---
name: "Catherine Schell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/catherine-schell"
fi1m_id: "catherine-schell"
imdb_id: "nm0770711"
tmdb_id: 18915
wikidata_id: "Q463051"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 July 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:00:17.319411+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Catherine Schell

## Identity

Catherine Schell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/catherine-schell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** catherine-schell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0770711
- **TMDB ID:** 18915
- **Wikidata ID:** Q463051
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Schell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463051, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18915

Actor. Born 17 July 1944 in Budapest, Hungary.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 July 1944, Budapest, Hungary
- **Active:** 1969–1993
- **Also known as:** Catherina von Schell, Katherina Schell von Bauschlott, Catherine von Schell, Catharina von Schell
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 83 (1), 1990s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Schell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463051, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18915

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Clothes in the Wardrobe*](https://film.one/film/the-clothes-in-the-wardrobe.md) (74)

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## Biography

Catherine Schell is a Hungarian-born British actress. Born Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott on 17 July 1944 in Budapest, she trained at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich after her family moved there in 1957.

She appeared in British film and television from the 1960s, with early roles including Nancy in *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969) and Claudine in *The Return of the Pink Panther* (1975). She is known for playing Maya in the second series of *Space: 1999* (1976–1977) and Countess Scarlioni in the *Doctor Who* serial *City of Death* (1979).

Schell played Marie-Claire in the 1993 television film *The Clothes in the Wardrobe*. Her later credits include Grand Duchess Valeria in *Dracula* (2020) and Zoya Krupp in *The Munsters* (2022). She was married to actor William Marlowe and director Bill Hays.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Clothes in the Wardrobe* (1993), Fi1m 74, as Marie-Claire — [page](https://film.one/film/the-clothes-in-the-wardrobe.md)
- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), Fi1m 83, as Nancy — [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph* (2026), as Maya
- *Prisoners in Space* (2025), as Maya
- *The Munsters* (2022), as Zoya Krupp
- *Dracula* (2020), series, as Duchess Valeria
- *Paris in the Springtime* (2005), Actor
- *Tales of Mystery and Imagination* (1995), series, as Lady Montresor
- *The Wimbledon Poisoner* (1994), series, as Mrs. Gunther
- *The Clothes in the Wardrobe* (1993), as Marie-Claire — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-clothes-in-the-wardrobe.md)
- *Pretty Princess* (1993), as contessa Angela von Dix
- *On the Black Hill* (1988), as Lotte Zons
- *Border* (1988), as Melena Lotskova
- *Wish Me Luck* (1988), series, as Virginia Mitchell aka Dominique
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Francis Beauchamp
- *Howards' Way* (1985), series, as Yvette Studer
- *Mog* (1985), series, as Mrs. Mortenson
- *A Month in the Country* (1985), as Lizaveta
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Marie-Claire
- *One by One* (1984), series, Actor
- *Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime* (1983), series, as Virma La Strange
- *On the Third Day* (1983), Actor
- *Cosmic Princess* (1982), as Maya
- *The Island of Adventure* (1981), as Alison Mannering
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Veronique
- *The Gentle Touch* (1980), series, Actor
- *Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Acquaintance* (1980), Actor
- *The Spoils of War* (1980), series, as Paula Brandt
- *Doctor Who: City of Death* (1979), as Countess
- *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1979), as Mauban
- *Destination Moonbase-Alpha* (1978), as Maya
- *Exposure* (1978), as Caroline
- *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, as Samantha
- *Strangers* (1978), series, as Sophy Paget-Lombardi
- *Supernatural* (1977), series, as Theresa
- *Gulliver's Travels* (1977), as Mary
- *Loyalties* (1976), as Mabel Dancy
- *Space: 1999* (1975), series, as Servant of the Guardian, Maya
- *Looking for Clancy* (1975), series, as Penny Clancy
- *The Return of the Pink Panther* (1975), as Claudine
- *The Next Voice You See* (1975), as Julie
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Stella Goodman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Callan* (1974), as Jenny
- *Dial M for Murder* (1974), series, as Helen
- *The Black Windmill* (1974), as Lady Melissa Julyan
- *Napoleon and Love* (1974), series, as Marie Walewska
- *Thriller* (1973), series, as Julie
- *Arthur of the Britons* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Adventurer* (1972), series, as Diane, Diane Marsh
- *Madame Sin* (1972), as Barbara
- *The Search for the Nile* (1971), series, as Florence Baker
- *The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes* (1971), series, as Maria Wolkinski
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as Kristin Hansen
- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), as Nancy — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)
- *Paul Temple* (1969), series, Actor
- *Moon Zero Two* (1969), as Clementine Taplin
- *Amsterdam Affair* (1968), as Sophie Ray
- *Assignment K* (1968), Actor
- *Hell Is Empty* (1967), as Catherine Grant
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, as Lunia
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Mabel Dancy
- *Traitor's Gate* (1964), as Hope Joyner
- *Lana: Queen of the Amazons* (1964), as Queen Lana
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Countess Scarlioni — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Gallery

- ![Catherine Schell](https://film.one/media/person/284742/gallery-e5d86c4dbffd.jpg) Catherine Schell — Jack de Nijs for Anefo  / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Catherine_Schell_%281967%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Opname speelfilm "Love in Amsterdam" op Rembrandtplein; Guido de Moor, Catherine Schell en Piet Römer (in 1970 uitgebracht als "Amsterdam Affair") 15 november 1 (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/284742/gallery-943895d4cadf.jpg) Opname speelfilm "Love in Amsterdam" op Rembrandtplein; Guido de Moor, Catherine Schell en Piet Römer (in 1970 uitgebracht als "Amsterdam Affair") 15 november 1 (1967) — Jack de Nijs for Anefo  / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Guido_de_Moor%2C_Catherine_von_Schell_en_Piet_R%C3%B6mer_%281967%29.jpg/1280px-Guido_de_Moor%2C_Catherine_von_Schell_en_Piet_R%C3%B6mer_%281967%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Opname speelfilm "Love in Amsterdam" op Rembrandtplein. Piet Römer (re (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/284742/gallery-9b2423d16739.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Opname speelfilm "Love in Amsterdam" op Rembrandtplein. Piet Römer (re (1967) — Jack de Nijs for Anefo  / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Opname_speelfilm_Love_in_Amsterdam_op_Rembrandtplein._Piet_R%C3%B6mer_%28rechts%29_bedr%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-8567.jpg/1280px-Opname_speelfilm_Love_in_Amsterdam_op_Rembrandtplein._Piet_R%C3%B6mer_%28rechts%29_bedr%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-8567.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Catherine Schell](https://film.one/media/person/284742/gallery-02cfa278923c.jpg) Catherine Schell — Image via TMDB

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