American actress who played T'Pring, Spock's betrothed, in Amok Time.
Arlene Martel (1936–2014) was an American actress who appeared in numerous 1960s television series, including The Twilight Zone and Hogan's Heroes, and was valued for her skill with accents and characters.
In Amok Time (1967) Martel played T'Pring, the Vulcan woman bonded to Spock since childhood. When Spock returns to Vulcan in the grip of pon farr, T'Pring invokes her right to challenge and chooses Kirk as Spock's opponent in ritual combat, a calculated move to free herself to marry another Vulcan, Stonn.