Bonanza
1959
Search results
Celia Lovsky (born Cäcilia Josefina Lvovsky, February 21, 1897 – October 12, 1979) was an Austrian-American actress. She was born in Vienna, [1] daughter of Břetislav Lvovsky (1857–1910), a minor Czech opera composer. [a] She studied theater, dance, and languages at the Austrian Royal Academy of Arts and Music.
Celia Lovsky was a Hollywood character actress who appeared in over 40 films and 200 TV shows. She was born in Vienna in 1897, married Peter Lorre in 1934, and played T'Pau in Star Trek in 1967.
- January 1, 1
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Celia Lovsky was a Hollywood character actress who played mostly European-born characters, often dignified or aristocratic. She was born in Vienna in 1897, married Peter Lorre in 1934, and died in Los Angeles in 1979.
- February 21, 1897
- October 12, 1979
- Overview
- Life and career
- External links
Celia Lovsky (21 February 1897 – 12 October 1979; age 82) was the Austrian actress who played T'Pau in the Star Trek: The Original Series second season episode "Amok Time". Lovsky filmed her scenes between Wednesday 14 June 1967 and Monday 19 June 1967 at Desilu Stage 10.
Lovsky was born Cäcilia Josefina Lvovsky in Vienna on February 21, 1897; her father was a minor Czech classical composer. She studied at the Royal Academy and went on to appear in stage plays in Austria and Germany until meeting Hungarian actor Peter Lorre, whom she later married. She was instrumental in getting him cast as the child murderer in Fritz Lang's classic 1931 thriller M. Although the couple divorced in 1945, they remained devoted friends all their lives. Lorre had refused to permit her to work in America, believing that in a marriage, the man must do all the work. After their divorce, she sought out theater and film roles, but was hampered by a heavy Austro-Hungarian accent. She did get a number of character and exotic roles.
She played the mother of Lon Chaney, who herself was a deaf-mute, in Man of a Thousand Faces, where she used American Sign Language. (Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film Entertainment Industry, [page number? • edit] John S. Schuchman, Illini Books, 1999) Late-night viewers probably remember her in this role or as Apache Princess Saba in an obscure 1955 film, Foxfire. Both films were directed by Joseph Pevney, who recommended Lovsky for the role of T'Pau in "Amok Time" after reading Theodore Sturgeon's script. He and Leonard Nimoy agreed that Lovsky would be "perfect". (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 53) Proving unable to perform the Vulcan salute naturally for "Amok Time", she manipulated the fingers of her left hand into the correct position before raising it into range of the camera (the salute is usually performed with the right hand).
She had many guest-starring television roles on such favorites as Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Lovsky and Susan Oliver appeared together in the Michael Shayne episode "The Heiress" and in The Gene Krupa Story (1959). She also appeared in Soylent Green (1973), which featured Whit Bissell, Leigh Taylor-Young, Robert Ito, Roy Jenson, Meg Wyllie, and Brock Peters, and was photographed by Richard H. Kline.
Lovsky died of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, in 1979, aged 82.
•Celia Lovsky at Wikipedia
•Celia Lovsky at the Internet Movie Database
Celia Lovsky was an actor born in Vienna who appeared in many movies and TV shows from 1956 to 1974. See her full list of credits, including Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, and The F.B.I.
Celia Lovsky was an Austrian-American actress. She was born in Vienna, daughter of Břetislav Lvovsky (1857–1910), a minor Czech opera composer. She studied theater, dance, and languages at the Austrian Royal Academy of Arts and Music. She is best known to fans of Star Trek as the High Priestess T'Pau, and to fans of The Twilight Zone as the aged daughter of an eternally youthful Hollywood ...
Celia Lovsky was an Austrian-born actress who worked in Hollywood from 1935 to 1960s. She appeared in many films, including Death of a Scoundrel, Man of 1000 Faces and The Gene Krupa Story, and played the Queen of Vulcana in Star Trek.
