Zienia Merton in Space: 1999
Zienia Merton (11 December 1945 - 14 September 2018) was a British actress. She was born in Burma and brought up in Singapore, Portugal and England. Her mother was Burmese and her father half French, half English.
Merton played a large number of guest roles in various TV series, but had rather few recurring parts. She is best known for playing Sandra Benes on Space: 1999. Being of mixed heritage, she played both European and Asian characters.
In 2005 she published her autobiography, Anecdotes & Armadillos, co-written with Robert E. Wood.
Notable appearances by Zienia Merton:
- Masters Of Venus (1962)
- Doctor Who — seven-episode serial "Marco Polo" (1964) as Ping-Cho.
- The Chairman (1969)
- Casanova (the 1971 series by Dennis Potter).
- Space: 1999 (1975-77) Her best-known role, as Sandra Benes.
- Kosmetikkrevolusjonen (The Cosmetics Revolution, in Norwegian, though Merton's character speaks English and is subtitled) (1977)
- The History Man (1981)
- Coronation Street (three episodes in 2008)
- The Sarah Jane Adventures — episode "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" (2009) as the Registrar
