Annette Carell

Annette Karen Carell (variously Carrell; born Anneliese Erlanger; 7 January 1926 – 20 October 1967) was a German-born American actress of stage, screen, and television who lived in the United States and Britain at various stages of her career. She appeared in American, British, and German films, plays, and television series, including Beyond the Curtain, No Hiding Place, The Prisoner, The Avengers, Out of the Unknown, Our Mother's House, and Z-Cars.

Biography Early life Carell was born Anneliese Erlanger in Nuremberg, Bavaria, the daughter of Stephen (Stefan) Erlanger and Lilly Kromwell. Her family was Jewish, and left Nazi Germany for England in the late 1930s. In 1942 the family emigrated from England to the United States, While acting in Germany in the early 1950s, she adopted the stage name Carell. Her most prominent film role was probably in the German-shot Martin Luther (1953) as Luther's wife, Katherine von Bora. Our Mother's House (1967), and The Vulture (1967).

Personal life Carell married expatriate British playwright Gerald Savory in New Jersey on 1 September 1953. They returned to England from the U.S. in 1956; the couple had no children.

Carell died of a barbiturate overdose at her home in London on 20 October 1967, in what was ruled a suicide.

Filmography Films Year Production Role Notes 1952 The Sergeant's Daughter (Der Grosse Zapfenstreich) Bettina von Laufen 1953 Martin Luther Katherine von Bora 1960 Beyond the Curtain Governor 1960 The Tell-Tale Heart Betty's Landlady 1961 Wings of Death Marie Short film 1961 Return of a Stranger Matron 1961 Two Wives at One Wedding Maria 1965 Darling Billie Castiglione 1967 The Vulture Ellen West 1967 Our Mother's House Mother

Television Year Production Role Notes 1956 Armchair Theatre Madame Klost Episode: "The Outsider" 1957 The Queen and the Rebels Elizabetta TV film 1957 BBC Sunday Night Theatre Princess Caroline of Brunswick Episode: "The Lass of Richmond Hill" 1957 ITV Television Playhouse Maria Kovali Episode: "Who Killed Kovali?" 1957 Hour of Mystery Helen Webster Episode: "Sound Alibi" 1958 Television World Theatre Sick Girl Episode: "The Captain of Koepenick" 1958 Saturday Playhouse Anna Kirsten Episode: "So Many Children" 1959 Love and Mr Lewisham Miss Alice Heydinger 5 episodes 1959 Bleak House Mademoiselle Hortense 5 episodes 1960 International Detective Rose Di Marco Episode: "The Raffael Case" 1960 No Hiding Place Claudine van Buren Episode: "Bed of Roses" 1960 Maigret Sylvie Episode: "Liberty Bar" 1961 One Step Beyond Frieda Hessler Episode: "The Prisoner" 1961 ITV Play of the Week Margery Bellows Episode: "The Burden of Proof" 1961 Emergency Ward 10 Elaine Carr 4 episodes 1962 Dixon of Dock Green Ada Jones Episode: "A Special Kind of Jones" 1962 The Six Proud Walkers Miss. Manson 2 episodes 1962 Outbreak of Murder Sugar Bayliss 2 episodes 1962 Compact Madame Roussin 4 episodes 1963 The Human Jungle Laurie Winters Episode: "The Flip Side Man" 1963 The Scales of Justice Mrs. Joyce Warren Episode: "The Invisible Asset" 1963–1965 CraneUnknown Giulia Bauer 2 episodes: "A Death of No Importance" (1963) "The Man in the Gold Waistcoat" (1965) 1964 Sergeant Cork Clara Lancing Episode: "The Case of the Six Suspects" 1965 The Saint Katerina Episode: "The Persistent Parasites" 1965 Buddenbrooks Gerda TV mini-series 1965 BBC Play of the Month Hansi Brand Episode: "The Joel Brand Story" 1965 The Man Who Never Was Kaeth Van Zeeland Episode: "Search for a Bent Twig" 1966 Out of the Unknown Emma Bowles Episode: "The Fastest Draw" 1967 Adam Adamant Lives! Monique Episode: "Conspiracy of Death" 1967 The Avengers Dr. Voss Episode: "The Fear Merchants" 1967 The Baron Eleanor Saumarez Episode: "Long Ago and Far Away" 1967 Z-Cars Nina Papadopoulos Double episode: "Who Said Anything About the Law?" 1967 Theatre 625 Anna Episode: "Firebrand" 1967 The Prisoner 'B' Episode: "A. B. and C." 1967 Man in a Suitcase Gilchrist Episode: "The Girl Who Never Was" 1967 The Informer Moira Hepworth Episode: "Your Money or Your Life"