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Celia Lovsky is a Actor Autrichienne born on 20 february 1897 at Vienna (Austria)

Celia Lovsky

Celia Lovsky
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Birth name Cäcilie Lvovsky
Nationality Austria
Birth 20 february 1897 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 12 october 1979 (at 82 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Celia Lovsky (February 21, 1897 – October 12, 1979) was an Austrian American actress. She was born Cäcilia Josefina Lvovsky 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.

Biography

D'abord actrice de théâtre en Autriche (entre autres dans sa ville natale) et en Allemagne, Cäcilie Lvovsky rencontre à Berlin en 1929 l'acteur Peter Lorre (1904-1964), avec lequel elle vit maritalement durant cinq ans. Au moment de l'avènement du nazisme en 1933, tous deux quittent l'Allemagne pour Paris puis Londres, où ils se marient en 1934, avant d'émigrer aux États-Unis cette même année.

Jusqu'au divorce du couple en 1945, l'actrice se retire pour se consacrer à sa famille. Sous le nom américanisé de Celia Lovsky (ayant obtenu dans l'intervalle la citoyenneté américaine), elle reprend ensuite sa carrière au cinéma (elle avait déjà tourné deux films allemands sortis en 1930), interprétant d'abord un petit rôle non crédité dans La Fière Créole de John M. Stahl, avec Maureen O'Hara et Rex Harrison, sorti en 1947.

Elle apparaît dans quarante-quatre autres films américains, le dernier étant Soleil vert de Richard Fleischer, avec Charlton Heston et Edward G. Robinson, sorti en 1973. Entretemps, elle contribue notamment à La Dernière Fois que j'ai vu Paris de Richard Brooks (1954, avec Elizabeth Taylor et Van Johnson), L'Homme aux mille visages de Joseph Pevney (1957, où elle est la mère de Lon Chaney, joué par James Cagney), et Harlow d'Alex Segal (1965, avec Carol Lynley dans le rôle de Jean Harlow, elle-même personnifiant Maria Ouspenskaïa).

Pour la télévision, à partir de 1952, Celia Lovsky participe à deux téléfilms et à soixante-dix-sept séries, dont Badge 714 (six épisodes, 1953-1959) et Star Trek (un épisode, 1967). Elle se produit pour la dernière fois au petit écran dans un épisode, diffusé en 1974, de la série policière Les Rues de San Francisco.

Usually with

Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore
(5 films)
Richard Conte
Richard Conte
(4 films)
John Doucette
John Doucette
(4 films)
Karl Tunberg
Karl Tunberg
(4 films)
Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Celia Lovsky (43 films)

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Actress

Soylent Green, 1h37
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Crime
Themes Environmental films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward G. Robinson, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Mike Henry
Roles The Exchange Leader
Rating69% 3.499453.499453.499453.499453.49945
The 20th century's industrialization has left the world permanently overcrowded, polluted and stagnant by the turn of the 21st century. In 2022, with 40 million people in New York City alone, housing is dilapidated and overcrowded; homeless people fill the streets; about half are unemployed, the few "lucky" ones with jobs are only barely scraping by themselves, and food and working technology is scarce. Most of the population survives on rations produced by the Soylent Corporation, whose newest product is Soylent Green, a green wafer advertised to contain "high-energy plankton" from the world's oceans, more nutritious and palatable than its predecessors "Red" and "Yellow", but in short supply.
Airport
Airport (1970)
, 2h17
Directed by Henry Hathaway, George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes
Roles M Williams, une passagère
Rating65% 3.298013.298013.298013.298013.29801
Chicago is paralyzed by a snowstorm affecting Lincoln International Airport. A Trans Global Airlines (TGA) Boeing 707 flight crew misjudge their turn off of Runway 29 on to the taxiway, becoming stuck in the snow and closing Runway 29, forcing airport manager Mel Bakersfield (Burt Lancaster) to work overtime. This causes tension with his wife, Cindy (Dana Wynter). Divorce is looming as he nurtures a closer relationship with a co-worker, TGA customer relations agent Tanya Livingston (Jean Seberg). Bakersfield's brother-in-law, Vernon Demarest (Dean Martin), is a TGA captain scheduled to be the checkride captain for TGA to evaluate Captain Anson Harris (Barry Nelson) during TGA's Flight 2 to Rome. Flight 2 is aboard TGA's flagship service craft, a Boeing 707 known as The Golden Argosy. Although Demarest is married to Bakersfield's sister, Sarah (Barbara Hale), he is secretly having an affair with Gwen Meighen (Jacqueline Bisset), chief stewardess on Flight 2, who informs him before the flight that she is pregnant with his child.
The Power
The Power (1968)
, 1h48
Directed by Byron Haskin
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Aldo Ray, Richard Carlson, Yvonne De Carlo, Earl Holliman
Roles Mrs. Hallson
Rating59% 2.953632.953632.953632.953632.95363
Professor Jim Tanner, a biochemist, discovers evidence of a person with psychic abilities among his co-workers in a research laboratory. His colleagues include geneticist Margery Lansing, physicist Carl Melkinen, biologist Talbot Scott and chairman Norman Van Zandt, all working for Navy liaison Arthur Nordlund.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, 1h36
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Gangster films
Actors Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jack Nicholson, Jean Hale, Jan Merlin
Roles Josephine Schwimmer
Rating65% 3.296183.296183.296183.296183.29618
An organized crime war breaks out between two rival gangs in Chicago during the Roaring Twenties. The leader of the Southside Mob is the notorious Al Capone, who resents his nemesis George "Bugs" Moran's activity in the city. Moran, too, wants control of the town's bootlegging and gambling operations. His lieutenants Peter and Frank Gusenberg use threats and intimidation to make tavern owners do business with them in exchange for "protection." Moran gives the order to have a crony of Capone's eliminated as the Chicago body count escalates. Inclusive are flashbacks to a lunchtime attack on Capone at a restaurant outside of Chicago by Hymie Weiss and Moran in September 1926 and the murders of Weiss in October 1926 and Dion O'Banion in November 1924 by Capone's gang.
The Doomsday Flight
Directed by William A. Graham
Genres Thriller
Themes Disaster films
Actors Edward Asnere, Howard Caine, Richard Carlson, Katherine Crawford, Edward Faulkner, Thomas William "Tom" Simcox
Roles Elderly Woman
Rating64% 3.242813.242813.242813.242813.24281
A DC-8 airliner on a regular flight departs for the Western United States when a bomb threat is made to the airline company that the plane belongs to. It is later revealed that the bomb is a pressure sensitive one and will set off if the plane goes below regular cruising altitudes. Several attempts to find the bomb on board the flight, including tearing open several areas in the cabin and cockpit, fail to no avail. Faced with a fuel shortage, the captain then comes up with the idea to land at an airport that is on a high altitude. Towards the end the bomb is discovered where it was last expected to be placed: The pilot's bag.
Harlow
Harlow (1965)
, 2h5
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Alex Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Carroll Baker, Carol Lynley, Red Buttons, Efrem Zimbalist II, Raf Vallone, Ginger Rogers
Roles Maria Ouspenskaïa
Rating55% 2.7539252.7539252.7539252.7539252.753925
The film opens with Harlow as a struggling extra and bit actress dealing with her greedy stepfather Marino (Raf Vallone) and oblivious mother "Mama Jean" (Angela Lansbury, only six years older than Carroll Baker). With the help of Arthur Landau (Red Buttons), she rises to fame and gains the unwanted attention of the Howard Hughes-inspired Richard Manley (Leslie Nielsen). She then marries Paul Bern (Peter Lawford), an absentee husband who kills himself some time after the marriage. His death, combined with the stress of her career leads Harlow on an odyssey of failed relationships and alcoholism, culminating in her death of kidney failure at the age of twenty-six.
The Greatest Story Ever Told, 3h45
Directed by George Stevens, David Lean, Jean Negulesco, William Hale, David S. Hall, Paul Baxley, Richard Talmadge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Martin Landau, Dorothy McGuire, José Ferrer, Telly Savalas
Roles Woman Behind Railings
Rating64% 3.2489653.2489653.2489653.2489653.248965
Ce film se veut une adaptation cinématographique de la vie de Jésus Christ telle que relatée selon le Nouveau Testament.
Harlow
Harlow (1965)
, 1h49
Directed by Alex Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about television
Actors Carol Lynley, Efrem Zimbalist II, Ginger Rogers, Hurd Hatfield, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Bochner
Roles Marie Ouspenskaya
Rating48% 2.4240752.4240752.4240752.4240752.424075
Noticing a beautiful girl in the background of a Laurel and Hardy film, actor Marc Peters tips off studio mogul Jonathan Martin, who arranges a screen test. Jean Harlow is an overnight success.
36 Hours
36 Hours (1964)
, 1h55
Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Werner Peters, John Banner, Russell Thorson
Roles Elsa
Rating72% 3.6455453.6455453.6455453.6455453.645545
Having attended General Eisenhower's final briefing on the Normandy landings (D-Day), U.S. Army Major Jeff Pike (James Garner) is sent to Lisbon to confirm with an informant that the Nazis still expect the invasion in the wrong place (Pas de Calais). However, Pike falls into a trap; he is drugged into unconsciousness and transported to Germany.
Hitler
Hitler (1962)
, 1h47
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres War, Biography, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Hitler, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Richard Basehart, John Banner, Cordula Trantow, Maria Emo, Martin Kosleck, Narda Onyx
Roles Frau Angelika Raubal
Rating57% 2.854262.854262.854262.854262.85426
Le film raconte la vie d'Hitler, qui commence avec le Putsch de la brasserie de novembre 1923, et qui se concentre principalement sur sa vie privée, particulièrement sur ses relations avec sa nièce Geli et sa compagne et épouse, Eva Braun.
Twilight for the Gods, 2h
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse, John Arthur Kennedy, Leif Erickson, Charles McGraw, Ernest Truex
Roles Ida Morris
Rating58% 2.90262.90262.90262.90262.9026
After being court-martialed and discharged from the Navy, Captain Bell (Rock Hudson) turns to drink. Reduced to skippering a rundown schooner in the South Seas he takes on board a disparate group of passengers and crew; including a prostitute, a show-biz entrepreneur, a missionary, a washed up opera singer, and a couple of refugees. During a storm at sea, the true characters of all on board are revealed.
Me and the Colonel, 1h49
Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens, Nicole Maurey, Françoise Rosay, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt
Roles Mme. Arle
Rating69% 3.4871053.4871053.4871053.4871053.487105
In Paris during the World War II invasion of France by Nazi Germany, Jewish refugee S. L. Jacobowsky (Danny Kaye) seeks to leave the country before it falls. Meanwhile, Polish diplomat Dr. Szicki (Ludwig Stössel) gives antisemitic, autocratic Polish Colonel Prokoszny (Curt Jürgens) secret information that must be delivered to London by a certain date.
Crash Landing, 1h16
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gary Merrill, Irene Hervey, Roger Smith, Bek Nelson, Celia Lovsky, Lewis Martin
Roles Mrs. Ortega
Rating53% 2.672342.672342.672342.672342.67234
Captain Steve Williams (Gary Merrill) is piloting a commercial airliner across the Atlantic when he loses two engines in mid-ocean. With the real prospect of ditching at sea, we see his dedication and perfectionism at work, as he tries to safeguard his plane and passengers.