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'''Tania Lemani''' (sometimes credited as '''Tanya Lemani''') played [[Kara (Argelian)|Kara]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "[[Wolf in the Fold]]".
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'''Tania Lemani''' {{born|17|March|1945}} (born '''Tanya Soleimani''', sometimes credited as '''Tanya Lemani''' or '''Tanya Lemani George''') played [[Kara (Argelian)|Kara]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode {{e|Wolf in the Fold}}.
   
Tania was born in Iran to Russian parents. When she was 12 years old, her family fled Communism and came to America. She started her career with a classical ballet dance troop. But when she traveled to Las Vegas in search of more work, she was offered a job as a belly dancer, not a ballet dancer.
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Tania was [[Star Trek birthdays|born]] in Iran to Russian parents. When she was 12 years old, her family came to America where Lemani began her career with a classical ballet dance troupe, but when she traveled to Las Vegas in search of more work, she was offered a job as a belly dancer, not a ballet dancer. She ultimately got her own show in Vegas, as well as offers to dance on television and film. She also began receiving more serious acting roles after a member of her show's audience offered her a role in the pilot for ''Alexander the Great'', starring [[William Shatner]] in the title role (although the pilot failed to be picked up as a series). Regardless, Lemani retired from acting in 1969.
   
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One of her earliest film appearances came in the 1964 comedy ''A Global Affair'', which also featured [[Nehemiah Persoff]] and fellow TOS guest actress [[Barbara Bouchet]]. She went on to appear in such films as ''Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round'' (in which she, [[Sabrina Scharf]], [[Vic Tayback]], and [[George D. Wallace]] appear unbilled, along with billed actors [[Michael Strong]] and [[Phillip Pine]]) and ''Gambit'' (with [[Roger C. Carmel]], [[Arnold Moss]], [[John Abbott]] and Vic Tayback) in 1966. She also had a supporting role in [[Joseph Sargent]]'s 1968 drama ''To Hell with Heroes'', along with [[William Marshall]] and [[Sid Haig]], written by [[Harold Livingston]]. In total, she had roles in nearly twenty films.
Eventually she got her own show there. Then someone in her audience offered her a role on a television pilot, "Alexander the Great." From there she started getting serious acting roles on television and in dramas. She has had roles on a dozen different television shows, nearly twenty movies, and over a dozen stage performances.
 
   
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On television, she has appeared on ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' (with [[Arlene Martel]]), ''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''Get Smart'' (with [[Karen Steele]]), ''McHale's Navy'' (including an episode with [[David Opatoshu]]), ''It Takes a Thief'' (with Nancy Kovack and her "Wolf in the Fold" co-star [[Charles Dierkop]]), and ''The Flying Nun'' (with [[Michael Pataki]] and [[Sandra Smith]]), among others. In addition, she has performed in dozens of stage productions.
She has also produced her own belly dancing video, "Bellysize with Tanya."
 
   
Tania Lemani speaks English, Russian and Persian fluently. She also knows some Spanish, Armenian, Ukrainian & Italian.
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Tania Lemani speaks English, Russian and Persian fluently. She also knows some Spanish, Armenian, Ukrainian & Italian. She has also produced her own belly dancing video, "Bellysize with Tanya."
   
==External Links==
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* [http://www.tanyalemani.com TanyaLemani.com] - official site
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...as Kara

Tania Lemani (born 17 March 1945; age 79) (born Tanya Soleimani, sometimes credited as Tanya Lemani or Tanya Lemani George) played Kara in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Wolf in the Fold".

Tania was born in Iran to Russian parents. When she was 12 years old, her family came to America where Lemani began her career with a classical ballet dance troupe, but when she traveled to Las Vegas in search of more work, she was offered a job as a belly dancer, not a ballet dancer. She ultimately got her own show in Vegas, as well as offers to dance on television and film. She also began receiving more serious acting roles after a member of her show's audience offered her a role in the pilot for Alexander the Great, starring William Shatner in the title role (although the pilot failed to be picked up as a series). Regardless, Lemani retired from acting in 1969.

One of her earliest film appearances came in the 1964 comedy A Global Affair, which also featured Nehemiah Persoff and fellow TOS guest actress Barbara Bouchet. She went on to appear in such films as Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (in which she, Sabrina Scharf, Vic Tayback, and George D. Wallace appear unbilled, along with billed actors Michael Strong and Phillip Pine) and Gambit (with Roger C. Carmel, Arnold Moss, John Abbott and Vic Tayback) in 1966. She also had a supporting role in Joseph Sargent's 1968 drama To Hell with Heroes, along with William Marshall and Sid Haig, written by Harold Livingston. In total, she had roles in nearly twenty films.

On television, she has appeared on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (with Arlene Martel), I Dream of Jeannie, Get Smart (with Karen Steele), McHale's Navy (including an episode with David Opatoshu), It Takes a Thief (with Nancy Kovack and her "Wolf in the Fold" co-star Charles Dierkop), and The Flying Nun (with Michael Pataki and Sandra Smith), among others. In addition, she has performed in dozens of stage productions.

Tania Lemani speaks English, Russian and Persian fluently. She also knows some Spanish, Armenian, Ukrainian & Italian. She has also produced her own belly dancing video, "Bellysize with Tanya."

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