Kate O'Mara
Biography
Kate O'Mara was an English actress and writer who started her stage career in 1963 with The Merchant of Venice. Born in Leicester, she went on to stage roles including Elvira in Blithe Spirit, Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew, Lady Macbeth, Cleopatra, and Goneril in King Lear, and in 2008 she portrayed Marlene Dietrich in Lunch with Marlene. Her first film role was in Home and Away (1956), and in 1970 she appeared in the Hammer horror films The Vampire Lovers (1970) and The Horror of Frankenstein (1970). On television she had regular parts in The Brothers, Triangle, and Howards' Way, and she played the Doctor Who villain the Rani in 1985, 1987, and 1993. She also played Caress Morell in Dynasty in 1986 and appeared in Absolutely Fabulous and Bad Girls.
74years old at death
- Born Leicester
- Died Sussex
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Frances Carroll (birth name)Also credited as Frances M. Carroll
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 6 years1968 to 1974
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A role that slipped away
After impressing Hammer in The Vampire Lovers, O'Mara was offered a studio contract but turned it down because she feared being typecast.
A role that slipped away
O'Mara disliked California and liked Britain's changing seasons, so she was relieved when Collins persuaded the producers that two brunettes in the series would not work, freeing her from her five-year contract.
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