Katherina Freiin Schell von Bauschlott (born July 17, 1944) is a Hungarian-born actress who rose to fame in various British film and television productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She acted under the name Catherine von Schell early in her career, but is best known by the name Catherine Schell.
Under the name Catherine von Schell she made her film debut in 1964 as the title character in the little-known German-language film Lana: Queen of the Amazons (AKA “Lana – Königin der Amazonen”).
In 1969, she appeared as Bond girl Nancy in the George Lazenby James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and as Clementine Taplin in the sci-fi thriller Moon Zero Two.
In 1972, she appeared for the first time under the name Catherine Schell in Madame Sin, an American television film starring Bette Davis. In 1975 she appeared for the first time under the name Catherine Schell in the Peter Sellers comedy The Return of the Pink Panther, playing Lady Claudine Litton.