actress who played spock's fiance dies

[Liberal_in_LA]

Http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/showbiz/obit-star-trek-arlene-martel/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Angeles (CNN) -- Actress Arlene Martel, who "Star Trek" fans know as Spock's bride-to-be, died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday of complications from a heart attack, her son said. Martel was 78.

Martel's ethnic ambiguity earned her the nickname "The Chameleon" among Hollywood casting directors in the 1960s, son Jod Kaftan told CNN.

It gained her diverse roles, including as a Russian spy on "The Monkees" and "I Dream of Jeannie," a French Underground operative in "Hogan's Heroes," a Native American woman in a "Gunsmoke" episode and as a Vulcan on "Star Trek."
Trekkies still lined up at sci-fi conventions to meet Martel and pay for autographs because of her role as T'Pring, the Vulcan priestess engaged to Spock in the first episode of the iconic show's second season.

Leonard Nimoy, who was the original Spock, tweeted his tribute to her: "Saying goodbye to T'Pring, Arlene Martel. A lovely talent."

[shenmue]

1. Rest in peace

[TheDebbieDee]

2. RIP, Ms Martel...

[Ilsa]

3. RIP...

[nolabear]

4. Awww...that character was the subject of major envy for some of us adolescent girls.

I loved T'Pring for being Spock's potential "mate" and T'Pau for being the (GASP!) leader on Vulcan. A woman! It was a shocking thought.

Rest in Peace, Ms Martel. You did something important.