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Persis Khambatta (2 October 1948 – 18 August 1998) was an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder best remembered for playing Lieutenant Ilia in the feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
Her biggest acting break was getting the role of Lieutenant Ilia, the bald Deltan alien in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). This led to roles in Nighthawks (1981) , Megaforce (1982) and Warrior of the Lost World (1983) .
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- Bombay, State of Bombay, India
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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 ...
Powered by JustWatch. Epic science-fiction stories, with their cosmic themes and fast truths about the nature of mankind, somehow work best when the actors are unknown to us. The presence of the Star Trek characters and actors who have become so familiar to us on television tends in a strange way to undermine this movie.
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.
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.
Aug 20, 1998 · Persis Khambatta, an actress and former Miss India who appeared in ''Star Trek -- The Motion Picture'' (1979) and other films, died on Tuesday in a hospital here. She was 49. The cause of death...
