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Jan Shutan is best remembered as Lieutenant Mira Romaine, an officer on the starship Enterprise, whose mind is invaded by non-corporeal life forms in . Aside from this iconic role, her face might also be familiar for her many TV commercials. She started with ads for Tareyton cigarettes and went on to promote (in her own words) anything “from cars to soapsuds”, earning her up to $ 10,000 per gig. Born Janice Dottenheim in Los Angeles and growing up in Beverly Hills, Jan was bitten by the acting bug early on and got her chance in 1955 as a winner on the CBS variety show ‘s Talent Scouts. She worked for a while as a model and made her TV debut in a 1963 episode of . Jan subsequently persevered as a working actress through the 60s and 70s and had notable guest spots in, among others, , , and , as well as recurring roles in and . Jan retired from acting in 1988. Her second husband was the Emmy Award-winning writer-producer whom she met on the set of the short-lived CBS drama series . He predeceased her in 2019.
Jan Shutan as Lt. Mira Romaine in “The Lights of Zetar”
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