Celeste Yarnall

Celeste Yarnall was an actress who played Yeoman Martha Landon in the second season episode . She filmed her scenes between Monday and Monday at Desilu Stage 10.
Yarnall was offered a choice by casting director Joseph D'Agosta to either play the yeoman in the upcoming episode "The Apple" or wait until a more substantial guest role would be available for her, probably costuming her up as an alien beauty, making full use of her looks. Yarnall chose the first option, because she liked the script and the part, and was worried if she might miss that promised other chance. She wore Grace Lee Whitney's uniform in the episode, which was re-fitted for her. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Two )
Her other television credits include appearances on Bewitched, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Bonanza, Land of the Giants (with Don Marshall), and Melrose Place. She also had a role in 1971's Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man, as did Paul Carr.
Yarnall made her feature film debut in Jerry Lewis' (1963, with Henry Gibson). In 1968, she co-starred with Robert Walker in the film The Face of Eve. She followed this with roles in Elvis Presley's in 1968 and in 1969.
In 1972, Yarnall had a role in , with Jill Ireland and Steve Vinovich. And in 1973, she co-starred with fellow Star Trek actors John Colicos, Joanne Linville, James B. Sikking, and William Smithers in . More recent film credits include (1987, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Harris Yulin, and Brad Dourif), (1990, with Michael Bofshever and Wendie Malick, directed by Leonard Nimoy), and (1993, with Michael Ensign and Matthew Faison).
Among her other distinctions, Yarnall was also the last woman to be elected as an original "Miss Rheingold" in 1964. Previously, another Star Trek yeoman, Emily Banks also held the same title.
In 2009, Yarnall guest-voiced the role of T'Pauk on the fan-produced series Star Trek: The Continuing Mission.
Yarnall died on 7 October 2018 at the age of 74. (Screen Actors Guild Magazine, Special Edition 2019, p. 98)
== Further reading ==
* "Celeste Yarnall & "The Apple"", Mark Phillips, , issue 141, April 1989, p. 35
== External links ==
* – official site
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