Catherine Schell

Catherine Schell

Born: July 17, 1944
in Budapest, Hungary
Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott (born 17 July 1944, in Budapest) is an Hungarian-born actress best known for her work in England with the BBC.

Schell rose to fame in various British film and television productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She acted under the name Catherine von Schell early in her career, but is better known by the name Catherine Schell.

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The Munsters
Title: The Munsters
Character: Zoya Krupp
Released: September 27, 2022
Type: Movie
Lily is a typical 150-year-old lovelorn vampire who's looking for the man of her nightmares -- until she lays her eyes on Herman, a 7-foot-tall green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet for each other in a Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve her new bumbling beau.
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The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
Title: The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
Character: Zoya / Self
Released: September 27, 2022
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the production of Rob Zombie's The Munsters (2022). Included as a special feature on the blu-ray.
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Title: Dracula
Character: Duchess Valeria
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: TV
Transylvania, 1897. The blood-drinking Count Dracula is drawing his plans against Victorian London. And be warned: the dead travel fast.
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Title: The Wimbledon Poisoner
Character: Mrs. Gunther
Released: December 11, 1994
Type: TV
Henry Farr, a Wimbledon solicitor desperate to rid himself of his wife, settles on murder as a solution to his problem.
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The Summer House
Title: The Summer House
Character: Marie-Claire
Released: December 21, 1993
Type: Movie
Margaret (Lena Headey) is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl Monro (David Threlfall). Both bride- and groom-to-be still live with their mothers in the humdrum suburb of Croydon. However Margaret has been acting strangely ever since a vacation in Egypt, where she stayed with her mother's friend Marie-Claire (Catherine Schell). She secretly despises Syl, but does not resist when her mother Monica (Julie Walters), who has repressed the failure of her own matrimony, insists on marriage for the sake of social convention.
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Pretty Princess
Title: Pretty Princess
Character: contessa Angela von Dix
Released: December 3, 1993
Type: Movie
A princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She escapes and discovers love in the arms of a beautiful swimming teacher.
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On the Black Hill
Title: On the Black Hill
Character: Lotte Zons
Released: September 12, 1988
Type: Movie
The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond, as they go through war, love affairs, and land disputes.
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Border
Title: Border
Character: Melena Lotskova
Released: February 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Czechoslovakia, 1952. For some, life under the post-war Stalinist regime is hardly worth living and although the escape route to the West is almost suicide, the rewards - prosperity, political freedom, even luxury - make it a risk worth taking.
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Title: Lovejoy
Character: Francis Beauchamp
Released: January 10, 1986
Type: TV
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
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Title: Howards' Way
Character: Yvette Studer
Released: September 1, 1985
Type: TV
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.
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Title: Mog
Character: Mrs. Mortenson
Released: May 26, 1985
Type: TV
Mog was a British television comedy from 1985 and 1986 about a cat burglar living in a psychiatric hospital. It starred Enn Reitel as the title character, who is only faking insanity. It was based on Peter Tinniswood's 1970 novel of the same name. It was made for the ITV network by Central.
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Title: One by One
Released: January 29, 1984
Type: TV
One By One is a British television series made by the BBC between 1984 and 1987. The series, created by Anthony Read, followed the career of international veterinarian David Taylor and his work caring for exotic animals at zoos in Britain, from the 1950s to the 1970s. Each series was set during a different decade, with exteriors filmed at Dudley Zoo, Chester Zoo and Knowsley Safari Park. Thirty-two episodes were made in total. Rob Heyland starred as Turner, while other major cast members included James Ellis, Sonia Graham, Peter Gilmore, Heather James, Catherine Schell, Peter Jeffrey, Andrew Robertson and Christina Nagy.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Released: October 9, 1983
Type: TV
Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.
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On the Third Day
Title: On the Third Day
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A couple return home to find a man inside who claims to be friends with the previous homeowner. He seems a friendly at first, but all is not as it seems.
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Cosmic Princess
Title: Cosmic Princess
Character: Maya
Released: December 1, 1982
Type: Movie
An alien princess aids people stranded on out-of-orbit Moonbase Alpha.
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The Island of Adventure
Title: The Island of Adventure
Character: Alison Mannering
Released: December 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Four British teens on vacation visit an island and discover that a terrorist group is using it as their headquarters.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Veronique
Released: October 18, 1981
Type: TV
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
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Title: The Gentle Touch
Released: April 11, 1980
Type: TV
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance
Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance
Released: November 22, 1979
Type: Movie
Dr. Watson, who served in the English armed forces and was in the Afghan war, retires and returns to his homeland, in England. Since the financial situation of the doctor is very precarious, his long-time friend Mr. Stamford offers him to rent a room in the house at 221-B Baker Street, which is rented by an elderly lady - Mrs. Hudson. The second rented room is already occupied by another gentleman - the mysterious Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Holmes makes an ambiguous impression on Watson. He conducts complex chemical experiments with blood, plays the violin, has the deepest knowledge about cigar ash, London dirt and criminal law, but at the same time demonstrates complete ignorance of well-known truths (for example, the fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun), does not read fiction, as well as books on history and philosophy. At the same time, very strange visitors constantly come to Holmes, and on the table he has portraits of personalities of a disgusting appearance.
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Doctor Who: City of Death
Title: Doctor Who: City of Death
Character: Countess
Released: October 20, 1979
Type: Movie
While taking in the sights of Paris in 1979, the Doctor and Romana sense that someone is tampering with time. Who is the mysterious Count Scarlioni? Why does he seem to have counterparts scattered through time? And just how many copies of the Mona Lisa did Leonardo da Vinci paint?
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The Prisoner of Zenda
Title: The Prisoner of Zenda
Character: Mauban
Released: August 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London cabby. Throw in two(!) lovely blondes, treachery, and a battle for life and honour, and enjoy life at its zaniest.
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Title: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
The film is divided into two episodes: "The Acquaintance" (based on the 1892 short story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band") and "Bloody Inscription" (based on the 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet).
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Destination Moonbase-Alpha
Title: Destination Moonbase-Alpha
Character: Maya
Released: December 31, 1978
Type: Movie
After an atomic explosion blasts the Moon out of Earth orbit, Moonbase Alpha drifts in space, with 300 people on board. When a rescue team from Earth arrives in a faster-than-light space ship, everyone is overjoyed that they can now return to Earth. But Moonbase Commander John Koenig, having undergone an experimental brain soothing process after receiving a concussion in a crash on the Lunar surface, sees not friends from Earth but gruesome monsters which have telepathically caused all others on Alpha to see an illusion of an Earth party. The aliens are desperate for radiation and plan to manipulate the Alphans into detonating nuclear waste on the Lunar surface, reducing the Moon and everyone on it to dust. Koenig must expose this conspiracy to save his people. Compiled from the two part episode The Bringers Of Wonder from the TV series Space: 1999's second series.
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Title: Return of the Saint
Character: Samantha
Released: September 10, 1978
Type: TV
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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Title: Supernatural
Released: June 11, 1977
Type: TV
Anthology series in which a prospective “Club of the Damned” member is required to tell a horror story, their application for membership being judged on how frightening it was.
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Gulliver's Travels
Title: Gulliver's Travels
Character: Mary
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and partly animated.
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Loyalties
Title: Loyalties
Character: Mabel Dancy
Released: February 29, 1976
Type: Movie
During a weekend at a country house in the 1920s, a Jewish outsider accuses a former officer of theft, setting off a tragic chain of events.
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Title: Space: 1999
Character: Maya
Released: September 4, 1975
Type: TV
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
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Title: Space: 1999
Character: Servant of the Guardian
Released: September 4, 1975
Type: TV
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
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Title: Looking for Clancy
Released: May 24, 1975
Type: TV
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The Return of the Pink Panther
Title: The Return of the Pink Panther
Character: Claudine
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian manservant – to reveal the identity of 'The Phantom'.
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The Next Voice You See
Title: The Next Voice You See
Released: May 17, 1975
Type: Movie
An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first return appearance in England at an engangement party where he believes he hears the voice of the gunman who cost him his sight.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Stella Goodman
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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Callan
Title: Callan
Character: Jenny
Released: May 23, 1974
Type: Movie
David Callan, secret agent, is called back to the service after his retirement, to handle the assasination of a german businessman, but Callan refuses to co-operate until he finds out why this man is marked for death.
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The Black Windmill
Title: The Black Windmill
Character: Lady Melissa Julyan
Released: May 17, 1974
Type: Movie
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
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Title: Napoleon and Love
Released: March 5, 1974
Type: TV
Napoleon and Love was a 1974 British television series originally aired on ITV and lasting for 9 episodes from 5 March to 30 April 1974. The series starred Ian Holm in the title role as Napoleon I and depicts his relationships with the women who featured in his life as a backdrop to his rise and fall.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Julie
Released: April 14, 1973
Type: TV
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
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Title: Arthur of the Britons
Released: December 6, 1972
Type: TV
This series strips away the elaborate medieval view of Camelot, and presents Arthur as the chief of a small Celt tribe in Dark-Ages Britain, a century or two after the withdrawal of Rome. Arthur struggles to weave the scattered tribes of Celts, Jutes, etc. into a union that can effectively oppose the Saxon invaders who are arriving in Britain in growing numbers. He is aided by his adoptive father, Llud, and his foster brother, Kai, who is himself a Saxon foundling.
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Title: The Adventurer
Character: Diane Marsh
Released: September 29, 1972
Type: TV
The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.
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Title: The Adventurer
Character: Diane
Released: September 29, 1972
Type: TV
The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.
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Madame Sin
Title: Madame Sin
Character: Barbara
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: Movie
A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
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Title: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Maria Wolkinski
Released: September 20, 1971
Type: TV
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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Title: The Persuaders!
Character: Kristin Hansen
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: TV
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Title: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Character: Nancy
Released: December 18, 1969
Type: Movie
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.
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Title: Paul Temple
Released: November 23, 1969
Type: TV
Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, who solves crimes with the assistance of his wife Steve. Paul Temple used overseas locations in France, Malta, Germany and elsewhere. T
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Moon Zero Two
Title: Moon Zero Two
Character: Clementine Taplin
Released: October 20, 1969
Type: Movie
On the Moon in the year 2021, a former-astronaut-turned-salvager helps a millionaire space industrialist capture a 6000-ton sapphire asteroid, while also assisting a woman in finding her missing miner/prospector brother
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Amsterdam Affair
Title: Amsterdam Affair
Released: June 9, 1968
Type: Movie
An Englishman in Holland gets involved in a murder case. It looks bad for him, but the wily Inspector Van Der Valk isn't convinced of his guilt.
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Assignment K
Title: Assignment K
Released: February 16, 1968
Type: Movie
Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.
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Hell Is Empty
Title: Hell Is Empty
Character: Catherine Grant
Released: December 20, 1967
Type: Movie
On the run from the police, a female thief and her band of robbers take refuge on a desert island where they discover a mansion inhabited by a family whom they take hostage. One of the robbers falls for the couple's daughter.
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Traitor's Gate
Title: Traitor's Gate
Character: Hope Joyner
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
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Lana: Queen of the Amazons
Title: Lana: Queen of the Amazons
Character: Queen Lana
Released: November 10, 1964
Type: Movie
A scientist and his nephew are hosts of Lana, queen of the Amazons, while other crew men try to find and take hold of the legendary Amazons' treasure.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Countess Scarlioni
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.