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She went on to have a brief movie career that included the role for which she is most recognized, the bald Deltan navigator Lieutenant Ilia, in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). She shaved her head for the role. She was originally signed to play the role for five years, as the intention was to create a new Star Trek television series.
She shaved her head for the role of Lieutenant Ilia in the film Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). At first, she shed tears over the haircut, but smiled after the finishing powder was applied to her scalp and her facial features were more defined by Fred Phillips.
- January 1, 1
- Bombay, State of Bombay, India
- January 1, 1
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
She shaved her head for the role of Lieutenant Ilia in the film Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). At first, she shed tears over the haircut, but smiled after the finishing powder was applied to her scalp and her facial features were more defined by Fred Phillips.
- October 2, 1948
- August 18, 1998
Persis Khambatta (2 October 1948 – 18 August 1998; age 49) was an Indian model and actress who played Ilia (and the Ilia probe) in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Khambatta was born in Mumbai, India in a middle-class Parsi family. At age 13, she was hired for advertisements for a soap brand after...
PERSIS KHAMBATTA, the former Miss India and international model, created cinematic history by appearing in 1979 as the first bald film heroine, in Star Trek: the Motion Picture, the hugely ...
composer: theme "Star Trek" Jerry Goldsmith ... conductor (uncredited) Kenneth Hall ... music editor (as Ken Hall) Craig Huxley ... composer: additional music, Blaster Beam, microtonal clavichord, Tubulons, Serge Modular System, piano Francesco Lupica ... additional score sound design Arthur Morton ...
In 1979, Khambatta bagged the most significant role of her career. She starred as a bald Deltan navigator, Lieutenant Ilia, in ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’. She shaved her head completely for the film.
