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She had many guest-starring television roles on such favorites as ''Bonanza'', ''The Twilight Zone'', and ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''. She [[Star Trek deaths#October|died]] of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, in 1979, aged 82.
 
She had many guest-starring television roles on such favorites as ''Bonanza'', ''The Twilight Zone'', and ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''. She [[Star Trek deaths#October|died]] of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, in 1979, aged 82.
   
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...as T'Pau (1967).

Celia Lovsky (21 February 189712 October 1979; age 82) was the actress from Vienna, Austria, who played T'Pau in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Amok Time". Along with Judith Anderson, Morgan Farley, Richard Hale, Charles Seel, and Ian Wolfe, she is one of only six credited Star Trek guest stars born in the 19th Century to appear in any episode or film.

She was born Caecilia 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 Peter Lorre, whom she later married. She was instrumental in getting him cast as the child murderer in Fritz Lang's "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 American Sign Language most gracefully. Late-night viewers probably remember her in this role or as Apache Princess Saba in an obscure 1955 film, Foxfire, directed by Joseph Pevney. It is possible that Pevney suggested casting her as T'Pau based on his prior work with her.

She had many guest-starring television roles on such favorites as Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. She died of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, in 1979, aged 82.

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