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Eleanore Vogel (1 August 188826 June 1973; age 84) was an actress who appeared as a Street onlooker in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "The City on the Edge of Forever". She filmed her scene on Friday 3 February 1967 on location at the "40 Acres" backlot. She received no credit for her appearance.

Vogel was originally a stage actress on Broadway, teaming up with Frankie Mack for years, they performed a very successful "blackface" duo together. She came to Hollywood in 1923, where she and her "The City on the Edge of Forever" co-actress Jane Crowley were discovered by director John Ford, who paired them together because they looked alike, both being middle-aged ladies with dark hair and a similar built. Known as "John Ford's Rosebud Sisters", though they were not related, Together known as "Hedy" Vogel and "Greta" Crowley appeared in all of the director's films for the next twenty-five years. These include Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940, with Max Wagner), How Green Was My Valley (1941), They Were Expendable (1945), My Darling Clementine (1946), Fort Apache (1948), Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948, with Sam Bagley, Nick Borgani, Noble Chissell, and William Meader),Wagon Master (1950), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, with Dick Cherney, Noble Chissell, Charles Seel, and Max Wagner).

Vogel (again, mostly alongside Crowley) also appeared in films such as Hazard (1948; with Sam Bagley), The Robe (1953, with Jean Simmons, Jay Robinson, Torin Thatcher, Michael Ansara, Al Cavens, and Sam Gilman), Funny Face (1957, with Monty O'Grady), One-Eyed Jacks (1961, with Elisha Cook, Joe Garcio, and William Meader), Mary Poppins (1964, with Walter Bacon, David Hillary Hughes, Kay E. Kuter, and William Meader), The Graduate (1967), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968, with George Murdock, Charlie Brill, and Noble Chissell), and Rosemary's Baby (1968, with Elisha Cook, Gail Bonney, Irene Kelly, and Max Wagner).

They also appeared in an episode of The Rifleman (with Paul Fix), an episode of Thriller (with Peter Brocco), and an episode of Batman. Vogel alone made an appearance in an episode of Gunsmoke, directed by Michael O'Herlihy and featuring Eddie Hice and Bill Borzage.

Her thick Southern accent often prevented her from getting larger parts. She died in a heart attack on 26 June 1973 in Hollywood.

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