Unlike Kim Hunter, Natalie Trundy was a starlet and the movie producer’s wife when she donned the ape prosthetics as Lisa for the last two movies in the series. It shows: although Natalie was in four of the movies in three separate roles – mutant, human scientist and ape – it’s Zira and Kim Hunter that we all remember. Still Natalie managed a quite remarkable come hither look to Roddy McDowall in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
Like most ape characters, except Kim Hunter, Natalie Trundy wore brown contact lenses as well as extensive prosthetics to play Lisa. However, in one shot the lenses are missing revealing Natalie’s blue eyes.
John Chambers was the creative makeup designer: Dan Striepeke was the makeup supervisor on Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Joe DiBella was the makeup supervisor for Battle for the Planet of the Apes.