Kate O'Mara

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Kate O'Mara, with Peter Davison on November 22, 2013

Kate O'Mara (born August 10, 1939 in Leicester , Leicestershire , † March 30, 2014 in Sussex ) was a British actress and author.

life and career

O'Mara was the daughter of actress Hazel Bainbridge and Royal Air Force flight instructor John Carroll. She began an early career as a speech therapist at Sussex Girls School before making her acting debut in theater in 1963. Although she had already acted in numerous films and television series, her breakthrough in the United States only came in 1986 with her role as "Caress Morell" in the Denver clan . Most recently, O'Mara appeared in a guest role on the Benidorm series. In total, she worked on around 60 film and television productions.

O'Mara was married twice. Her son Dickon Young (1964–2012) was u. a. Stage manager at the Royal Shakespeare Company . Her younger sister Belinda Carroll (* 1945) is also an actress.

She published four books: two novels and two autobiographies.

She died on March 30, 2014 at the age of 74.

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

  • 1968: The beast with the scalpel (corruption)
  • 1968: The Great Catherine (Great Catherine)
  • 1969: The Death Rider (The Desperados)
  • 1970: The Horror of Frankenstein (The Horror of Frankenstein)
  • 1970: Vampire Lovers (The Vampire Lovers)
  • 1974: The Fruit of the Tropical Tree (The Tamarind Seed)
  • 1978: An Unknown Friend (Tuntematon ystävä)

watch TV

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Soap star Kate O'Mara dies aged 74
  2. ↑ Kate O'Mara in: The Telegraph
  3. ^ Obituary for Kate O'Mara in: The Guardian
personal data
SURNAME O'Mara, Kate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Leicester , Leicestershire , England
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 2014
Place of death Sussex , England