Katherine Woodville (actress)

Katherine Woodville
Woodville in Extreme Close-Up (1973)
Born
Catherine Woodville[1]

(1938-03-12)12 March 1938
London, England
Died5 June 2013(2013-06-05) (aged 75)
Portland, Oregon, United States
OccupationActress
Years active1955–1979
Spouses
(m. 1965; div. 1969)
    Jerrold Freedman
    (m. 1970; div. 1975)
      (m. 1979; died 2006)
      Children1

      Katherine Woodville (born Catherine Woodville; 12 March 1938 – 5 June 2013)[2][1] was an English film and television actress. She changed her professional name to Kate Woodville in 1967 upon moving to the U.S., where she eventually became a life member of the Actors Studio.[3]

      Career

      She was known for her appearances in Z-Cars, The Avengers, Danger Man, Mission: Impossible, It Takes a Thief, Mannix, The Rockford Files, Days of Our Lives and Eight Is Enough, Star Trek, Kung Fu, The Saint and Gibbsville.

      Personal life

      Woodville married three times: first to Avengers actor Patrick Macnee and then to Jerrold Freedman, an American film and television director and novelist.[4][5][6]

      Her third marriage was to actor Edward Albert, the son of Eddie Albert from 1978 until his death in 2006. The couple had one child, a daughter, singer/songwriter and poet Tai Woodville.[7][8]


      Woodville retired from acting in 1979. She died of cancer on 5 June 2013 at the age of 75.[9]

      Filmography

      Year Title Role Notes
      1961 The Clue of the New Pin Jane Ardfern
      1961 The Avengers Peggy episode: "Hot Snow"
      1961 A Chance of Thunder Pam Marchant 5 episodes
      1962 The Wild and the Willing Sarah Phillips
      1962 Sir Francis Drake Little Dove episode: "The Fountain of Youth"
      1962 The Avengers Laure episode: "Propellant 23"
      1963 The Informers Mary Johnnoe
      1964 In Camera Estelle 1 episode
      1965 Danger Man Janet Wells episode: "Colony Three"
      1965 The Crooked Road Elena
      1965 The Party's Over Nina
      1965 The Brigand of Kandahar Elsa
      1968 It Takes a Thief Janet Sanders episode: "One Illegal Angel"
      1968 Star Trek Natira episode: "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
      1968 Mission Impossible Felicia Vabar episode: "The Spy"
      1969 Fear No Evil Ingrid Dorne TV movie
      1969 Mannix Johanna Sault episode: "A View of Nowhere"
      1970 The Virginian (TV series) Vanessa McKenzie season 9, episode 11 "Follow the Leader"
      1971 Mannix Vera episode: "What Happened to Sunday"
      1972 Black Gunn Louella
      1973 Extreme Close-Up Sally Norman
      1974 Kung Fu Nedra Chamberlain
      1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Dr. Helen Lynch episode: "Primal Scream"
      1975 Ellery Queen (TV series) Priscilla Hagen episode: "The Wary Witness"
      1975 Posse Mrs. Cooper
      1977 The Rhinemann Exchange Mrs. Cameron 3 episodes, uncredited
      1977 Days of Our Lives Marie Horton 44 episodes, recurring
      1979 Where's Willie? Beth Wade
      1978 Little House on the Prairie Bess Bevins episode "The Man Within" (as Kate Woodville)
      1979 The New Adventures of Wonder Woman Adele Kobler episode: "Amazon Hot Wax" (as Kate Woodville)
      1979 Eight Is Enough Ms. Chovick 2 episodes; final role

      References

      1. ^ a b Lentz, Harris M. III (2014). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013. pp. 407–8. ISBN 978-0-786-47665-7.
      2. ^ "Katherine Woodville". British Academy of Film and Television. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
      3. ^ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
      4. ^ Reynolds, Christopher (5 September 1991). "Writes of Passage : It Looks as if Director Jerry Freedman Has Another Hit: His Novel". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
      5. ^ "Jerry Freedman: A Conversation ~ The MacGyver Project". Themacgyverproject.blogspot.com.au. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
      6. ^ "Writes of Passage: It Looks as if Director Jerry Freedman Has Another Hit: His Novel". Articles.latimes.com. 5 September 1991. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
      7. ^ "Edward Albert, 55, Movie and TV Actor, Dies", The New York Times, 28 September 2006, retrieved 6 January 2017
      8. ^ Lentz III, Harris M. (2014), Obituaries in the Performing Arts, Lentz'sPerforming Arts Obituaries, vol. 20, McFarland, ISBN 978-0786476657
      9. ^ "Star Trek Remembering TOS Guest Star Katherine Woodville, 1938-2013". Startrek.com. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.