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Lisa Christy (born 11 February 1922; age 102) is the stage name of former dancer and actress Elis J. Ruhrup who appeared as a rec deck crewmember in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. She received no credit for this appearance.

A former professional dancer, Christy performed at the Folies Bergere and Moulin Rouge in Paris in the late 1950s, such as in the revue "Ca C'est Paris" by Donn Arden, as well as in Las Vegas and Los Angeles nightclubs after she immigrated to the United States. She often worked with fellow dancer turned actor Don Terwilliger.

In the 1970s, she worked as a background actress on the television series McMillan & Wife with Rock Hudson, where she appeared as a dog show juror in the first season episode "The Easy Sunday Murder Case" (1971, with John Schuck, Walt Davis, Monty O'Grady, Frieda Rentie, Clark Ross, Eddie Smith, Robert Strong, Peter Eastman, John Blower, John Hugh McKnight, Leland Sun, and Marvin Smith) and as a passerby in the sixth season episode "Affair of the Heart" (1977, with Barbara Babcock, Bill Quinn, Jason Wingreen, and John de Lancie).

She also appeared as a passenger in the action drama The Poseidon Adventure (1972, with Robert Buckingham, Bill Catching, Ron Cragg, Len Felber, Bob Harks, Shep Houghton, John Hugh McKnight, Monty O’Grady, Victor Paul, Allen Pinson, Frieda Rentie, Elizabeth Rogers, George Sawaya, Paul Stader, Tom Steele, and Gary Wright) [1] and as a stage actress in the romantic comedy 10 (1979, with John Hancock, Kitty DeCarlo, William Lucking, Jeannetta Arnette, Michael Champion, Lisa Chess, and Denise Crosby).

Christy also worked as a background actress in Batman Forever (1995, featuring René Auberjonois, Michael Scranton, Eileen Seeley, Noby Arden, Kevin Grevioux, Sidney Liufau, Jim Palmer, Peewee Piemonte, Mike Smith, Ed Begley, Jr., Kimberly Auslander, Gunnel Eriksson, Erik Cord, Bob McGovern, Ilona Wilson, Ve Neill, Adolphus Hankins, Susan Lewis, and Holiday Freeman.

Today, Christy resides at Villa Scalabrini, a retirement and nursing home in Sun Valley, California where she celebrated her 102nd birthday in 2024, making her the current oldest Star Trek performer.

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