Celia Lovsky (February 21, 1897 – October 12, 1979) was an Austrian American actress. She was born Cäcilie Josephine Lvovsky in Vienna, daughter of B?etislav Lvovsky (1857–1910), a minor Czech opera composer. She studied theater, dance, and languages at the Austrian Royal Academy of Arts and Music.She married journalist Heinrich Vinzenz Nowak in 1919. By 1925 they were apparently estranged and she was romantically involved with playwright Arthur Schnitzler. She later moved to Berlin, where she acted in the surrealist plays Dream Theater and Dream Play by Karl Kraus. There, in 1929, she met Peter Lorre, who had seen her in a production of Shakespeare's Othello near Vienna. The couple traveled to Paris, London, and the United States. Lovsky was instrumental in bringing Lorre to the attention of Fritz Lang, leading eventually to Lorre's debut film M in 1931. They lived together for five years before their marriage, and stayed married until 1945, remaining close friends for the rest of Lorre's lifetime.After the couple settled in Santa Monica, California, Lorre had not wished Lovsky to work, believing he should be the breadwinner and she should remain at home. For the rest of Lorre's life, she was his publicist, manager, secretary, financial planner, nurse and confidant. However, after their divorce, she started taking roles in American movies and television. She made a name for herself playing slightly exotic roles such as the deaf-mute mother of Lon Chaney in Man of a Thousand Faces with James Cagney and Apache Princess Saba in the Jane Russell film Foxfire.As she grew older, she was given dignified dowager roles, such as Romany matriarchs, elderly Indian women, expatriate Russian princesses, and a brief but memorable role as the widowed mother of Reinhard Schwimmer, one of the victims of the St. Valentines Day Massacre in the 1967 film of the same name. Her final movie appearance was of the "Exchange Leader" in 1973's Soylent Green. She delivers the final confirmation to Edward G. Robinson's character Sol about Soylent Green's true ingredient. She also appeared in the Twilight Zone episode "Queen of the Nile" (1964) as the elderly daughter of a never-aging actress (played by Ann Blyth). One of her best-known roles is T'Pau in the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" (1967).
Soylent Green, Man of a Thousand Faces, The Last Time I Saw Paris, The Greatest Story Ever Told, 36 Hours, Foxfire, The Gene Krupa Story, While the City Sleeps, Captain Carey, U.S.A., Trooper Hook, Rhapsody, New York Confidential, Night into Morning, Sealed Verdict, Harlow
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Was the one who first executed the Vulcan greeting in the Star Trek episode 'Amok Time' (Sept 15, 1967.
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Celia was instrumental in making Fritz Lang aware of Peter Lorre's talent, leading eventually to his debut film M (1931).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Streets of San Francisco
1974
TV Series
Nadia Baska
Emergency!
1974
TV Series
Old Lady with Bad Hip
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1970-1974
TV Series
Mrs. Krasnow / Lena Perlin
Soylent Green
1973
The Exchange Leader
The Waltons
1973
TV Series
Zena
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1973
TV Series
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1972
TV Series
Celia Jameson
Airport
1970
Mrs. Williams - Passenger (uncredited)
It Takes a Thief
1970
TV Series
Mother Superior
Dragnet 1967
1968
TV Series
Rita Goldstein
The Power
1968
Mrs. Hallson
The F.B.I.
1966-1968
TV Series
Mama van Groot / Mrs. Karoli
The Flying Nun
1967
TV Series
Sister Olaf
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
TV Series
Dutch Lady
Star Trek
1967
TV Series
T'Pau
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
Josephine Schwimmer
Run for Your Life
1967
TV Series
Mrs. Kreiger
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1965-1966
TV Series
Church Goer / Elderly Lady
The Big Valley
1966
TV Series
Salishka
The Doomsday Flight
1966
TV Movie
Elderly woman
Hank
1965
TV Series
Mrs. Wagner
Harlow
1965/II
Marie Ouspenskaya
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Woman Behind Railings (uncredited)
Insight
1965
TV Series
36 Hours
1964
Elsa
The Farmer's Daughter
1964
TV Series
Christine Hager
The Twilight Zone
1964
TV Series
Viola Draper
Arrest and Trial
1964
TV Series
Mrs. Brucker
Channing
1963
TV Series
Marta Thielman
The New Phil Silvers Show
1963
TV Series
Frieda
G.E. True
1963
TV Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-1963
TV Series
Mrs. Dominic Chitava / Mrs. Fisher
Alcoa Premiere
1963
TV Series
Mme. Olafson
The Dick Powell Theatre
1962
TV Series
Maria
Going My Way
1962
TV Series
Mother Gabriel
Target: The Corruptors
1962
TV Series
Hitler
1962
Frau Angelika Raubal
Adventures in Paradise
1961
TV Series
Paul's Mother
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1961
TV Series
Frau Schilling
Harrigan and Son
1961
TV Series
Mrs. Kowalski
Gunslinger
1961
TV Series
Aunt Kayenta
Checkmate
1961
TV Series
Romanya
Michael Shayne
1961
TV Series
Vera Dreyfus
Hong Kong
1960
TV Series
Countess Varnoff
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959-1960
TV Series
Nurse Schmidt / Mrs. Franiczek, Sr.
The Untouchables
1960
TV Series
Mrs. Borsatch
Riverboat
1960
TV Series
Grandma Jobe
The Texan
1960
TV Series
Grandma Branden
Playhouse 90
1958-1960
TV Series
First Woman / Madam Guibert / Elsa Lindnow / ...
Mr. Lucky
1960
TV Series
Mama Vasconi
Johnny Staccato
1960
TV Series
Mina Kay
General Electric Theater
1957-1960
TV Series
Madame Marie / Senorita Galindo
Bourbon Street Beat
1960
TV Series
Sara
Bonanza
1960
TV Series
Dona Theresa Esperanza
Tightrope
1960
TV Series
Bella Kovacs
The Gene Krupa Story
1959
Mother
One Step Beyond
1959
TV Series
Landlady
The Millionaire
1957-1959
TV Series
Madam Boisvert / Frau Becker
Goodyear Theatre
1959
TV Series
Madame Von Beck
The Third Man
1959
TV Series
Duchess
77 Sunset Strip
1959
TV Series
Countess Dombroska
Dragnet
1953-1959
TV Series
Paula Dreyer / Jeanette Bejan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1959
TV Series
Sara Mannerheim
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1959
TV Series
Senora del Vays
Steve Canyon
1958-1959
TV Series
Mrs. Anna Czerny / Mrs. Czerny
I Mobster
1959
Mrs. Sante
Have Gun - Will Travel
1958
TV Series
Aunt Anna
Me and the Colonel
1958
Mme. Arle
Twilight for the Gods
1958
Ida Morris
Crash Landing
1958
Mrs. Ortega
Wagon Train
1958
TV Series
Old Mother
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
TV Series
Old Krone
The Frank Sinatra Show
1957
TV Series
Mme. Blautsky
The Lineup
1957
TV Series
Florence Malone
The Court of Last Resort
1957
TV Series
Mrs. Costi
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Mrs. Chaney
Trooper Hook
1957
Señora Sandoval
Schlitz Playhouse
1957
TV Series
The Garment Jungle
1957
Tulio's Mother
Telephone Time
1956-1957
TV Series
Mama Ludwick
Rumble on the Docks
1956
Anna Smigelski
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
Mrs. Sabourin - Clementi's mother
The Opposite Sex
1956
Lutsi (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
TV Series
Mme. Juventin
Screen Directors Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Frau Traurnicht
While the City Sleeps
1956
Miss Dodd
Producers' Showcase
1956
TV Series
Baroness von Obersdorf
Front Row Center
1956
TV Series
Mama
The Star and the Story
1955
TV Series
Mme. Carpentier
Crusader
1955
TV Series
Mrs. Lujack
Texas Lady
1955
Mrs. Gantz (uncredited)
Duel on the Mississippi
1955
Celeste Tulane
Foxfire
1955
Princess Saba
Public Defender
1954-1955
TV Series
Mrs. Pulaski / Mrs. Polaski
Aimee De Rivery
1955
TV Movie
Valideh Sultan
Four Star Playhouse
1955
TV Series
Mrs. Carrena
Studio 57
1955
TV Series
New York Confidential
1955
Mama Lupo
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
Mama
Mystery Is My Business
1954
TV Series
The Lone Wolf
1954
TV Series
Madam Chappell
Three Coins in the Fountain
1954
Baroness (uncredited)
Make Haste to Live
1954
Mother
Rhapsody
1954
Frau Sigerlist
Lux Video Theatre
1954
TV Series
Mrs. Leitner
Passport to Danger
1954
TV Series
Countess Kovalewska
The Big Heat
1953
Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited)
Champ for a Day
1953
Gladys Macrowitz (uncredited)
The Blue Gardenia
1953
May - the Flower Woman (uncredited)
The Story of Three Loves
1953
The Governess on Ship (segment "The Jealous Lover / Mademoiselle") (uncredited)