Katherine Victor

Katherine Victor
Katherine Victor in Teenage Zombies.jpg
Victor in Teenage Zombies (1960)
Born
Katena Ktenavea

(1923-08-18)August 18, 1923
DiedOctober 22, 2004(2004-10-22) (aged 81)
West Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
Other namesKatina Vea
OccupationActress
Years active1953–2004

Katherine Victor (born Katena Ktenavea; August 18, 1923 – October 22, 2004) was an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in Ron Ormond's Mesa of Lost Women (1953) and Jerry Warren films. She was also known as Katina Vea.

Early years

Victor was born in the Hell's Kitchen, 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. Her film debut came in Mesa of Lost Women (1953).

Victor's work for Warren included Teenage Zombies (1959), Creature of the Walking Dead (1965), House of the Black Death (1965), The Wild World of Batwoman (1966), and Frankenstein Island (1981). She also co-starred in The Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960), directed by Phil Tucker.

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 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 (1996), directed by Fred Olen Ray, and a role as Mary Jo Trent in Superguy: Behind the Cape (2004). She also worked in various capacities (generally as continuity director) on a number of Disney animated films and cartoons and productions of other studios.

Personal life

Death

On October 22, 2004, Victor died after suffering a stroke. Her gravesite is at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Papers

Victor's papers (1943โ€“2002) are housed at the Margaret Herrick Library in Beverly Hills, California.



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