| Kate O'Mara | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kate Carroll August 10, 1939 |
| Occupation | Television actress |
Kate O'Mara (b. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic August 10, 1939, Leicester) is an English film and television actress. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leicester (ˈlɛstə is the largest city and Unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and is the traditional England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Born as Kate Carroll, the daughter of John Carroll and actress Hazel Bainbridge. She was educated at the Aida Foster School, beginning an early career as a speech therapist, but switched gears to acting. O'Mara had an out of wedlock son, Chris (b. 1963), whom she was forced to give up for adoption but was later reunited with him. She made her debut in a stage production of The Merchant of Venice in 1963. The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598 Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Although she was one of Hammer Studio's Glamour Girls (The Vampire Lovers, The Horror of Frankenstein), O'Mara these days is best known for her work in television series. Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Hammer Horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Polish actress The Horror of Frankenstein is a 1970 British Horror film by Hammer Film Productions that is both a semi-parody and remake of Prominent roles in dramas such as The Brothers (as Jane Maxwell), Triangle (as Katherine Laker) and Howards' Way (as Laura Wilde) has seen O'Mara carve a niche for herself as a determined "ball-breaking" female on television. The Brothers is a British Television series produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976. Triangle was a BBC television Soap opera in the early 1980s set aboard a North Sea Ferry which sailed a triangular route between Howards' Way was a Television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC1 between 1985 and 1990 She also played a recurring villainess, the Rani, in the science fiction series Doctor Who. The Rani is a Fictional character in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC.
She played Caress Morell, sister of Alexis Colby (played by Joan Collins) on Dynasty as well as Jackie Stone, sister of Patsy Stone (played by Joanna Lumley) on Absolutely Fabulous. There are several minor but significant characters featured in the ABC television series Dynasty. Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan (usually known as Alexis Colby) is a Fictional character on the American TV series Dynasty Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE (born 23 May 1933) is a Golden Globe Award -winning English actress and bestselling Dynasty is an American Prime time television Soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12 1981 to For the sixteenth century translator see Jane Lumley. Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE (born 1 May 1946) is an English Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) was a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning British sitcom written by and starring
On radio, O'Mara made a guest appearance in the radio comedy series Nebulous in 2006. Nebulous is a Post apocalyptic science fiction comedy radio show written by Graham Duff and produced by Ted Dowd from Baby Cow
In March 2008 she will playing Marlene Dietrich in a new stage play entitled 'Lunch with Marlene'.
She has written several autobiographical books (Vamp Until Ready, Game Plan: A Woman's Survival Kit), as well as novels (When She Was Bad, Good Time Girl).