Barbara Kellerman

Barbara Kellerman (born 30 December 1949 in Manchester; surname at birth: Kellermann) is an English actress, noted for her film and television roles. She trained at Rose Bruford College. Kellerman's Jewish parents hadfled Nazi Germany and settled in Leeds. Her father was an academic physicist and her mother was as

enior teacher of modern foreign languages. Kellerman has a younger brother and a younger sister.Career

Kellerman's film credits include: Satan's Slave, The Monster Club and The Sea Wolves.Her television appearances include: Space: 1999, The Glittering Prizes, 1990, The Professionals, The Mad Death, Quatermass and The Chronicles of Narnia (TV miniseries). She played the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Old Hag (Narnian Hag ) in Prince Caspian in 1989, and continued on to be Lady of the Green Kirtle in The Silver Chair. On the radio, she portrayed Modesty Blaise in a 1978 BBC World Service adaptation of the novel Last Day in Limbo. She made a 20-minute drama for With Light Productions in 2007 for director Anita Parry entitled The Lights of Santa Cruz. It co-starred Christian Rodska and was the story of two middle-aged divorcees doing up a boat on the Somerset coast. It was filmed in Watchet, Somerset (a small shipping port on the south west coast of England) over a four-day period, mostly on a refitted Swedish fishing boat, the Josefine. The film was entered into Bristol's Brief Encounters festival and is currently looking for distribution.

Select roles

Kellerman is best known for her work in the 1988 BBC adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as the White Witch. She also played an old hag in Prince Caspian and finally playing the Green Lady in The Silver Chair. Before appearing in The Chronicles of Narnia, Kellerman played a German spy in The Sea Wolves, opposite Roger Moore.
 * The Chronicles of Narnia
 * The Sea Wolves

Personal life

She is a former wife of Robin Scobey (1975-?). She is romantically linked to actor Christian Rodska [citation needed].

Filmography

The Lights of Santa Cruz (2007, short film) as Beth

Monsignor Renard (3 episodes, 2000) as Mme Dufosse

The Bill (1 episode, 1998)

The Chronicles of Narnia (1988–90) as The White Witch, Narnian Hag and the Lady of the Green Kirtle

Lytton's Diary (5 episodes, 1986) as Helena

My Brother Jonathan (1985) (TV) as Rachel Hammond

Morte d'Arthur (1984) (TV) as Queen Guinevere

Storyboard (1 episode, 1983)

The Mad Death (1983) as Anne Maitland

Number 10 (1 episode, 1983) as Frances Stevenson

Living Apart Together (1982) as Amy

Hammer House of Horror (1 episode, 1980) as Laurie Morton

The Sea Wolves (1980) as Mrs. Cromwell

Lady Killers (1 episode, 1980) as Madame Marie Fahmy

BBC2 Playhouse (1 episode, 1980)

The Monster Club (1980) as Angela

The Professionals (1 episode, 1979) as Sylvie

Quatermass (2 episodes, 1979) as Clare Kapp

S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV) as Passenger

Crown Court (1 episode, 1979) as Miranda Buckingham

BBC Television Shakespeare - The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight (1979) (TV) as Anne

Boleyn

The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) as Clare Kapp

1990 (8 episodes, 1977) as Delly Lomas

Satan's Slave (1976) as Frances

The Crezz (1 episode, 1976) as Alexandra Tuke

Victorian Scandals (1 episode, 1976) as Jane Brookfield

BBC Play of the Month (1 episode, 1976) as Jacqueline Maingot

The Glittering Prizes (4 episodes, 1976) as Barbara Morris

A Pitcher of Snakes (1976) (TV)

Space: 1999 (1 episode, 1975) as Dr. Monique Bouchere

General Hospital (unknown episodes, 1974) as Nurse Laura Hardy

Marked Personal (2 episodes, 1974) as Jane Wright

John Halifax, Gentleman (1974) as Louise

Wessex Tales (1 episode,1973) as Nanny

On the House (1 episode, 1971) as Maureen

How We Used to Live (1 episode, 1969) as Girl

Barbara Kellerman also appeared on the morning edition of BBC News on 11 November 1988 with actress Sophie Wilcox, just before The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe went on air. This clip is shown on the BBC The Chronicles of Narnia DVD boxed set on bonus disc.