Daughter of Bretislav Lvovsky until his death in 1964; she died of natural causes in 1979, at age 82.
Her Peter Lorre / "Star Trek" connection: She was instrumental in making Fritz Lang aware of Lorres talent, leading eventually to his debut film M . She was also the first person to execute the Vulcan greeting, in "Star Trek" {Amok Time (#2.1)} . In addition, in Roger Corman s The Raven , Lorre uses the Vulcan hand sign in his wizard fight with Boris Karloff. Perhaps she learned it from Lorre and demonstrated it to Leonard Nimoy.
