Biographies: Catherine Schell - Actor

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A British actress, whose father was a Hungarian diplomat, and her mother was a countess. The family lived in poverty until 1948 when they found asylum in Austria: first in Vienna, then in Salzburg. In 1950, the family immigrated to the United States, where Schell's father obtained American citizenship. She attended a Catholic school in New York City, and in 1957, her father joined Radio Free Europe and the family moved to Munich, where she became interested in acting, and studied at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts. She made her debut in the German film Lana - Königin der Amazonen (1964), and while filming Amsterdam Affair (1968), she met and got married to the actor William Marlowe, and later moved to London. Her works include Moon Zero Two (1969) and The Black Windmill (1974), but was best known at the time for The Return of the Pink Panther (1975).

• 22 May 2024
• farah ashraf