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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 original T'Pau, and to fans of The Twilight Zone as the aged mother of an eternally youthful Hollywood actress.
Birth Name
Caecilie Lvovsky
Born
Sunday, 21 February 1897
Died
Friday, 12 October 1979
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| For the Love of Spock | T'Pau | 2016 |
| Soylent Green | The Exchange Leader | 1973 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Nadia Baska | 1972 |
| The Waltons | Zena | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Old Lady with Bad Hip | 1972 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Grandmother | 1971 |
| Airport | Mrs. Williams | 1970 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Celia Jameson | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Lena Perlin / Mrs. Krasnow | 1969 |
| The Power | Mrs. Hallson | 1968 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| For the Love of Spock | T'Pau | 2016 |
| Soylent Green | The Exchange Leader | 1973 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Nadia Baska | 1972 |
| The Waltons | Zena | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Old Lady with Bad Hip | 1972 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Grandmother | 1971 |
| Airport | Mrs. Williams | 1970 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Celia Jameson | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Lena Perlin / Mrs. Krasnow | 1969 |
| The Power | Mrs. Hallson | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Mother Superior | 1968 |
| The Flying Nun | Sister Olaf | 1967 |
| Garrison's Gorillas | Dutch Lady | 1967 |
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Josephine Schwimmer | 1967 |
| Dragnet 1967 | Rita Goldstein | 1967 |
| The Doomsday Flight | Elderly Woman | 1966 |
| Star Trek | T'Pau | 1966 |
| Hank | Mrs. Wagner | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Mama van Groot / Mrs. Karoli | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Salishka | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Mrs. Kreiger | 1965 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Woman Behind Railings | 1965 |
| 36 Hours | Elsa | 1964 |
| The New Phil Silvers Show | Frieda | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Mairik | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Elderly Lady / Church Goer | 1963 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Christine Hager | 1963 |
| Channing | Marta Thielman | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Mrs. Brucker | 1963 |
| Going My Way | Mother Gabriel | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mrs. Fisher / Mrs. Dominic Chitava | 1962 |
| Hitler | Frau Angelika Raubal | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Mme. Olafson | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Martha / 'Maria' | 1961 |
| Gunslinger | Aunt Kayenta | 1961 |
| Harrigan and Son | Mrs. Kowalski | 1960 |
| Michael Shayne | Vera Dreyfus | 1960 |
| Hong Kong | Countess Varnoff | 1960 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Frau Schilling | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Romanya | 1960 |
| The Gene Krupa Story | Mother | 1959 |
| Mr. Lucky | Mama Vasconi | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Paul's Mother | 1959 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Sara | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Viola Draper | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Mrs. Franiczeck / Nurse Schmidt | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Grandma Jobe | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Dona Theresa Esperanza | 1959 |
| Johnny Staccato | Mina Kay | 1959 |
| Tightrope | Bella Kovacs | 1959 |
| The Third Man | Duchess | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Mrs. Borsatch | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | Landlady | 1959 |
| I Mobster | Mrs. Sante | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Countess Natalia Dombroska | 1958 |
| Me and the Colonel | Mme. Arle | 1958 |
| The Texan | Grandma Branden | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Mrs. Czerny / Mrs. Anna Czerny | 1958 |
| Twilight for the Gods | Ida Morris | 1958 |
| Crash Landing | Mrs. Ortega | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Old Krone | 1958 |
| The Frank Sinatra Show | Mme. Blautsky | 1957 |
| The Court of Last Resort | Mrs. Costi | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Mrs. Von Beck | 1957 |
| The Californians | Dolores / Annette | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Old Mother | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Aunt Anna | 1957 |
| Man of a Thousand Faces | Mrs. Chaney | 1957 |
| Trooper Hook | Señora Sandoval | 1957 |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Senora del Vayo | 1957 |
| The Garment Jungle | Tulio's Mother | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Mrs. Condon | 1957 |
| Rumble on the Docks | Anna Smigelski | 1956 |
| The Opposite Sex | Lutsi | 1956 |
| Death of a Scoundrel | Mrs. Sabourin - Clementi's mother / Mrs. Sabourin (Clementi's mother) | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Elsa Lindnow / First Woman / Mrs. Schiller / Mrs. Schwimmer | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Mme. Juventin | 1956 |
| While the City Sleeps | Miss Dodd / Miss Dodd (Kyne's nurse) | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Mama Ludwick | 1956 |
| Texas Lady | Mrs. Gantz | 1955 |
| Crusader | Mrs. Lujack | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Frau Traurnicht | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sara Mannerheim | 1955 |
| Duel on the Mississippi | Celeste Tulane | 1955 |
| Foxfire | Princess Saba | 1955 |
| New York Confidential | Mama Lupo | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Frau Becker / Madam Boisvert | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Mme. Carpentier | 1955 |
| The Last Time I Saw Paris | Mama | 1954 |
| Producers' Showcase | Baroness von Obersdorf | 1954 |
| The Lineup | Florence Malone | 1954 |
| Magnificent Obsession | Swiss flower seller | 1954 |
| Three Coins in the Fountain | Baroness | 1954 |
| The Lone Wolf | Madam Chappell | 1954 |
| Make Haste to Live | Mother | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Mrs. Pulaski | 1954 |
| Rhapsody | Frau Sigerlist | 1954 |
| The Big Heat | Lagana's Mother in Portrait | 1953 |
| Champ for a Day | Gladys Macrowitz | 1953 |
| The Blue Gardenia | May - the Flower Woman / Mary | 1953 |
| The Story of Three Loves | Governess on Ship (segments "The Jealous Lover" & "Mademoiselle") | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Madame Marie / Senorita Galindo | 1953 |
| Because You're Mine | Mrs. Rossano | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Mrs. Carrena | 1952 |
| Dragnet | Jeanette Bejan / Paula Dreyer | 1951 |
| The People Against O'Hara | Mrs. Korvac | 1951 |
| Night Into Morning | Mrs. Niemoller | 1951 |
| The Scarf | Mrs. Cyrus Barrington / Mrs. Barrington | 1951 |
| The Killer That Stalked New York | Mrs. Kowalski | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Leitner | 1950 |
| Bright Leaf | Dressmaker | 1950 |
| Captain Carey, U.S.A. | Countess Francesca de Cresci | 1949 |
| Chicago Deadline | Mrs. Schleffler / Mrs. Schleffler (Uncredited) | 1949 |
| Flaming Fury | Bertha Polacheck | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Mama / (unconfirmed) | 1949 |
| The Snake Pit | Inmate Gertrude | 1948 |
| Studio One | Anna, the Maid | 1948 |
| Sealed Verdict | Mrs. Emma Steigmann / Emma Steigmann | 1948 |
| Letter from an Unknown Woman | Flower Vendor | 1948 |
| The Foxes of Harrow | Minna Ludenbach | 1947 |
| Front Row Center | Mama | 1945 |
