Queen of the Nile (The Twilight Zone)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Queen of the Nile
Series = The Twilight Zone


Caption = Ann Blyth as Pamela Morris
Season = 5
Episode = 143
Airdate = March 6, 1964
Production =2626
Writer = Jerry Sohl
(credited to Charles Beaumont)
Director = John Brahm
Guests = Ann Blyth : Pamela Morris/Constance Taylor
Lee Philips : Jordan Herrick
Celia Lovsky : Viola Draper
Frank Ferguson : Krueger
Ruth Phillips : Maid
Music = Lucien Moraweck
Episode list = List of Twilight Zone episodes
Prev = An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Next = What's in the Box

"Queen of the Nile" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.

Opening Narration

ynopsis

A movie actress is interviewed by a columnist, who learns the secret of her enduring youth, which turns out to be a small scarab beetle jewel that drains the life of others. When he finally begins to question why she tells him this, he becomes yet another of her victims when she poisons him. She then takes a small scarab beetle and uses it to drain out his entire life, reducing him to a pile of dust. The scarab then transfers his life into her.

At the end of the episode, it is implied that the actress is actually Cleopatra, and that she has been existing this way for centuries.

Closing Narration

Preview for Next Week's Story

References

*DeVoe, Bill. (2008). "Trivia from The Twilight Zone". Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1593931360
*Grams, Martin. (2008). "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic". Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0970331090

External links

*imdb title|id=0734616|title=Queen of the Nile

Twilight Zone links

*The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
*Episode List
*Season 5