , Geer played the deceased wife of the lead character in " Kotch " , appearing throughout the movie in flashbacks . ( Biff Elliot also appeared in this film . ) That same year , she became a regular on " The Jimmy Stewart Show " ( which aired until the following year ) and had a supporting role in the acclaimed comedy " Harold and Maude " ( which was photographed by John A . Alonzo and featured costumes by William Ware Theiss ) . In 1974 , she starred in two films which she also wrote : " Silence " and " Memory of Us " . Both featured her father . The remainder of the 1970s consisted primarily of guest appearances and made - for - TV movies . TV shows on which she appeared during this time included " Barnaby Jones " ( two episodes , including one where she played the wife of Gary Lockwood ; both starred Lee Meriwether ) , " Police Story " ( with Glenn Corbett ) , " Charlie ' s Angels " ( with Louise Sorel ) , " CHiPs " ( one episode with Marc Alaimo and later several episodes with Michael Dorn ) , and two episodes of " Fantasy Island " starring Ricardo Montalban ( one episode also guest - starred John Fiedler ) . Her TV movie credits during this time included 1975 ' s " Babe " ( co - starring Byron Morrow and Meg Wyllie ) , 1976 ' s " The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case " ( co - starring Cliff DeYoung , Laurence Luckinbill , Phillip Richard Allen , Arthur Batanides , Peter Brocco , and Bill Quinn ) , and 1979 ' s " A Shining Season " ( with Ed Begley , Jr . ) . The only film on which she worked in the late 1970s was Jonathan Kaplan ' s " Over the Edge " in 1979 . Films that followed included Kaplan ' s " Heart Like a Wheel " ( 1983 , with Dick Miller ) , " Something Wicked This Way Comes " ( 1983 ) , the 1985 science fiction comedy " Creator " ( co - starring Virginia Madsen , David Ogden Stiers , Kenneth Tigar , Ian Wolfe , and Jeff Corey ) , " Lonely Hearts " ( 1991 , with mother Herta Ware , as well as Bibi Besch , Joanna Cassidy , Miriam Flynn , and Charles Napier ) , the 1992 action thriller " Patriot Games " and its 1994 sequel " Clear and Present Danger " as Rose ( the latter film also featuring Harris Yulin , Reg E . Cathey , and Vaughn Armstrong ) , " Phenomenon " ( 1996 , with Brent Spiner and Richard Kiley ) , " The Odd Couple II " ( 1998 , with Richard Riehle ) , and " Criminal " ( 2004 ) . The remainder of her TV credits include guest appearances on " The Waltons " , " Quincy , M . E . " ( with K Callan , Nicholas Coster , Jonathan Frakes , Robert Ito , Phillip Pine , and Garry Walberg ) , " Dallas " , " The Practice " , " CSI " , " ER " , " NYPD Blue " , and " Cold Case " ( with Randy Oglesby ) . She also had recurring roles on " Falcon Crest " and " Beauty and the Beast " – the latter series starring Ron Perlman . More recent credits include the recurring role of Lillian Sims in three episodes of " Desperate Housewives " ( 2007 - 2008 , with Teri Hatcher , Brenda Strong , John Rosenfeld , J . Michael Flynn , Kevin Rahm , Ken Edling , and Arlo Hemphill ) , guest roles in " Bones " ( 2009 , with Kelvin Yu , Matt Malloy , and Rick Scarry ) , " The Mentalist " ( 2009 , with Jude Ciccolella ) , " Medium " ( 2010 , with Bruce Gray and Jenette Goldstein ) , and " Criminal Minds : Suspect Behavior " ( 2011 ) as well as the drama " Montana Amazon " ( 2011 , with James G . MacDonald ) .