Anouska Hempel

Anouska Hempel, Lady Weinberg (born December 1941) is a New Zealand-born film and television actress turned hotelier and interior designer. She is sometimes credited as Anoushka Hempel. Early life Hempel is of Russian and Swiss German ancestry and has speculated that she was born on a boat en route from Papua New Guinea to New Zealand. Her family emigrated to New Zealand where she was born. They later moved to Cronulla, south of Sydney in Australia, where her father owned a garage. As a teenager in the mid-1950s, Hempel attended Sutherland High School. In 1962, she moved to England carrying only £10. Acting Hempel's first film appearance was in the Hammer Horror film The Kiss of the Vampire (1963). In 1969, she appeared in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service as one of the "angels of death". Thereafter, she appeared in several films including Scars of Dracula (1970), The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971), Go for a Take (1972), Tiffany Jones (1973), Russ Meyer's controversial, soft pornographic film Black Snake (1973), Double Exposure (1977), and Lady Oscar (1979). In the 1970s, Hempel appeared in one episode of the BBC series The Lotus Eaters. She appeared in the science-fiction TV series' UFO ("Mindbender", 1970) and Space: 1999 ("The Metamorph", 1976). During her career as an actress, she appeared as a regular panellist alongside Patrick Mower for two series of the murder mystery game show Whodunnit?, between 1975 and 1976. Partial filmography On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) – The Australian Girl The Breaking of Bumbo (1970) – Debutante Scars of Dracula (1970) – Tania UFO (1970) – Tamara Paulson The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) – Blonde (segment "Lust") Carry on at Your Convenience (1971) – New Canteen Girl (uncredited) Go for a Take (1972) – Suzi Eckmann Black Snake (1973) – Lady Susan Walker Tiffany Jones (1973) – Tiffany Jones The Doll (BBC short serial) (1975)- Phyllis Du SalleDouble Exposure (1977) – SimoneLady Oscar (1979) – Jeanne Vallois / Jeanne de la Motte