--- name: "Celia Lovsky" canonical: "https://film.one/person/celia-lovsky" roles: [] born: "20 February 1897" died: "12 October 1979" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T02:46:00.657621+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Celia Lovsky Actor. Born 20 February 1897 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). Died 12 October 1979. ## Details - **Born:** 20 February 1897, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) - **Died:** 12 October 1979 - **Also known as:** Cäcilia Josefina Lvovsky, Cäcilie Lvovsky, Cecilia Lvovsky, Cecilia Lovsky, سیلیا لوفسکی, Селия Ловски, Цецилия Львовски - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Lovsky, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85232, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522767/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15942 ## Biography Celia Lovsky (born Cäcilia Josefina Lvovský) was an Austrian-American actress. Born in Vienna in 1897, she trained in theatre, dance and languages at the Austrian Royal Academy of Arts and Music and appeared on stage in Vienna and Berlin. She moved to the United States in the 1930s. After her divorce from actor Peter Lorre in 1945, she worked as a character actress in more than forty films and numerous television programmes until the mid-1970s. Her screen credits include an uncredited role as a baroness in *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), T'Pau in the *Star Trek* episode "Amok Time" (1967), and the Exchange Leader in *Soylent Green* (1973). She died in Los Angeles in 1979. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Viola Draper — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), Fi1m 60, as Baroness (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md) ## Complete filmography (85) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Soylent Green* (1973), as The Exchange Leader - *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, Actor - *The Waltons* (1972), series, Actor - *Emergency!* (1972), series, Actor - *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Lena Perlin - *The Power* (1968), as Mrs. Hallson - *The Flying Nun* (1967), series, Actor - *Garrison's Gorillas* (1967), series, Actor - *The St. Valentine's Day Massacre* (1967), as Josephine Schwimmer - *The Doomsday Flight* (1966), as Elderly Woman - *Star Trek* (1966), series, as T'Pau — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md) - *Hank* (1965), series, Actor - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Mrs. Karoli, Mama van Groot - *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Salishka - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Mrs. Kreiger - *Harlow* (1965), as Marie Ouspenskaya - *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965), as Woman Behind Railings - *36 Hours* (1964), as Elsa - *Going My Way* (1962), series, Actor - *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Mrs. Fisher, Dominic Chitava - *Hitler* (1962), as Frau Angelika Raubal - *Gunslinger* (1961), series, as Aunt Kayenta - *Harrigan and Son* (1960), series, Actor - *Michael Shayne* (1960), series, Actor - *The Barbara Stanwyck Show* (1960), series, as Frau Schilling - *In the Presence of Mine Enemies* (1960), as First Woman - *Hong Kong* (1960), series, as Countess Varnoff - *The Gene Krupa Story* (1959), as Mother - *Mr. Lucky* (1959), series, Actor - *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Paul's Mother - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Viola Draper — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Mrs. Franiczeck, Nurse Schmidt - *Riverboat* (1959), series, as Grandma Jobe - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Dona Theresa Esperanza - *Johnny Staccato* (1959), series, Actor - *Tightrope* (1959), series, Actor - *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1959), as Elsa Lindnow - *I, Mobster* (1959), as Mrs. Sante - *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Landlady (uncredited) - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor - *Me and the Colonel* (1958), as Mme. Arle - *The Texan* (1958), series, Actor - *Twilight for the Gods* (1958), as Ida Morris - *Crash Landing* (1958), as Mrs. Ortega - *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Old Krone - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor - *Man of a Thousand Faces* (1957), as Mrs. Chaney - *Trooper Hook* (1957), as Señora Sandoval - *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as Senora del Vayo - *The Garment Jungle* (1957), as Tulio's Mother - *Rumble on the Docks* (1956), as Anna Smigelski - *The Opposite Sex* (1956), as Lutsi (uncredited) - *Death of a Scoundrel* (1956), as Mrs. Sabourin (Clementi's mother) - *Playhouse 90* (1956), series, as Elsa Lindnow - *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, as Mme. Juventin - *The Bitter Waters* (1956), as Frau Traurnicht - *While the City Sleeps* (1956), as Miss Dodd - *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Sara Mannerheim - *Duel on the Mississippi* (1955), as Celeste Tulane - *Foxfire* (1955), as Princess Saba - *New York Confidential* (1955), as Mama Lupo - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Frau Becker, Madam Boisvert - *The Last Time I Saw Paris* (1954), as Mama - *Three Coins in the Fountain* (1954), as Baroness (uncredited) — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/three-coins-in-the-fountain.md) - *Rhapsody* (1954), as Frau Sigerlist - *Make Haste to Live* (1954), as Mother - *Public Defender* (1954), series, as Mrs. Pulaski - *The Big Heat* (1953), as Lagana's Mother in Portrait (uncredited) - *The Story of Three Loves* (1953), as Governess on Ship - *The Blue Gardenia* (1953), as Mary (uncredited) - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Senorita Galindo, Madame Marie - *Because You're Mine* (1952), as Mrs. Rossano - *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Mrs. Carrena - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Valideh Sultan - *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor - *Night Into Morning* (1951), as Mrs. Niemoller - *The Scarf* (1951), as Mrs. Cyrus Barrington - *The Killer That Stalked New York* (1950), as Mrs. Kowalski (uncredited) - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Mrs. Leitner - *Bright Leaf* (1950), as Dressmaker (uncredited) - *Captain Carey, U.S.A.* (1950), as Countess Francesca de Cresci - *Flaming Fury* (1949), as Bertha Polacheck - *Sealed Verdict* (1948), as Emma Steigmann ## Gallery - ![Celia Lovsky](https://film.one/media/person/385265/gallery-8dd15acdd1a5.jpg) Celia Lovsky — MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Kurt_Kasznar-Celia_Lovsky.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Celia Lovsky](https://film.one/media/person/385265/gallery-5cbb8e5e0202.jpg) Celia Lovsky — Image via TMDB - ![Celia Lovsky](https://film.one/media/person/385265/gallery-ed584b923758.jpg) Celia Lovsky — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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