ACTOR
Catherine Oxenberg
- Known for
- The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
17 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Catherine Oxenberg is an actor best known for The Lair of the White Worm.
17 Interesting Facts About Catherine Oxenberg
Interesting Facts (10)
- #001
She was named after her ancestor Catherine the Great (Empress Catherine II, Tsarina of Russia).
- #002
Casper Van Dien gave her an 8.3-carat diamond engagement ring with 92 yellow diamonds set around the band.
- #003
She had a brief romance with John Kerry, who served as US Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017.
- #004
When she was not appearing regularly on the series Dynasty (1981), she continued to work as a model.
- #005
Her parents were Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Howard Oxenberg, a New York clothing manufacturer.
- #006
(26 September 2015) Her second husband of 16 years, Casper Van Dien, filed for divorce from her earlier this week.
- #007
Catherine Oxenberg is 7 years older than her second husband, Casper Van Dien.
- #008
Catherine Oxenberg has a daughter named Amanda, and she played a character named Amanda on the original Dynasty soap opera.
- #009
Catherine Oxenberg is friends with Marci Shimoff and Olivia Hussey, and is a good friend of Brooke Langton.
- #010
Catherine Oxenberg wears a size 7 shoe.
Life & Family (7)
- #011
Her marriage to Robert Evans in 1998 lasted 9 days.
- #012
In 1999 she married Casper Van Dien in Las Vegas, with a minister dressed as Elvis Presley officiating. They later held an Indian ceremony under the guidance of an Indian saint named Amma.
- #013
In 1979 she graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire.
- #014
On 3 October 2003, at the age of 42, she gave birth to her third child, a daughter named Celeste Alma Van Dien (aka Celeste Van Dien). The child's father is her second husband, Casper Van Dien.
- #015
On 20 September 2001, in Los Angeles, CA, at the age of 39, she gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Amanda Maya Van Dien (aka Maya Van Dien). The child's father is her second husband, Casper Van Dien.
- #016
She gave birth to her first child, a daughter named India Riven Oxenberg (aka India Oxenberg), on 7 June 1991 at the age of 29. In 2017 it became known that the father was William Weitz Shaffer.
- #017
Catherine Oxenberg is a cousin of Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, a former jewelry expert at Sotheby's.
Sources & editorial notes
Reference databases
- IMDb
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