Ilia Star Trek Movie Actress Persis Khambatta Autograph Rare

  
VERY RARE STAR TREK MOVIE AUTOGRAPH PERSIS KHAMBATTA "ILIA". Index card inscribed "To Robert, Best Wishes, Persis Khambatta". Khambatta is a rare Indian actress who died at the age of 49. (2 October 1948 18 August 1998) was an Indian model and actress who is best remembered for playing Lieutenant Ilia in the feature film. Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Persis Khambatta was born in Bombay. Her father left her family when she was two years old.

She first gained fame when a set of her pictures casually taken by a well-known Bombay photographer. Was used for a successful campaign for a popular soap brand. This eventually led to her becoming a model.

She entered and won the Femina Miss India. She was the second winner of Femina Miss India and third Indian woman to participate in the Miss Universe. At the Femina Miss India contest, she also won the Miss Photogenic award. Persis Khambatta at the Femina Miss India. Khambatta's first appearance at the age of 13 in advertisements for the soap brand Rexona. Set her on her way to becoming a popular model. At the age of 16, as Femina Miss India. Khambatta entered Miss Universe 1965. In July of that year, dressed in off-the-rack clothes she bought at the last minute.
She became a model for companies such as Air India. As Lieutenant Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. S Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein. Playing cabaret singer Lily who croons the film's title track. She had small roles in Conduct Unbecoming.

Khambatta said that she was thrilled when the project became a movie instead, because it would have greater impact on her career, but she also recognised that she had lost five years' work. Khambatta became the first Indian citizen to present an Academy Award. She was nominated for the Saturn Award. For Best Actress for her role in Star Trek.

This led to roles in Nighthawks. (1982), Warrior of the Lost World. (1983), and She-Wolves of the Wasteland.

Which left a huge scar on her head. In 1983, she underwent coronary artery bypass surgery.

And part of the royalties went to the Missionaries of Charity. Her final appearance in an acting role was that of Chair of the Congress of Nations in the 1993 pilot episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

In 1998, Khambatta was taken to the Marine Hospital in south Mumbai. Complaining of chest pains, and she died of a massive heart attack on 18 August 1998 at the age of 49.

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