Katya Wyeth

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Katya Wyeth
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Katya Wyeth

(1948-01-01) 1 January 1948 (age 77)
Essex, England, UK
Occupation Actress
Years active1964–1977

Katya Wyeth (born 1 January 1948) is a former model and actress notable for her roles in several classic horror films of the early 1970s. She was married to British actor Michael Bangerter, [1] with whom she had two children.

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Credited early on as Kathja Wyeth, she began her theatre career as a stage manager at the Theatre Royal, Windsor from 1966-67. [2] In 1968 she made her West End debut as Lucienne in a revival of the Alan Melville play Dear Charles , [3] then in 1971 she appeared in Rabelais at the London Roundhouse, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault. [4]

On screen, she frolicked with Alex (Malcolm MacDowell) in the 'Ascot fantasy' sequence that closes A Clockwork Orange . She also appeared in two first season episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus, as a hostess on the TV quiz show The Sky's the Limit , in the 1973 Play for Today Shakespeare or Bust, and in episodes of both Special Branch and The Sweeney .

Her appearances for Hammer Film Productions include Hands of the Ripper and Straight on Till Morning , but she is probably best remembered as Countess Mircalla in another film for the same company, Twins of Evil .

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References

  1. ↑ 'The Class of '76', Sunday Mirror, 20 May 1990, page 17.
  2. ↑ "Katya Wyeth | Theatricalia".
  3. ↑ 'Dear Charles revival', The Stage, 26 September 1968, page 15.
  4. ↑ 'Barrault Rabelais in London', The Stage, 25 February 1971, page 1.
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