Queen of the Nile (The Twilight Zone)

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“Queen of the Nile”

The Twilight Zone episode

Ann Blyth as Pamela Morris

Episode no.

Season 5
Episode 143

Written by

Jerry Sohl
(credited to Charles Beaumont)

Directed by

John Brahm

Guest stars

Ann Blyth : Pamela Morris/Constance Taylor
Lee Philips : Jordan Herrick
Celia Lovsky : Viola Draper
Frank Ferguson : Krueger
Ruth Phillips : Maid

Featured music

Lucien Moraweck

Production no.

2626

Original airdate

March 6, 1964

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"Queen of the Nile" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

1 Opening narration
2 Synopsis
3 Closing narration
4 External links
5 Twilight Zone links

[edit] Opening narration

“

Jordan Herrick, syndicated columnist whose work appears in more than a hundred newspapers. By nature a cynic, a disbeliever, caught for the moment by a lovely vision. He knows the vision he's seen is no dream; she is Pamela Morris, renowned movie star, whose name is a household word and whose face is known to millions. What Mr. Herrick does not know is that he has also just looked into the face--of the Twilight Zone.

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[edit] Synopsis

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A movie actress is interviewed by a columnist, who learns the secret of her enduring youth, which turns out to be a small scarab beetle jewel that drains the life of others. When he finally begins to question why she tells him this, he becomes yet another of her victims when she poisons him. She then takes a small scarab beetle and uses it to drain out his entire life, reducing him to a pile of dust. The scarab then transfers his life into her.

At the end of the episode, it is implied that the actress is actually Nefertiti, and that she has been existing this way for centuries.

[edit] Closing narration

“

Everybody knows Pamela Morris, the beautiful and eternally young movie star. Or does she have another name, even more famous, an Egyptian name from centuries past? It's best not to be too curious, lest you wind up like Jordan Herrick, a pile of dust and old clothing, discarded in the endless eternity of the Twilight Zone.

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