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Kate O'Mara is a Actor British born on 10 august 1939 at Leicester (United-kingdom)
Kate O'Mara (10 August 1939 – 30 March 2014) was an English film, stage and television actress, and writer. She was perhaps most widely known for her 1986 role as Caress Morell, the scheming sister of Alexis Colby in the American primetime soap opera Dynasty.
O'Mara made her stage debut in a 1963 production of The Merchant of Venice. Her other stage roles included Elvira in Blithe Spirit (1974), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (1982), Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra (1982), Goneril in King Lear (1987) and Marlene Dietrich in Lunch with Marlene (2008). Her films included two 1970 Hammer Horror fillms: The Vampire Lovers and The Horror of Frankenstein. On television, she had regular roles in The Brothers (1975–76), Triangle (1981-82) and Howards' Way (1989–90), and portrayed the recurring part of the Rani in Doctor Who (1985–87). She also appeared as Jackie Stone in two episodes of the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
Dickon Young (1964–2012), whose biological father was reportedly actor Ian Cullen, was a stage manager for the Royal Shakespeare Company before setting up his own company building tree-houses in the mid-1990s. He was found hanged, a presumed suicide, at the family home in Long Marston, Warwickshire on 31 December 2012. O'Mara was hospitalised with pneumonia at the time of her son's death and his body was not discovered for three weeks.
O'Mara wrote four books, two novels (When She Was Bad (ISBN 0261667157) and Good Time Girl (ISBN 0002242915)), and two autobiographical books, Vamp Until Ready (ISBN 1861057008) and Game Plan: A Woman's Survival Kit (ISBN 0283060573).
Speaking about her bouts of depression, later in her life, O'Mara said: "... I've since learnt a cure for depression: listening to J.S. Bach and reading P.G. Wodehouse. This got me through the break-up of my second marriage 17 years ago. The great thing about Wodehouse is that his books are full of romantic problems and yet so hilarious that it puts things in perspective ... I'm not frightened of dying, but I love the countryside so much and I’m going to miss it. I'd like to be out in the wind and the trees for ever."
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Kate O'Mara
Birth name Frances Meredith Carroll
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 10 august 1939 at Leicester (United-kingdom)
Death 30 march 2014 (at 74 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 10 august 1939 at Leicester (United-kingdom)
Death 30 march 2014 (at 74 years)
Kate O'Mara (10 August 1939 – 30 March 2014) was an English film, stage and television actress, and writer. She was perhaps most widely known for her 1986 role as Caress Morell, the scheming sister of Alexis Colby in the American primetime soap opera Dynasty.
O'Mara made her stage debut in a 1963 production of The Merchant of Venice. Her other stage roles included Elvira in Blithe Spirit (1974), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (1982), Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra (1982), Goneril in King Lear (1987) and Marlene Dietrich in Lunch with Marlene (2008). Her films included two 1970 Hammer Horror fillms: The Vampire Lovers and The Horror of Frankenstein. On television, she had regular roles in The Brothers (1975–76), Triangle (1981-82) and Howards' Way (1989–90), and portrayed the recurring part of the Rani in Doctor Who (1985–87). She also appeared as Jackie Stone in two episodes of the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.
Biography
O'Mara was married twice, first to Jeremy Young in 1961; the couple divorced in 1976. In 1993, she married Richard Willis, but the marriage was dissolved in 1996. She had two sons, Dickon Young (1964–2012) and Christopher Linde, both from previous relationships, although Dickon took his stepfather's surname. She gave up Linde for adoption and he was named by his adoptive parents, Derek and Joy Linde. Linde (born 1965), from whom the actress was long estranged, was born from her relationship with actor David Orchard.Dickon Young (1964–2012), whose biological father was reportedly actor Ian Cullen, was a stage manager for the Royal Shakespeare Company before setting up his own company building tree-houses in the mid-1990s. He was found hanged, a presumed suicide, at the family home in Long Marston, Warwickshire on 31 December 2012. O'Mara was hospitalised with pneumonia at the time of her son's death and his body was not discovered for three weeks.
O'Mara wrote four books, two novels (When She Was Bad (ISBN 0261667157) and Good Time Girl (ISBN 0002242915)), and two autobiographical books, Vamp Until Ready (ISBN 1861057008) and Game Plan: A Woman's Survival Kit (ISBN 0283060573).
Speaking about her bouts of depression, later in her life, O'Mara said: "... I've since learnt a cure for depression: listening to J.S. Bach and reading P.G. Wodehouse. This got me through the break-up of my second marriage 17 years ago. The great thing about Wodehouse is that his books are full of romantic problems and yet so hilarious that it puts things in perspective ... I'm not frightened of dying, but I love the countryside so much and I’m going to miss it. I'd like to be out in the wind and the trees for ever."
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Aladdin (1992)
, 49minutesDirected by Micky Dolenz, Diane Eskenazi
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Jeff Bennett, Derek Jacobi, Corey Burton, Jason Connery, Barry Bostwick, Cam Clarke
Rating59%
The story begins with a young boy named Aladdin, trying to make money by being a servant for a day, with no success. Meanwhile, a shifty man named Hassim, who has journeyed from Africa, visits the local medicine woman, Fatima, who tells Hassim that in order to reach a certain treasure that he wants, he needs Aladdin. Hassim visits Aladdin and his mother, claiming that he's Aladdin's long lost uncle, and says that he can make them rich beyond their wildest dreams.
Beauty and the Beast (1992)
, 49minutesDirected by Diane Eskenazi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Irene Cara, Daran Norris, Jason Connery, Christopher Lee, Susan Silo, Michael Hordern
Rating54%
Un prince transformé en une bête hideuse en punition en raison de ses manières cruelles et égoïstes emprisonne dans son château une jeune femme aventureuse nommée Belle. Pour devenir humain de nouveau, la Bête doit gagner l'amour de Belle avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.
The Plank (1979)
, 30minutesDirected by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, Lionel Blair, Bernard Cribbins, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors
Roles Concerned Passerby
Rating73%
The Nativity (1978)
, 1h38Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Madeleine Stowe, John Shea, Jane Wyatt, Paul Stewart, Audrey Totter, Jiří Voskovec
Roles Salome
Rating61%
Whose Child Am I? (1976)
Genres Drama
Actors Kate O'Mara, Paul Freeman, Edward Judd, Bob Sherman, Beth Porter, Melissa Stribling
Roles Barbara Martin
Rating59%
The Tamarind Seed (1974)
, 1h59Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Dan O'Herlihy, Sylvia Syms, Oskar Homolka
Roles Anna Skriabina
Rating63%
An attractive British Home Office assistant named Judith Farrow (Julie Andrews) is on vacation on the Caribbean island of Barbados after ending a failed love affair with married group captain Richard Paterson (David Baron), an important British minister. She meets Feodor Sverdlov (Omar Sharif), a Soviet military attaché who is also on vacation staying in an adjacent bungalow. The two spend time together exploring the island, visiting museums, and going out to dinner. When British intelligence learns that Sverdlov is spending time with the mistress of a British minister, they begin monitoring their actions. Judith and Sverdlov share details about their private lives—about her husband who died in a car crash, her recent unhappy affair, his unhappy marriage, and his disillusion with the Soviet Union. During one of their outings, Judith becomes fascinated by the story of a slave who was hanged from a tamarind tree and how that tree has since borne seeds in the shape of a human head. The skeptical Sverdlov thinks the story is a mere fairy tale. On her way back to London, she opens an envelope he gave her and finds a tamarind seed.
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
, 1h35Directed by Jimmy Sangster
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson, David Prowse, Dennis Price, Jon Finch
Roles Alys
Rating58%
Victor Frankenstein, a cold, arrogant and womanizing genius, is angry when his father forbids him to continue his anatomy experiments. He ruthlessly murders his father by sabotaging the old man's shotgun, consequently inheriting the title of Baron von Frankenstein and the family fortune. He uses the money to enter medical school in Vienna, but is forced to return home when he impregnates the daughter of the Dean.
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
, 1h31Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror, Historical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Ingrid Pitt, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Peter Cushing, Dawn Addams, Lindsay Kemp
Roles The Governess (Mme. Perrodot)
Rating63%
In early 19th century Styria, a beautiful blonde (Kirsten Lindholm) in a diaphanous gown materializes from a misty graveyard. Encountering the Baron Hartog (Douglas Wilmer), a vampire hunter out to avenge the death of his sister, the girl is identified as a vampire and decapitated. Many years later, a dark-haired lady leaves her daughter Marcilla (Ingrid Pitt) in the care of General von Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing) and his family in Styria. Marcilla quickly befriends the General's niece, Laura (Pippa Steel). Laura subsequently suffers nightmares that she is being attacked, and dies of a gradual sickness; whereupon Marcilla departs.
The Desperados (1969)
, 1h31Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Jack Palance, Vince Edwards, Neville Brand, George Maharis, Sylvia Syms, Sheila Burrell
Roles Adah
Rating48%
A ruthless preacher, Parson Josiah Galt, leads a band of Southern marauders during the Civil War that includes his sons, David, Adam and Jacob. The parson has turned vengeful and sadistic since the death of his wife.
Corruption (1968)
, 1h31Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Kate O'Mara, Anthony Booth, David Lodge, Billy Murray
Roles Val Nolan
Rating58%
Cushing plays Sir John Rowan, a plastic surgeon whose young fashion model and fiancée’s face (Sue Lloyd) is badly disfigured in an accident, caused in part by a jealous rage of his. Rowan pledges to reverse Lynn's disfigurement, experimenting with laser technology to revive her skin, eventually coming up with a cure-all, a Frankensteinian transplantation of glands. Driven by combination of guilt and love, Rowan goes on a murder spree, killing young women in order to use their glands to restore his fiancée’s beauty. The couple goes off on holiday to a seaside cottage and all is fine until her face starts to show signs of deterioration. In need of more surgery and a new "donor" the couple tries to entice a young girl (Wendy Varnals) who they meet at the beach and take back to their cottage. Complications ensue, first because Rowan doesn't want to commit another murder, and then because this girl isn't what she seems to be.
Great Catherine (1968)
Directed by Gordon Flemyng
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Hawkins, Akim Tamiroff, Marie Lohr
Roles Varinka
Rating54%
A British officer, Captain Charles Edstaston, is sent to the Russian court of Catherine the Great as an envoy, where he has to contend with the crafty machinations of her chief minister Potemkin.
Captain Clegg (1962)
, 1h21Directed by Peter Medak, John Peverall, Peter Graham Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Daphne Anderson, Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper
Roles Girl at Inn (Uncredited)
Rating65%
Captain Collier (Patrick Allen) and his band of sailors show up to an English coastal town to investigate reports of "Marsh Phantoms" who ride by night spreading terror to the town. The Captain suspects that the local parson (Peter Cushing) might be hiding something. Are the phantoms genuine or a cover for illegal smuggling activities?
Home and Away (1956)
, 1h20Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Dame Thora Hird, Lana Morris, Charles Victor, Harry Fowler
Roles Annie Knowles
Rating63%