Sabrina Scharf Schiller is an American actress, lawyer, real estate developer, and activist best known for her roles on American television shows.

Sabrina Scharf
Scharf in "The Paradise Syndrome", 1968
Born
Occupation(s)Actress, lawyer, real estate developer, activist, politician
Years active1965–1975
Known forMiramanee in The Paradise Syndrome, Star Trek
Spouse
(m. 1968; died 2017)
Children2

Biography

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Born in Delphos, Ohio, she moved with her mother to Arizona, eventually living in Tucson.[1] She eloped with her algebra teacher at age 15, but the marriage was annulled three years later.[1] She later worked as a theatrical assistant in New York, then became a Playboy Bunny beginning in 1962.[2] She appeared in the movie Easy Rider and guest-starred in the third-season episode of the original Star Trek, "The Paradise Syndrome".[3]

After Scharf quit acting in the 1970s, she became an anti-pollution activist and unsuccessfully ran for the California State Senate in 1976.[4] She was married to television writer Bob Schiller from 1968 until his death in 2017 and had two children with him.[5]

Scharf became an attorney in 1989 and practiced real estate law in the Los Angeles Pacific Palisades neighbourhood until 2017.[6]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1966 Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round Girl in Bed with Eli Uncredited
1967 Hells Angels on Wheels Shill
1967 Waterhole No. 3 Dove Uncredited
1969 Easy Rider Sarah
1969 The Virgin President President's girlfriend
1973 Hunter Anne Novak TV movie

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1965 Gidget Penelope Peterson 1 episode
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mari Brooks 1 episode
1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Greta Wolfe 1 episode
1966 Daniel Boone Alkini Matthews 1 episode
1967 Captain Nice Miss Schneider 1 episode
1968 The Wild Wild West China Hazard 1 episode
1968 Star Trek Miramanee 1 episode
1968 I Dream of Jeannie Valerie Thomas 1 episode
1969 Gunsmoke Lora 1 episode
1969 The Courtship of Eddie's Father Diane Kirby 1 episode
1968-1969 Mannix Celia James / Maureen McGill 2 episodes
1968-1970 Hogan's Heroes Luisa / Inge Wagner 2 episodes
1970 The Interns Penny Weems 1 episode
1969-1971 Hawaii Five-O Nicole Fleming / Victoria Lochner 3 episodes
1973 Banacek Wyn Reever 1 episode
1973 The New Perry Mason Sheila Osborne 1 episode
1975 The Streets of San Francisco Mianna 1 episode
1975 Harry O Jenny / Kathy 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ a b Staff (February 18, 2017). "On the Banks of Yesteryear — To boldly go… Sabrina Scharf Schiller". Delphos Herald. Delphos, Ohio: DHI Media, Inc. Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  2. ^ Scott, Kathryn Leigh (September 27, 2011). The Bunny Years: The Surprising Inside Story of the Playboy Clubs: The Women Who Worked as Bunnies, and Where They Are Now. Simon and Schuster. pp. 35–36, 39. ISBN 9781451663280 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Okuda, Michael; Okuda, Denise; Mirek, Debbie (May 17, 2011). The Star Trek Encyclopedia. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781451646887 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Stammer, Larry (July 1, 1986). "Sabrina Schiller—Her Crusade for Clean Air Creates a Whirlwind". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  5. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (October 12, 2017). "Bob Schiller, Writer on Beloved TV Comedies, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "Sabrina Scharf Schiller, Real Estate Attorneys Pacific Palisades". Lawyers USA. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
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