Catherine Schell (born Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott; 17 July
1944) is a Hungarian-born actress who came to prominence in British
film and television productions from the 1960s. A former Bond girl,
she worked with Peter Sellers on two films, appeared in a Doctor Who
serial (City of Death, 1979) and had a regular role in season two of
Space: 1999 (1976).Schell's father, Baron Paul Schell von Bauschlott,
was a Hungarian diplomat of three-quarter Magyar ancestry; her mother
was Countess Katharina Maria Etelka Georgina Elisabeth Teleki de
Szék. At the start of the Second World War, her parents' estates were
confiscated by the Nazis. "Schell" is the family name, while "von
Bauschlott" indicates the place in Germany where the Schell family
owned its main estate.Fleeing Hungary in advance of the Soviets and
communism, the family lived in poverty until 1948, finding asylum in
Austria: first in Vienna, then in Salzburg. In 1950, the family
emigrated to the United States, where Schell's father acquired
American citizenship.
1944) is a Hungarian-born actress who came to prominence in British
film and television productions from the 1960s. A former Bond girl,
she worked with Peter Sellers on two films, appeared in a Doctor Who
serial (City of Death, 1979) and had a regular role in season two of
Space: 1999 (1976).Schell's father, Baron Paul Schell von Bauschlott,
was a Hungarian diplomat of three-quarter Magyar ancestry; her mother
was Countess Katharina Maria Etelka Georgina Elisabeth Teleki de
Szék. At the start of the Second World War, her parents' estates were
confiscated by the Nazis. "Schell" is the family name, while "von
Bauschlott" indicates the place in Germany where the Schell family
owned its main estate.Fleeing Hungary in advance of the Soviets and
communism, the family lived in poverty until 1948, finding asylum in
Austria: first in Vienna, then in Salzburg. In 1950, the family
emigrated to the United States, where Schell's father acquired
American citizenship.
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