Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky (born Cäcilia Josefina Lvovský, February 21, 1897 – October 12, 1979) was an Austrian-American actress. In the original Star Trek she played the Vulcan matriarch T'Pau, and in The Twilight Zone she played the aged daughter of an eternally youthful Hollywood actress.

Early years Lovsky was born in Vienna, daughter of , a minor Czech opera composer, and his wife Vallee, a cellist. She studied theater, dance, and languages at the Austrian Royal Academy of Arts and Music,

Personal life and death Lovsky married journalist Heinrich Vinzenz Nowak in 1919. By 1925, they were apparently estranged and she was romantically involved with playwright Arthur Schnitzler. After the couple settled in Santa Monica, California, Lorre did not wish Lovsky to work, believing he should be the breadwinner and she should remain at home.

On October 12, 1979, Lovsky died at her home in Los Angeles, aged 82.

Partial filmography

1930 Twice Married as Fraulein Koch 1930 The Jumping Jack as Unknown 1947 The Foxes of Harrow as Minna Ludenbach (uncredited) 1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman as Flower Vendor (uncredited) 1948 Sealed Verdict as Emma Steigmann 1948 The Snake Pit as Inmate Gertrude (uncredited) 1949 Flaming Fury as Bertha Polacheck 1949 Chicago Deadline as Mrs. Schleffler (uncredited) 1950 Captain Carey, U.S.A. as Countess Francesca de Cresci 1950 Bright Leaf as Dressmaker (uncredited) 1950 The Killer That Stalked New York as Mrs. Kowalski (uncredited) 1951 The Scarf as Mrs. Barrington (uncredited) 1951 Night Into Morning as Mrs. Niemoller 1951 The People Against O'Hara as Mrs. Korvac (uncredited) 1952 Because You're Mine as Mrs. Rossano 1953 The Story of Three Loves as The Governess On Ship (segment "The Jealous Lover / Mademoiselle") (uncredited) 1953 The Blue Gardenia as Mae, The Flower Woman (uncredited) 1953 Champ for a Day as Gladys Macrowitz (uncredited) 1953 The Big Heat as Lagana's Mother In Portrait (uncredited) 1954 Rhapsody as Frau Sigerlist 1954 Make Haste to Live as Mother 1954 Three Coins in the Fountain as Baroness (uncredited) 1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris as Mama 1955 New York Confidential as Mama Lupo 1955 Foxfire as Princess Saba 1955 Duel on the Mississippi as Celeste Tulane 1955 Texas Lady as Mrs. Gantz (uncredited) 1956 While the City Sleeps as Miss Dodd 1956 The Opposite Sex as Lutsi (uncredited) 1956 Death of a Scoundrel as Mrs. Sabourin, Clementi's Mother 1956 Rumble on the Docks as Anna Smigelski 1957 The Garment Jungle as Tulio's Mother 1957 Trooper Hook as Señora Sandoval 1957 Man of a Thousand Faces as Mrs. Chaney 1958 Crash Landing as Mrs. Ortega 1958 Twilight for the Gods as Ida Morris 1958 Have Gun Will Travel ("The Man Who Wouldn't Talk") as Aunt Anna 1958-1960 Playhouse 90 as First Woman / Madam Guibert / Elsa Lindnow / Mrs. Schwimmer 1959 I Mobster as Mme. Arle 1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 4 Episode 25: "The Kind Waitress") as Sara Mannerheim 1959 The Gene Krupa Story as Mother 1962 Hitler as Frau Angelika Raubal 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Season 1 Episode 9: "The Black Curtain") as Mrs. Fisher, Apartment Complex Manager 1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Season 1 Episode 22: "Diagnosis: Danger") as Mrs. Dominic Chitava 1963 The New Phil Silvers Show ("Little Old Gluemaker, Me") as Frieda 1964 The Twilight Zone ("Queen of the Nile") as Viola Draper 1965 36 Hours as Elsa 1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told as Woman Behind Railings (uncredited) 1965 Harlow as Maria Ouspenskaya 1966 The Big Valley ("Hide the Children") as Gypsy Grandmother 1966 The Doomsday Flight (continuing her Rod Serling connection) as Passenger 1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Josephine Schwimmer 1967 The Flying Nun ("Wailing in a Winter Wonderland") as Sister Olaf 1967 Star Trek (Season 2 Episode 1: "Amok Time") as T'Pau 1968 The Power as Mrs. Hallson 1970 Airport as Mrs. Williams, Passenger (uncredited) 1973 Soylent Green as The Exchange Leader