Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky was the actress from Vienna, Austria, who played T'Pau in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode. Along with Judith Anderson, Morgan Farley, Richard Hale, Anthony Jochim, Felix Locher, Leonard Mudie, Charles Seel, Abraham Sofaer, and Ian Wolfe, she is one of only ten credited Star Trek guest stars born in the 19th century to appear in any episode or film.

She was born Caecilie Lvovsky; 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, whom she later married. She was instrumental in getting him cast as the child murderer in 's classic 1931 thriller M. Although the couple divorced in 1945, they remained devoted friends all their lives. Lorre would not permit her to work in America, believing that in a marriage the man must do all the work. After the 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 Lon Chaney's deaf-mute mom in Man of a Thousand Faces where she used most gracefully. 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 after reading Theodore Sturgeon's script. He and Leonard Nimoy agreed that Lovsky would be "perfect."

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 the science-fiction film Soylent Green. Lovsky died of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, in 1979, aged 82.