Arlene Martel

Acting

Arlene Martel

Born
Died
(aged 78)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
58 titles

Biography

Arlene Martel (April 14, 1936 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress and acting coach. Prior to 1964, she was frequently billed as Arline Sax, Arlene Sax or as Tasha Martel.

In 1962 Martel made her first of two appearances on Perry Mason as Fiona Cregan in "The Case of the Absent Artist". Later, she guest starred as Sandra Dunkel in "The Case of the Dead Ringer" (1966) when Raymond Burr doubled as Mason and the actual murderer Grimes, an old sea salt.

Martel appeared in the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" (1967) as T'Pring and the original The Outer Limits episode "Demon with a Glass Hand" (1964) written by Harlan Ellison.

Martel played the princess Sarafina on Have Gun – Will Travel, the evil witch Malvina on Bewitched, the French Underground contact Tiger in five episodes of Hogan's Heroes, a female cosmonaut on I Dream of Jeannie, a Hungarian immigrant Magda on The Fugitive episode "The Blessings of Liberty" (1966), and, memorably, as the nurse who repeatedly utters the sinister phrase "Room for one more, Honey!" at the entrance to a hospital morgue and as the stewardess at an airplane door in the Twilight Zone episode "Twenty-Two". She also appeared in the season-one episode of The Twilight Zone "What You Need". She was billed (as Arline Sax) as a featured actress in the episode of Route 66 called "The Newborn," in which she gives birth. She also made guest appearances on The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible (season 4, episode 20, 1970), appeared as Asastia in Here Come the Brides (1970, episode "To The Victor"), The Wild Wild West, Battlestar Galactica, the 1968 movie Angels from Hell, and two appearances on The Monkees. She played Interpol agent Violette in The Six Million Dollar Man episode "The Last of the Fourth of Julys" (season 1, episode 10, 1974). She appeared as a featured actress in the Gunsmoke episode titled "The Squaw" (1975).

She received top billing when she starred as the lady commandant in charge of the Russian road crew in Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (1978), although it was only a bit part lasting less than five minutes of the 97 minute movie. She also received credit in a font so large that it was almost twice as large as that used for Reggie Nalder or Michael Pataki, the leads who occupied most of the screen throughout the movie.

She appeared in the Star Trek webisode "Of Gods and Men" in the final scene as a Vulcan priestess initiating a marriage ceremony between Uhura and Vulcan native Stonn (a character from the episode "Amok Time", played by original actor Lawrence Montaigne).

She played Gloria, mistress of Tony Goodland (Bradford Dillman) in the Columbo episode "The Greenhouse Jungle" (1972).

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 57

YearTitleRole
2015 Unity Film Narrator (voice)
2006 Brothers and Sisters TV Elegant Grandmother (1 ep)
2000 Nudes, Nudists & Nudism: Volume 4 Film Nudist (archive footage)
1985 The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Film Chorus (voice)
1982 Eleanor, First Lady of the World Film Madame Jahar
1981 The Day the Loving Stopped Film Laura
1979 Knots Landing TV Vendor (1 ep)
1978 Battlestar Galactica TV Adulteress 58 (1 ep)
1977 The Love Boat TV Lisa Michelle (1 ep)
1977 Man from Atlantis TV Carla(as Tasha Martell) (1 ep)
1977 Zoltan… Hound of Dracula Film Major Hessel
1977 Chatterbox! Film Marlene
1975 Conspiracy of Terror Film Leslie Horowitz
1974 The Rockford Files TV Marty Bach (1 ep)
1974 Petrocelli TV Marnie Jane Underwood (1 ep)
1974 The Six Million Dollar Man TV Violette (1 ep)
1974 Indict and Convict Film Mrs. Ann Lansing
1972 Delphi Bureau TV Margaret (1 ep)
1972 Banacek TV Diana Maitland (1 ep)
1972 The Rookies TV (1 ep)
1971 Columbo TV Gloria, Tanya, Salesgirl (1 ep)
1970 McCloud TV (2 ep)
1968 Angels from Hell Film Ginger
1967 Mannix TV (2 ep)
1966 Mission: Impossible TV Atheda (1 ep)
1966 The Monkees TV Madame, Lorelei (1 ep)
1966 Star Trek TV T'Pring (1 ep)
1966 Tales to Keep You Awake TV Consuelo Biros (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 ep)
1965 I Dream of Jeannie TV Sonya (1 ep)
1965 Hogan's Heroes TV Olga (7 ep)
1965 The Wild Wild West TV (1 ep)
1964 Nudes on Tiger Reef Film Nudist
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV Gemma Lusso (1 ep)
1964 Bewitched TV (2 ep)
1964 The Glass Cage Film Ellen/Ruth Sawyer
1963 My Favorite Martian TV (1 ep)
1963 The Fugitive TV Magda Karac (1 ep)
1963 The Outer Limits TV Consuelo Biros (1 ep)
1963 Intimate Diary of Artists Models Film Model
1963 Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera Film Model
1961 The New Breed TV Maria Danielo (1 ep)
1961 Ben Casey TV (1 ep)
1961 Bus Stop TV (1 ep)
1961 Target: The Corruptors! TV (1 ep)
1961 Cain's Hundred TV Anna Vargaray (1 ep)
1961 Gunslinger TV Laurie (1 ep)
1960 Route 66 TV Kawna Ivy (1 ep)
1960 In the Presence of Mine Enemies Film Woman with baby
1959 The Detectives TV (2 ep)
1959 The Rebel TV Molly Keller (1 ep)
1959 The Twilight Zone TV Nurse in Morgue, Girl in Bar (1 ep)
1958 Behind Closed Doors TV Maria (1 ep)
1957 Perry Mason TV Fiona Cregan, Sandra Dunkel (1 ep)
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel TV Princess Alisna Sarafina (1 ep)
1957 The James Dean Story Film Self
1955 Cheyenne TV Little Fawn (1 ep)
1955 Gunsmoke TV Quanah (1 ep)

Crew credits 1

YearTitleJob
1996 Everyone Says I Love You Film Vocal Coach
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