Kätherose Derr was born on February 22, 1938 in Wiesbaden, Nazi Germany. She was best known for starring in the James Bond movies “You Only Live Twice” (1967) and the Alfred Hitchcock movie “Topaz” (1969).
She appeared in German movies adapted from the works of Edgar Wallace (Krimis from Kriminalfilm) and Karl May Winnetou films. These two-film series were mainly directed by Harald Reinl, her first husband.
In 2008, she was in a Munich stage production, Man liebt nur dreimal ("You Only Love Thrice"). In later years, she performed mainly stage roles but still appeared in some films.
She was married three times: her last marriage was to George Robotham, an American stunt director, from 1988 until his death in 2007. The couple lived in Los Angeles and Munich. Her previous marriage was to Harald Reinl (1954–1968); the couple had a child Andreas Renell. In 1954, the year of their marriage, Dor was 16 years old, while Reinl was 46.
In July 2016, while vacationing in South Tyrol, Dor was knocked to the ground after being accidentally rammed by a woman with a stroller. The backwards fall onto concrete resulted in a gashing 4-cm head wound that had to be stitched in hospital. She lost her memory for the duration of an hour.
According to Dor, the doctors detected neither a brain concussion nor an intracranial injury. Only during rehearsals for the theatre play “Der Dressierte Mann” weeks after her fall did doctors realize her injuries were more serious than previously thought, as she began suffering from headaches and was often tired. Even months past the accident, the aftereffects were still present and Dor was not feeling up to her usual energetic self. Her attitude however remained positive and, despite her doctors advising against it, she continued working as an actress. Between October and November 2016, she appeared on stage every evening performing at the Komödie im Bayerischen Hof in Munich. By that time, she was already experiencing limited motor function in her right leg.
Suddenly, in January 2017, she relapsed. Her condition rapidly worsened in March 2017, and she was confined to a care home, where she ultimately died on November 6th, aged 79.
DOR, Karin (Kätherose Derr)
[2/22/1938, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany - 11/6/2017, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
(complications from a fall)] – theater, film, TV actress, married to director,
assistant director, writer, film editor, actor Harald Reinl [1908-1986]
(1954-1968) mother of actor Andreas Renell [1955- ], married to Günther Schmucker
(1972-1974), married to producer, director, writer, stuntman, actor
George Robotham [1921-2007] (1988-2007).
The Treasure of the Silver Lake - 1962 (Ellen Patterson)
Last of the Renegades - 1964 (Ribanna)
The Last Tomahawk – 1964 (Cora Munroe)
The Desperado Trail – 1965
The Man With the Long Gun - 1968 (Mabel Kingsley)
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