Katherine Kath

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Katherine Kath (born August 11, 1920 in Berck ; † November 17, 2012 ; actually Rose Marie Nelly Faess ) was a French theater and film actress .

Life

Katherine Kath was born in 1920 as Rose Marie Nelly Faess and the fifth child of Adrien Faess and Alix Caserbo in the French seaside resort of Berck . At a young age she took ballet lessons. However, due to an ankle injury, she had to give up her dream of becoming a prima ballerina at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris . Then she decided to switch to acting. In the 1940s and 1950s she had several successes at the theater, especially in plays by Jean Anouilh , such as Antigone or Invitation to the Castle or The Art of Playing the Game ( Invitasion au Chateau). In Paris in 1949 she also appeared in Henri Bernstein's play La Soif with Jean Gabin .

In 1947 she stood in front of the film camera for the first time for the French production Capitaine Blomet . Other roles in the film followed, such as in John Huston's A Song from Paris (1952) alongside José Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor . Jack Clayton , the film's co-producer, later became her husband, but she divorced.

In 1956 she was seen at the side of Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner in Anastasia . She also starred in Gigot, the mute from Montmartre (1962), directed by Gene Kelly . Two years later she played the quick-witted servant of a Hamburg hostel in Circus-Welt (1964) alongside John Wayne , Rita Hayworth and Claudia Cardinale . In 1971 she played Catherine de Medici in Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland alongside Vanessa Redgrave , who played the title role.

She also appeared frequently on British television from 1957 to 1990 . She then retired from show business and lived in London . She died in 2012 at the age of 92.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1947: Capitaine Blomet
  • 1948: Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort
  • 1948: Toute la famille était là
  • 1949: The Night of Love ( Ainsi finit la Nuit )
  • 1952: A song from Paris ( Moulin Rouge )
  • 1953: In the big girls' dormitory ( Dortoir des grandes )
  • 1954: love, women and soldiers (Destinées)
  • 1956: Danger for the Guy ( Peril for the Guy )
  • 1956: Anastasia
  • 1957: The Woman of My Longing ( Let's Be Happy )
  • 1958: Tatort Apartment 310 ( The Man Who Wouldn't Talk )
  • 1961: The Bay of smugglers ( Fury at Smugglers' Bay )
  • 1962: Gigot, the mute from Montmartre (Gigot)
  • 1964: Circus World ( Circus World )
  • 1964: Fair game under hot sun ( The High Bright Sun )
  • 1969: Mörder GmbH ( The Assassination Bureau )
  • 1971: Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland ( Mary, Queen of Scots )
  • 1977: Justine - Cruel passions ( Cruel Passion )
  • 1987: Race to Fame ( Life Story ) (TV Movie)
  • 1990: Red Piper ( Crossing to Freedom ) (TV movie)

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personal data
SURNAME Kath, Katherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faess, Rose Marie Nelly (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French theater and film actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Berck
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 2012