{{Short description|British actress and educator (born 1939)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Catherine Feller | image = Catherine Feller in One Step Beyond (The Prisoner).jpg | caption = Feller in an episode of ''One Step Beyond'' (1961) | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1939}} | birth_place = UK | occupation = Actress, educator | years_active = 1954–2008 | spouse = Claudio Giombi }}
'''Catherine Feller''' (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/648/Catherine+Feller/index.html|title=Catherine Feller - The Private Life and Times of Catherine Feller. Catherine Feller Pictures.|website=www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com}}</ref> is a British actress and educator.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=catherine+feller+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA1745|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref> She is perhaps best known for her role as Oliver Reed's love interest in the Hammer Film Productions' ''The Curse of the Werewolf'' (1961).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-curse-of-the-werewolf-v11828|title=The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) - Terence Fisher - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She appeared in ''Waltz of the Toreadors'' (1962) with Peter Sellers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ba30dc9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219000053/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ba30dc9|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 February 2017|title=Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)|publisher=}}</ref> and in the first colour episode "The Queen's Ransom" of ''The Saint'' TV show.<ref>[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=5582 Aveleyman.com; credits and roles; ''Catherine Feller'']</ref>
==Career== In 1955, as a sixteen-year-old, Feller appeared in a production of ''The Lark'' at the Lyric, Hammersmith.<ref name=Tatler>{{Citation | last = Deans | first = Mariel | title = Lighthearted Clothes for the Seaside | newspaper = The Tatler | pages = 34 | date = 1955-07-06 | url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001853/19550706/046/0036 | access-date = 2019-08-03}}{{subscription required|via=britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk}}</ref> The same year, she was featured in the ''Tatler'' modelling beachwear.<ref name=Tatler />
Feller has experience as an actress in several theatre performances, films and TV series in Italy and the United Kingdom, working for the BBC, the RAI and many other theatres and broadcasting companies. She has collaborated with several public and private schools as a lecturer on expressiveness and conversation courses addressed to teachers and students. She has performed her shows and laboratory activities sponsored by L’Astrolabio throughout Italian schools. Fluent in Italian, she also works as a translator for the magazine ''Vogue Gioiello'', the Italian magazine for gems jewels, diamonds ornamental, and fashion trend.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1954|| ''The Belles of St Trinian's'' || Fourth Former || Uncredited |- | 1957 || ''Angel Pavement'' || Lena Golspie || TV series, 4 episodes |- |1958|| ''The Gypsy and the Gentleman'' || Hattie || |- |1958|| ''Bachelor of Hearts'' || Helene || |- |1959|| ''Friends and Neighbours'' || Susan Grimshaw || |- |1960|| ''The Malpas Mystery'' || Jinette || ''Edgar Wallace Mystery'' |- |1961|| ''The Curse of the Werewolf'' || Cristina || |- |1961|| ''Murder in Eden'' || Geneviève Beaujean || |- |1962|| ''Waltz of the Toreadors'' || Rosemary, the young maid || |- |1965|| ''San Ferry Ann'' || Lover Girl || |- |1966|| ''Doctor in Clover'' || Catherine - Wife in French Movie || Uncredited |- |1968|| ''The Girl with the Pistol'' || Rosina || Uncredited |- |1978|| ''Lillie'' || Dominique || TV Mini-Series, 11 episodes |- |1981|| ''The Little World of Don Camillo'' || Peppone's Wife || 8 episodes |}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|id=0271432|name=Catherine Feller}}
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