Katherine Woodville (actress)
Katherine Woodville | |
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 Woodville in Extreme Close-Up (1973) | |
| Born | Catherine Woodville[1] 12 March 1938 London, England |
| Died | 5 June 2013 (aged 75) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1955–1979 |
| Spouses | Jerrold Freedman
(m. 1970; div. 1975) |
| Children | 1 |
Katherine Woodville (born Catherine Woodville; 12 March 1938 – 5 June 2013)[2][1] was an English film and television actress. She changed her professional name to Kate Woodville in 1967 upon moving to the U.S., where she eventually became a life member of the Actors Studio.[3]
Career
[edit]She was known for her appearances in Z-Cars, The Avengers, Danger Man, Mission: Impossible, It Takes a Thief, Mannix, The Rockford Files, Days of Our Lives and Eight Is Enough. In the original Star Trek series, she played Natira in the episode "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" (1968). She guest-starred as Nedra in Season 2 Episode 12 of Kung Fu (1974), entitled "The Gunman". She appeared in two episodes of the TV series The Saint and in an episode of Gibbsville in 1976.
Personal life
[edit]Woodville married three times: first to Avengers star Patrick Macnee and then to Jerrold Freedman, an American film and television director and novelist.[4][5][6]
Her third marriage was to actor Edward Albert (son of Eddie Albert) from 1978 until his death in 2006. The couple had one child, a daughter, singer/songwriter and poet Tai Woodville.[7][8]
Death
[edit]Woodville retired from acting in 1979. She died of cancer on 5 June 2013 at the age of 75. Her ashes were sprinkled off Malibu, California at Point Dume.[9]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | The Clue of the New Pin | Jane Ardfern | |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Peggy | episode: "Hot Snow" |
| 1961 | A Chance of Thunder | Pam Marchant | 5 episodes |
| 1962 | The Wild and the Willing | Sarah Phillips | |
| 1962 | Sir Francis Drake | Little Dove | episode: "The Fountain of Youth" |
| 1962 | The Avengers | Laure | episode: "Propellant 23" |
| 1963 | The Informers | Mary Johnnoe | |
| 1964 | In Camera | Estelle | 1 episode |
| 1965 | Danger Man | Janet Wells | episode: "Colony Three" |
| 1965 | The Crooked Road | Elena | |
| 1965 | The Party's Over | Nina | |
| 1965 | The Brigand of Kandahar | Elsa | |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Janet Sanders | episode: "One Illegal Angel" |
| 1968 | Star Trek | Natira | episode: "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" |
| 1968 | Mission Impossible | Felicia Vabar | episode: "The Spy" |
| 1969 | Fear No Evil | Ingrid Dorne | TV movie |
| 1969 | Mannix | Johanna Sault | episode: "A View of Nowhere" |
| 1970 | The Virginian (TV series) | Vanessa McKenzie | season 9, episode 11 "Follow the Leader" |
| 1971 | Mannix | Vera | episode: "What Happened to Sunday" |
| 1972 | Black Gunn | Louella | |
| 1973 | Extreme Close-Up | Sally Norman | |
| 1974 | Kung Fu | Nedra Chamberlain | |
| 1975 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Dr. Helen Lynch | episode: "Primal Scream" |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV series) | Priscilla Hagen | episode: "The Wary Witness" |
| 1975 | Posse | Mrs. Cooper | |
| 1977 | The Rhinemann Exchange | Mrs. Cameron | 3 episodes, uncredited |
| 1977 | Days of Our Lives | Marie Horton | 44 episodes, recurring |
| 1979 | Where's Willie? | Beth Wade | |
| 1978 | Little House on the Prairie | Bess Bevins | episode "The Man Within" (as Kate Woodville) |
| 1979 | The New Adventures of Wonder Woman | Adele Kobler | episode: "Amazon Hot Wax" (as Kate Woodville) |
| 1979 | Eight Is Enough | Ms. Chovick | 2 episodes; final role |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lentz, Harris M. III (2014). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013. pp. 407–8. ISBN 978-0-786-47665-7.
- ^ "Katherine Woodville". British Academy of Film and Television. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
- ^ Reynolds, Christopher (5 September 1991). "Writes of Passage : It Looks as if Director Jerry Freedman Has Another Hit: His Novel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Jerry Freedman: A Conversation ~ The MacGyver Project". Themacgyverproject.blogspot.com.au. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Writes of Passage: It Looks as if Director Jerry Freedman Has Another Hit: His Novel". Articles.latimes.com. 5 September 1991. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Edward Albert, 55, Movie and TV Actor, Dies", The New York Times, 28 September 2006, retrieved 6 January 2017
- ^ Lentz III, Harris M. (2014), Obituaries in the Performing Arts, Lentz'sPerforming Arts Obituaries, vol. 20, McFarland, ISBN 978-0786476657
- ^ "Star Trek Remembering TOS Guest Star Katherine Woodville, 1938-2013". Startrek.com. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
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