Catherine Oxenberg Movies
Icy blonde actress Catherine Oxenberg is the American-born daughter of Yugoslavia's Princess Elizabeth. Befitting her breeding and bearing, Catherine was cast as Lady Di in the 1982 TV-movie biopic Royal Romance of Charles and Diana--and, bringing things full circle, she repeated the role in 1992's Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After. She also essayed the Audrey Hepburn "princess" role in the 1987 remake of Roman Holiday--a bit of "stunt casting" that did not meet with universal approval. Catherine's theatrical film credits are sparse but memorable; those with a fetishist bent may get a rush from her near-nude bondage sequence in Ken Russell's Lair of the White Worm (1988). Most televiewers will remember Catherine Oxenberg as Amanda Carrington, long-lost daughter of Alexis Carrington (Joan Collins),in the prime time serial Dynasty (the 1984-85 "wedding massacre" season); and as British secret agent Ashley Hunter-Caddington in the 1993 syndicated weekly Acapulco H.E.A.T.. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide- 1987
All the charm and joie de vivre of the 1953 Gregory Peck/Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday is purged from this hollow TV remake. The stunning but lifeless Catherine Oxenberg assumes the Hepburn role of a young princess who escapes the protocol of court life for a romantic fling in Rome. Tom Conti stands in for Gregory Peck as the American journalist who falls in love with the Princess. Ed Begley Jr. takes over Eddie Albert's part of the eccentric photojournalist who acts as comic relief to the leads. Heading the list of mistakes committed in this remake is the fact that Oxenberg behaves more like a bored Danielle Steele character than the impressionable, virginal heroine of the original. Rome may be eternal, but the 1987 Roman Holiday is terminal. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Conti, Catherine Oxenberg, (more)
- 1986
This 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Catherine Oxenberg and Paul Simon and features musical guest Ladysmith Black Mambazo. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Simon, (more)
- 1984
"She's the world's sexiest photographer! He's fashion's hottest model!" And Cover-Up was one of the most over-hyped TV series of the 1984-85 season. Introduced in this 2-hour pilot film are Jennifer O'Neill as fashion photographer Dani Reynolds, who spends most of her waking hours as an undercover spy, an Jon Erik-Hexum as Mac Harper, the ex-Green Beret posing as Dani's top model. Together, the two agents investigate the murder of Dani's husband, a high-ranking diplomat. Premiering September 22, 1984, Cover-Up ran until July 6, 1985, by which time Jon-Erik Hexum, having died in a freak on-set accident, had been replaced by Antony Hamilton as Jack Striker. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1982
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana was one of two 1982 TV movies inspired by the 1981 wedding of the Prince of Wales--and, like the competing Charles and Diana: A Royal Love Story was all glitter and no substance. Christopher Baines plays Prince Charles like a Monty Python imitation, while Catherine Oxenberg, a cousin of the real Charles, is decorative as Lady Diana Spencer. This leaves the real acting in the hands of Dana Wynter as Queen Elizabeth, Olivia De Havilland as the Queen Mother, and Stewart Granger as Prince Philip (if you must know, the ever-popular John Hadden portrays Prince Andrew). The fact that Catherine Oxenberg was a blood relative of the Prince of Wales did not prevent her from starring in the 1992 "sequel," Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (We need not go into the shabby history of the Royals in this essay. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
