Katya Wyeth (born 1 January 1948) is a former model and actress notable for her roles in several classic horror films of the early 1970s. She married British actor Michael Bangerter, with whom she had two children.
Early on, credited as Kathja Wyeth, she began her theatre career as a stage manager at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, from 1966-67. In 1968, she made her West End debut as Lucienne in a revival of the Alan Melville play Dear Charles. Then, in 1971, she appeared in Rabelais at the London Roundhouse, directed by Jean-Louis Barrault.
On-screen, she frolicked with Alex (Malcolm MacDowell) in the ‘Ascot fantasy’ sequence that closes A Clockwork Orange. She also appeared in two first-season episodes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, as a hostess on the TV quiz show The Sky’s the Limit, in the 1973 Play for Today Shakespeare or Bust, and episodes of Special Branch and The Sweeney.
Her appearances for Hammer Film Productions include Hands of the Ripper and Straight on Till Morning, but she is probably best remembered as Countess Mircalla in Twins of Evil, another film for the same company.
Selected filmography:
Inspector Clouseau (1968; as Kathja Wyeth)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (TV series) (1969; as Katya Wyeth in Owl Stretching Time, Kathja Wyeth in Full Frontal Nudity)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Twins of Evil (1971)
Straight on Till Morning (1972)
Kindly Leave the Kerb (1971 TV series)
Burke & Hare (1972; as Katya Wyath)
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
Got It Made (1974)
I’m Not Feeling Myself Tonight (1976)
No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977)
