Catherine Schell
Biography
Catherine Schell is a Hungarian-born British actress who became prominent in British film and television from the 1960s. Born in Budapest in 1944, she acted early on as Catherina von Schell and debuted in the title role of Lana, Queen of the Amazons (1964). She appeared as the Bond girl Nancy in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and had a role in the science fiction thriller Moon Zero Two (1969). Her later films include Madame Sin (1972) with Bette Davis, The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), in which she played Lady Claudine Lytton opposite Peter Sellers, and The Prisoner of Zenda (1979), again with Sellers. On television she worked in more than 47 series over nearly 30 years, with regular parts in The Adventurer, One by One and Wish Me Luck, and she played Maya, a shape-shifting metamorph, in the second season of Space: 1999. She was Countess Scarlioni in City of Death (1979), a Doctor Who serial.
82years old
Turns 83 on July 17in 277 days
- Born Budapest
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Katherina Schell von Bauschlott (birth name)Also credited as Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott, Catherina von Schell and Katherina Schell from Bauschlott
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 53 years1969 to 2022
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About the name
Early in her career Schell used the name "Catherina von Schell". Under that name she played the title role in the German-language movie Lana, Queen of the Amazons, which came out in 1964.
First role
Schell's first TV credit came in the 1967 West German comedy Till Eulenspiegel, where she appeared as Nele and was credited as Katherina von Schell.
Catherine Schell movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Return of the Pink Panther1975 Comedy, Crime, Mysteryas Lady Claudine Litton
IMDb rating 7.033K votes
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Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Martin Landau's page
Peter Sellers's page
Burt Kwouk's page
Graham Stark's page
Nick Tate's page
Barbara Bain's page
Also two films together3 more actors
- Jeffery KissoonCosmic Princess (1982) and Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)
- Tony AnholtCosmic Princess (1982) and Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)
- Zienia MertonCosmic Princess (1982) and Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.