# Katherine Victor > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Katherine_Victor > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Katherine_Victor.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Victor > Source revision: 1298485057 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American actress (1923–2004)}} {{Use American English|date=August 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox person | name = Katherine Victor | image = Katherine Victor in Teenage Zombies.jpg | image_size = | caption = Victor in ''[Teenage Zombies](/source/Teenage_Zombies)'' (1960) | birth_name = Katena Ktenavea | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|08|18|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan](/source/Hell's_Kitchen%2C_Manhattan), [New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2004|10|22|1923|08|18}} | death_place = [West Hills, Los Angeles](/source/West_Hills%2C_Los_Angeles), California, U.S. | resting_place = [Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills](/source/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Hollywood_Hills)) | other_names = Katina Vea | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1953–2004 }} '''Katherine Victor''' (born '''Katena Ktenavea''';{{cite book |last1=Weaver |first1=Tom |title=Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes: The Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews |date=2000 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786407552 |page=386 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8PK4jszVDoC&dq=%22Katena+Ktenavea%22&pg=RA1-PA386 |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=en}} August 18, 1923 – October 22, 2004) was an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in [Ron Ormond](/source/Ron_Ormond)'s ''[Mesa of Lost Women](/source/Mesa_of_Lost_Women)'' (1953) and a number of [Jerry Warren](/source/Jerry_Warren)'s films. She was also known as '''Katina Vea'''.{{cite book |last1=Warren |first1=Bill |title=Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition |date=2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476625058 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7kUCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Katina+Vea%22&pg=PT1403 |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=en}} == Early years == Victor was born in the [Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan](/source/Hell's_Kitchen%2C_Manhattan), neighborhood of New York City, but she grew up in Los Angeles. == Career == Victor began acting in the late 1940s, working on stage and on [radio](/source/Old_time_radio). Her film debut came in ''[Mesa of Lost Women](/source/Mesa_of_Lost_Women)'' (1953). Victor's work for Warren included ''[Teenage Zombies](/source/Teenage_Zombies)'' (1959), ''[Creature of the Walking Dead](/source/Creature_of_the_Walking_Dead)'' (1965), ''[House of the Black Death](/source/House_of_the_Black_Death)'' (1965), ''[The Wild World of Batwoman](/source/The_Wild_World_of_Batwoman)'' (1966), and ''[Frankenstein Island](/source/Frankenstein_Island)'' (1981). She also co-starred in ''[The Cape Canaveral Monsters](/source/The_Cape_Canaveral_Monsters)'' (1960), directed by [Phil Tucker](/source/Phil_Tucker), and the TV movie ''Fear No Evil''.{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2004: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2005 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786421039 |page=363 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHvGCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Katena+Ktenavea%22&pg=PA363 |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=en}} During the 1970s, Katherine (who used the film name '''Kathrin''') co-starred in indie filmmaker Brian Pinette's ''The Centerfold'' and ''From Caviar to Coleslaw'' which was written for her{{Citation needed |date=August 2023}} and filmed on location in Houston, Texas. She recorded two songs for the film ''From Caviar to Coleslaw'': "The Winds of Change" and "Did I Love Too Much?". Her later films included ''Bikini Summer'' (1991), a supporting role in ''[Fugitive Rage](/source/Fugitive_Rage)'' (1996) directed by [Fred Olen Ray](/source/Fred_Olen_Ray), and a role as Mary Jo Trent in ''Superguy: Behind the Cape'' (2004). From 1960 to 2000, she also worked in various capacities (generally as continuity director/ animation checker) on a number of Disney animated films and cartoons and productions of other studios such as Hanna-Barbera and Filmation.{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2004: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2005 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786421039 |page=363 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHvGCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Katena+Ktenavea%22&pg=PA363 |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=en}} ==Personal life== ===Death=== On October 22, 2004, Victor died after suffering a stroke.{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Stephen |title=The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 16 |date=2012 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=9781780337135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TtzABAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Katena+Ktenavea%22&pg=PT388 |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=en}} Her gravesite is at [Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery](/source/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Hollywood_Hills)) in Los Angeles.{{cite book|last1=Ellenberger|first1=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786450190|pages=79–80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Leon+Ames%22+actor&pg=PA80|access-date=5 February 2018|language=en}}{{irrelevant citation|reason=Katherine Victor is not in this source by any name and it was published before she died|date=May 2025}} ===Papers=== Victor's papers (1943–2002) are housed at the [Margaret Herrick Library](/source/Margaret_Herrick_Library) in Beverly Hills, California.{{cite web |title=Kathrin Victor papers |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8125vz9/ |website=Online Archive of California |access-date=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920234757/https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8125vz9/ |archive-date=20 September 2018}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|id=0896124|name=Katherine Victor}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Victor, Katherine}} Category:1923 births Category:2004 deaths Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Actresses from Los Angeles Category:21st-century American women {{US-film-actor-1920s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Katherine Victor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Victor) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Victor?action=history)). 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