# Katherine Woodville (actress)

Katherine Woodville (born Catherine Woodville; 12 March 1938 – 5 June 2013) 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.

## 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. In the original Star Trek series, she played Natira in the episode "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" (1968). She guest-starred as Nedra in Season 2 Episode 12 of Kung Fu (1974), entitled "The Gunman". She appeared in two episodes of the TV series The Saint and in an episode of Gibbsville in 1976.

## Personal life

Woodville married three times: first to Avengers star Patrick Macnee and then to Jerrold Freedman, an American film and television director and novelist.
Her third marriage was to actor Edward Albert (son of Eddie Albert) from 1978 until his death in 2006. The couple had one child, a daughter, singer/songwriter and poet Tai Woodville.

## Death

Woodville retired from acting in 1979. She died of cancer on 5 June 2013 at the age of 75. Her ashes were sprinkled off Malibu, California at Point Dume.

## 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 |