Salome Jens

Salome Jens is an actress best known for her portrayal of the Female Changeling in . She previously appeared as the ancient humanoid in the sixth season episode .
Jens was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is the sister-in-law of actor Anthony Zerbe as he has been married to her sister, Arnette Jens, since October 7, 1962.
Jens began acting in stage productions in the 1950s. She made her Broadway debut in a play called Sixth Finger in a Five Finger Glove, which only ran for two appearances in October 1956 and co-starred Bill Zuckert. She followed this with performances in such plays as The Disenchanted, A Far Country, After the Fall, Tartuffe (co-starring with Graham Jarvis and Laurence Luckinbill), and A Patriot for Me. She made her feature film debut in (1958, co-starring with Ward Costello). The following year, she appeared in a made-for-television adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, also featuring guest actor John Abbott.
She would go on to play the titular character of the 1961 film Angel Baby. She also starred (1965, with Original Series guest star Arnold Moss). Possibly her most famous film role came in 1966, when she starred opposite in , featuring Original Series guest actors Jeff Corey and William Wintersole. In 1972, she starred in , in which a race of tiny mud-people follow a croquet ball through a forest.
On television, Jens and Barry Atwater co-starred The Outer Limits episode "Corpus Earthling" in 1963, in which Robert C. Johnson dubbed the voices of the alien rocks. 
From 1976 through 1977, she had a recurring role in the television series , starring Louise Lasser in the title role. Next Generation guest star Graham Jarvis was a regular cast member on that show. Jens and Jarvis later co-starred together in the 1981 TV movie The Two Lives of Carol Letner.
Jens also had a role in the 1977 television movie In the Glitter Palace, as did Anthony Zerbe. In 1979, she starred in the mini-series From Here to Eternity, along with her fellow Deep Space Nine regular guest star Andrew Robinson and Next Generation guest star David Spielberg. Jens and Robinson had previously co-starred together in the 1974 television movie House of Evil.
In 1981, she co-starred with Deep Space Nine guest actress Gail Strickland in the television movie A Matter of Life and Death. That same year, she played the lead in with Elisha Cook, Noble Willingham, and David Ogden Stiers. The following year, she appeared in the television movies Tomorrow's Child with Bruce Davison and Susan Oliver, Uncommon Valor with Nicholas Guest, and with William Schallert and David Paymer. In 1986, Jens had a role in the film Just Between Friends, which also featured one-time Next Generation guest George D. Wallace. In the same year, she was also the narrator in Clan of the Cavebear.
In 1988, Jens joined the cast of showcasing Superman in his teenage years. Jens played his adoptive mother, Martha Kent. Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and guest star Sherman Howard played Lex Luthor. Many episodes of the series were directed by later Star Trek director Reza Badiyi. The series ran until 1992.
In 1996, she co-starred with W. Morgan Sheppard, Stephen Root, and her Seconds co-star Jeff Corey in the television movie The Lottery. Jens and W. Morgan Sheppard later appeared together in the 2001 thriller Room 101. In 1998, she appeared in the film I'm Losing You with Ed Begley, Jr. and Frank Langella.
She has also made several guest appearances on the television series , with Malachi Throne, and . Her other television guest appearances include The Untouchables, , , , , , and (the latter of which featured recurring appearances by Voyager star Robert Picardo). 
== Star Trek appearances ==
Ancient humanoid.jpg|Ancient humanoid
Female Changeling.jpg|Female Changeling
File:Odo as female changeling.jpg|Odo in disguise
=== Appearances as the Female Changeling ===
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