Kate O'Mara as the Rani in Doctor Who

Kate O'Mara (born August 10, 1939 in Leicester) is an English actress. Image File history File links Kate OMara as the Rani, from Doctor Who This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organisation to promote their works in the media. ... Image File history File links Kate OMara as the Rani, from Doctor Who This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organisation to promote their works in the media. ... The Rani is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the East Midlands of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

Although she was one of Hammer Studio's Glamour Girls (The Vampire Lovers, The Horror of Frankenstein), O'Mara these days is best known for her work in television series. Prominent roles in dramas such as The Brothers (as Jane Maxwell), Triangle (as Katherine Laker) and Howards' Way (as Laura Wilde) has seen O'Mara carve a niche for herself as a determined "ball-breaking" female on television. She also played a memorable villainess, the Rani, in the science fiction series Doctor Who, The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Hammer Horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Polish actress Ingrid Pitt and Kate OMara. ... The Horror of Frankenstein is a 1970 film by Hammer Film Productions that is both a semi-parody and remake of the 1957 film The Curse of Frankenstein. ... The Brothers is a British television series, produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976. ... Triangle was a BBC television soap opera of the 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry. ... Howards Way was a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted between 1985 and 1990. ... The Rani is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ...

O'Mara also has a history of playing siblings to established characters in two major TV series. She played Caress Morell, the scheming sister of Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan, in the American soap opera, Dynasty; and Jackie Stone, the "fabulous on an international scale" glamorous sister of Patsy, in Absolutely Fabulous. Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12th, 1981 to May 10th, 1989. ... Absolutely Fabulous was a British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders, and co-starring Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha. ...

In 1989 O'Mara Starred in the Popular British Soap "Howards Way" as Laura Wilde, The show was ridiculed for being like Dynasty which O'Mara Starred in Previously. O' Mara Stayed with the show until it was finally Axed in 1990.

O'Mara is also an author and has published a range of autobiographical books (Vamp Until Ready, Game Plan: A Woman's Survival Kit) as well as novels (When She Was Bad, Good Time Girl).

On radio, O'Mara made a guest appearance in the radio comedy series Nebulous in 2006. Nebulous is a science fiction comedy set in the year 2099 that premiered on BBC Radio 4 on 6 January till the end of the first series on 10 February 2005, written by Graham Duff and directed by Nicholas Briggs. ...

Filmography

• The saint (TV series) 1965
• The champions (episode "to catch a rat") (tv series)1968
• The avengers (episode "stay tuned")(tv series)1968
• Weavers Green (TV Series)
• Corruption (1967)
• The Limbo Line (1968)
• Promenade (1968)
• Great Catherine (1968)
• The Desperados (1969)
• The Main Chance (TV Series)
• The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
• The Vampire Lovers (1970)
• The Brothers (TV series)
• Clouds of Witness (1972) (TV mini-series)
• Whose Child Am I? (1974)
• The Tamarind Seed (1974)
• Machinegunner (1976) (TV)
• The Nativity (1978) (TV)
• Tuntematon ystävä (1978)
• The Plank (1979) (TV)
• Triangle (TV series)
• Doctor Who (1985,1987,1993) (TV series)

. Weavers Green is a British television soap opera, made in 1966 for ITV by Anglia Television. ... The Horror of Frankenstein is a 1970 film by Hammer Film Productions that is both a semi-parody and remake of the 1957 film The Curse of Frankenstein. ... The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Hammer Horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Polish actress Ingrid Pitt and Kate OMara. ... The Brothers is a British television series, produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976. ... Triangle was a BBC television soap opera of the 1980s, set aboard a North Sea ferry. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ...

• Dynasty (TV series)
• Howards' Way (TV series)
• Absolutely Fabulous (TV series)
• The Road to Ithaca (1999)
• Bad Girls (TV series)
• Crossroads (TV series)
• Family Affairs (TV series)

Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12th, 1981 to May 10th, 1989. ... Howards Way was a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted between 1985 and 1990. ... Absolutely Fabulous was a British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Saunders, and co-starring Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha. ... Bad Girls is a British drama series showed on ITV1. ... Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham, England. ... Family Affairs was a British soap opera. ...

External links

• Kate O'Mara at the Internet Movie Database
• Kate O'Mara info from the Hammer Glamour site