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Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (died 1979)

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Born
February 21, 1893
Died
October 12, 1979
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1893

About Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky was an Austrian-American actress. On the original Star Trek she played the Vulcan matriarch T'Pau, and on The Twilight Zone she played the aged daughter of an eternally youthful Hollywood actress. She made a name for herself playing roles including the deaf-mute mother of Lon Chaney in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) with James Cagney and as Apache Princess Saba in the 1955 film Foxfire starring Jane. Lovsky was instrumental in bringing Peter Lorre to the attention of Fritz Lang, leading eventually to Lorre's appearance in the film M (1931) directed by Lang. After her divorce, Lovsky started taking roles in American movies and television.

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Celia Lovsky timeline

  1. Lovsky was instrumental in bringing Peter Lorre to the attention of Fritz Lang, leading eventually to Lorre's appearance in the film M (1931) directed by Lang.
  2. She made a name for herself playing roles including the deaf-mute mother of Lon Chaney in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) with James Cagney and as Apache Princess Saba in the 1955 film Foxfire starring Jane.

The world when Celia Lovsky was born

Celia Lovsky was born in 1893. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
  • Technology milestoneFirst Ferris wheel debuts at Chicago World's Fair
  • Notable inventionFerris wheel (264 feet tall)
  • World population~1.53B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population66.0M

1893 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Celia Lovsky's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18932026
Population66.0M341 million

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