Sabrina Scharf

Sabrina Scharf
Scharf in "The Paradise Syndrome", 1968
Born	Sandra Mae Trentman[1][2][3] Delphos, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, lawyer, real estate developer, activist, politician
Years active	1965–1975
Known for	Miramanee in The Paradise Syndrome, Star Trek
Spouse	Bob Schiller ​ ​ (m. 1968; died 2017)​
Children	2

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

Biography

Born in Delphos, Ohio,^[4] she moved with her mother to Arizona, eventually living in Tucson.^[1] She eloped with her algebra teacher at age 14^[4] or 15,^[1] 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.^[5] She appeared in the movie Easy Rider and guest-starred in the third-season episode of the original Star Trek, "The Paradise Syndrome".^[6]

After Scharf quit acting in the 1970s, she became an anti-pollution activist and unsuccessfully ran for the California State Senate in 1976.^[7] She was married to television writer Bob Schiller from 1968 until his death in 2017 and had two children with him.^[8]

Scharf became an attorney in 1989 and practiced real estate law in the Los Angeles Pacific Palisades neighborhood until 2017.^[9]

Filmography

Films

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

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

1. 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. Blondell, Ruby (2023). Helen of Troy in Hollywood. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 189.
3. Cushman, Marc; Osborn, Susan (2015). These Are the Voyages: TOS, Season Three. San Diego: Jacobs/Brown Press. pp. 118–119.
4. Kleiner, Dick (February 2, 1966). "Starlet Improves Art by Continuous Study". The Macon News. Macon, GA. p. 12. Retrieved September 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
5. 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.
6. Okuda, Michael; Okuda, Denise; Mirek, Debbie (May 17, 2011). The Star Trek Encyclopedia. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781451646887 – via Google Books.
7. 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.
8. Genzlinger, Neil (October 12, 2017). "Bob Schiller, Writer on Beloved TV Comedies, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
9. "Sabrina Scharf Schiller, Real Estate Attorneys Pacific Palisades". Lawyers USA. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2023.

External links

• Sabrina Scharf at IMDb