Arlene Martel

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Arlene Martel

Born	April 14, 1936 (1936-04-14) (age 72) Los Angeles, California

Arlene Martel (b. April 14, 1936, New York City, New York) is an American actress and acting coach. Prior to 1964, she was frequently billed as Arline Sax, Arlene Sax, or sometimes as Tasha Martel.

Martel is probably best known for her appearances in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Amok Time" (as T'Pring) and the original The Outer Limits episode called "Demon with a Glass Hand". Martel played the evil witch "Malvina" on Bewitched, the French Underground contact "Tiger" on Hogan's Heroes, a female cosmonaut on I Dream of Jeannie, and the woman who repeatedly utters the sinister phrase "Room for one more, honey!" at the entrance to a hospital morgue, and an airplane door, in the Twilight Zone episode "Twenty-Two".

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.

Martel has been married and divorced three times. Her second marriage was to actor Jerry Douglas. She has three children: Adam Palmer, Avra Douglas, and Jodaman Douglas. She currently resides in Santa Monica, California.