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Marlys Burdette (born 31 August 1938; age 85) is a former actress and model who played three uncredited roles in the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series: a serving girl in "Wolf in the Fold" (Star Trek Concordance, p. 42, 240, 300), an Annabelle series android in "I, Mudd", and Krako's gun moll in "A Piece of the Action". (Star Trek Concordance, p. 191, 300)

Burdette filmed her scenes for "Wolf in the Fold" on Monday 3 July 1967 at Desilu Stage 10, her scene for "I, Mudd" on Wednesday 16 August 1967 at Stage 10, and her scenes for "A Piece of the Action" on Wednesday 8 November 1967 at Desilu Stage 11.

Biography[]

Marlys A. Lucke was born in Brillian, North Dakota, USA and later attended high school in Walla Walla, Washington, where she was married in 1954, at the age of 16, to Wallace McGinnis– then opting to take McGinnis' stepfather's surname, Burdette. They had a daughter, Beth "Summer" Ann Burdette, and were divorced by 1961– Burdette, nevertheless, retained the same surname throughout her career and into the early 80s.

Burdette began achieving notice as a model around 1962 when she competed in several modeling contests, including one for Miss Photogenic, and was the first runner-up of the Long Beach Miss Bikini contest. [1] In 1963, she was the third runner-up of the first Miss California Bikini contest held in Los Angeles. [2]

Burdette's acting career ranged from TV commercials, to television, and included several movies, namely several Elvis Presley films. Her television appearances included Dean Martin Special, Ironsides, and Mod Squad, later appearing in two segments of The Name of the Game. She also appeared in ads for Schlitz, American Airlines, and Ford Motors. Between acting appearances, Burdette attended UCLA and worked as a real estate broker in the North Hollywood area.

Burdette also appeared in the films The April Fools (1969, with Sally Kellerman and Felix Silla), The Phynx (1970, with Michael Ansara, Lou Antonio, Al Cavens, Larry Hankin, and Monty O'Grady, as well as stunts by Phil Adams, Bill Catching, Chuck O'Brien, and Jerry Summers)[3], and The Grasshopper (1970; with Stanley Adams).

From roughly 1975 to 1980, Burdette worked for the real estate brokerage, Herleigh Sandler Co. In 1983, Burdette married Dr. John Willison Allen, a Sacramento area obstetrician and gynecologist. (The Sacramento Bee, 25 September 1983) She presently lives in La Quinta, California.

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