Antoinette Bower, the elegant and instantly recognizable actress who appeared in Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Prom Night, and dozens of classic television shows, has died. She was 93.

Bower died April 30 at a senior retirement home in Los Angeles, her friend Carlotta Glackin told The Hollywood Reporter. Her death was reported Saturday, July 11.

For many television fans, Bower was one of those familiar faces who seemed to turn up everywhere during the golden age of TV. She built a long career with memorable guest roles on some of the most popular shows of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

One of her best-known appearances came in 1963, when she guest-starred in The Twilight Zone during the show’s fifth season.

In the episode “Probe 7, Over and Out,” Richard Basehart played an astronaut stranded on an unfamiliar planet. Bower played Norda, an alien woman who becomes an Eve-like figure to his Adam.

A few years later, Bower entered another beloved sci-fi universe.

In 1967, she appeared opposite William Shatner in the Star Trek Season 2 episode “Catspaw.” Bower played Sylvia, a shape-shifting alien with a strange and powerful control over matter.

The role made her part of Star Trek history, and fans never forgot her. According to Glackin, Bower was still receiving fan mail from Star Trek viewers decades later. Shatner also emailed his condolences after learning of her death.

Bower’s career was not limited to science fiction. She also appeared in the 1980 slasher film Prom Night, playing the mother of Jamie Lee Curtis’ character.

In 1984, she appeared in the thriller The Evil That Men Do. In that film, Charles Bronson’s character kidnaps her character as part of the story’s revenge-driven plot.

Bower was born September 30, 1932, in Baden-Baden, Germany, and was educated in England, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Before she became an actress, she lived a life that sounded like something out of a movie.

After World War II, Bower worked as a field language supervisor and welfare counselor for the United Nations’ International Refugee Organization. She later moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she worked with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

After relocating to Los Angeles, she pursued acting and soon became a steady presence on television.

Her long list of credits included guest roles on Wagon Train, Perry Mason, Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O, Mission: Impossible, Columbo, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Murder, She Wrote.

Her final screen work came in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when she had a recurring role on the Canadian drama Neon Rider.

Off screen, Bower had a practical side that many fans may not have known about.

Glackin told The Hollywood Reporter that Bower was also a carpenter who worked at Home Depot. She built cabinets and bookshelves for her home in Los Angeles’ Beverly Glen neighborhood.

It was a fitting detail for a woman who quietly built a life and career on her own terms.

Bower leaves behind a legacy that stretches across some of the most beloved shows in television history. To generations of viewers, she was a striking presence in Star Trek, an unforgettable face in The Twilight Zone, and one of those classic TV performers who helped define an era.