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Is that Margaret Armen in Lights of Zetar?

A few years later, I finally checked these files. The daily production report and the call sheet both indicate a "Libby Erwin" did one day of work on Monday, November 11, 1968. She was on set from 9:30am until 6:45pm. (Incidentally, Memory Alpha says this work was done on stage 10, but it was in fact stage 9).

Unfortunately, the cast sheet is missing for this episode, so there's no address or other identifying information that I could use to track down Ms. Erwin (if that was, in fact, her real name). ProQuest and Newspapers.com both show that a "Libby Erwin" was active in Los Angeles real estate in the 1970s and 1980s. Unless the cast sheet for this episode shows up, not much more I can say on this topic.

This woman, despite the resemblance, was probably not Erwin Armen — but I can't say that definitively.

Great stuff, Harvey! I love the irony that Memory Alpha mixed up the stage location of . . . Memory Alpha!!!
 
I can see more than a passing resemblance:

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I'd forgotten that I'd posted this one! But it's still not been proven either way is a big let down after so long! :wah:
JB
 
The woman on the left appears to have a gap between her two front teeth that the actress in TLOZ does not.

There is almost 20 years between the two photos. Teeth shift position over the years, especially if you lose a molar. Ask a dentist if a person can have a gap appear in their front teeth over the course of 20 years. The answer will be yes.

I had a very noticeable gap between my two lower front adult teeth for my whole youth. Then they migrated towards each other on their own, and they touch now. Teeth move in some people, very gradually.

I still think it could be Armen in Zetar, not that it probably is.
 
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I guess the shape of her canines and eye teeth changed too. And her mouth got wider with age as well.

I am as certain it isn't Armen as I am the Earth's core is not filled with club soda...but NOT as certain as I am that the Earth isn't filled with raspberry jam (in other words, certain enough).

Not sure where you got the date of that photo you've been squinting at, Zap, but here's a video of Armen from about 20 years after TLOZ:

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And her mouth got wider with age as well.

The change of facial expression could have accounted for the mouth being pulled wider. I was looking at the similar shape of her eyes, eyebrows, narrow nostrils, and jawline. And the human face can have a lot of plasticity over a period of 20 years, especially if a Hollywood person has had some work done.

But I was going by only two images and that wasn't enough information. Armen's Starlog interview (Issue 125) was mostly about Star Trek, and "Zetar" never even came up; that also suggests it wasn't her. I'll take your word for it.
 
The change of facial expression could have accounted for the mouth being pulled wider. I was looking at the similar shape of her eyes, eyebrows, narrow nostrils, and jawline. And the human face can have a lot of plasticity over a period of 20 years, especially if a Hollywood person has had some work done.

But I was going by only two images and that wasn't enough information. Armen's Starlog interview (Issue 125) was mostly about Star Trek, and "Zetar" never even came up; that also suggests it wasn't her. I'll take your word for it.
Dude, it's obviously not her but I admire and are amused by your stubborn dedication to the idea!!! :)
 
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