Catherine Schell (born Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott, 17 July 1944 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born actress who came to prominence in British film and television productions from the 1960s onwards. A former Bond girl, she worked with Peter Sellers on two films, appeared in a Doctor Who serial (City of Death, 1979) and had a regular role in season two of Space: 1999 (1976).\n', 'Schell\'s father, Baron Paul Schell von Bauschlott, was a Hungarian diplomat; her mother was Countess Katharina Maria Etelka Georgina Elisabeth Teleki de Szék. At the start of the Second World War, her parents\' estates were confiscated by the Nazis. "Schell" is the family name, while "von Bauschlott" indicates the place in Germany where the Schell family owned its main estate.\n', 'Fleeing Hungary in advance of the Soviets and communism, the family lived in poverty until 1948, finding asylum in Austria: first in Vienna, then in Salzburg. In 1950, the family emigrated to the United States, where Schell\'s father acquired American citizenship.\n', '

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