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Aruni Devi Hansen (born 15 September 1923; age 100) is a retired dancer and actress who was featured as a humanoid bar patron in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "Unification II". As a background actress she received no credit for this part and was identified by a call sheet for the episode, dated 18 September 1991 and filmed on Paramount Stage 8.

Hansen studied acting under coaches such as Sharon Carnicke, Sandra Caruso, Candy Hermann, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest actress Lilyan Chauvin. She attended the College of Great Falls and the Phoenix Institute and studied acting at the L.A. Conservatory of Arts. Hansen is a certified yoga instructor and experienced with palmistry and tarot cards. She portrayed Lady MacBeth in the stage play "MacBeth" and Gertrude Stein in "Gertrude Stein and Companion", both at the L.A. Conservatory of Arts beside other plays.

Her television work includes principal and featured parts in Frasier (1993, starring Kelsey Grammer and with Dan Butler, Richard Poe, and Tory Christopher), ER (1996, with Mary Mara, Scott Jaeck, Peggy Roeder, Harry Boykoff, Larry Polson, Tami Peterson, and Melissa Vinicor), Melrose Place, Arliss, The Tracey Ullman Show, and Ancient Mysteries on which she worked with Leonard Nimoy.

Hansen's film appearances include White Palace (1990, with Harvey Jason, Barbara Harris, David Randolph, and Gary Schwartz), Soapdish (1991, with Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, John Tesh, Barry Kivel, Willie Garson, and Herta Ware), The Addams Family (1991, with Christopher Lloyd, Carel Struycken, and Richard Tanner), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993, with Kevin Tighe, Carlos Palomino, Stephen McHattie, and Jim Beaver), Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story (1994, with Carolyn McCormick, Richard Ryder, and Warren Munson), True Lies (1994), The Little Rascals (1994, with Whoopi Goldberg and Kenny Yee), and Mulholland Falls (1996, with Ed Lauter, Melinda Clarke, Michael Krawic, Titus Welliver, Buddy Joe Hooker, Johnny Martin, and Louise Fletcher).

Later films include Blade (1998, with Judson Scott and Sidney Liufau), EDtv (1999, with Clint Howard, Geoffrey Blake, Don Most, Steve Kehela, Googy Gress, Barry Wiggins, and Cyndi Pass), and Seabiscuit (2003).

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