Career
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Smith appeared in a 1953 episode of Kraft Television Theater titled "A Room and a Half". She appeared in Gunsmoke in 1958. She appeared primarily on television during the 1960s and 1970s, including the role of murderer Wanda Buren in the 1965 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Candy Queen," and the role of Sylvia Bayles in The Twilight Zone episode Long Distance Call (Season 2 - episode 22).
As Norma Bartlett in The Fugitive episode "Goodbye my Love" in 1967, and was the focus of Hawaii Five-O"s second show of the first season (1968), "Full Fathom Five", playing detective Joyce Weber.
Smith"s character went undercover to capture a husband/wife serial killer team targeting rich widows. She also appeared in a 1975 episode of The Streets of San Francisco.
Smith was a regular on the 1969-1970 short-lived television sitcom The Debbie Reynolds Show playing Reynolds" sister Charlotte. She also appeared in the television serie "Highway to Heaven", in the saison 1 episode 18 "A Child of God".
Smith continued to appear in supporting roles on television and in films through the late 1990s.
She played Doctor Sara Kingsley in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Unnatural Selection". Her final acting role was in the 1997 film Mad City. Smith, a diabetic for many years, died of heart failure on January 2, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, aged 80.