British actress Kate O'Mara, star of TV series "Dynasty" has died at age 74

British actress Kate O'Mara, star of TV series "Dynasty", as well as numerous other television projects, has died at age 74. Sad news, her agent said.

Kate died after a short illness in one of the nursing homes in the south of England.

O'Mara television career beginning in the 1960s. World fame came to her in 1980, after the start of the air of "Dynasty." She played Cassandra Morrell, sister heroine Joan Collins.

Also, viewers remember Kate works in the original version of the show "Doctor Who" in the show Howards' Way (1985-1990) and the comedy "Nice to live not forbid" ( she went on the air in 1992).

One of the last roles the actress - in a play based on the novel by Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile." The premiere took place in 2012.

Kate was married three times, and all three marriages ended in divorce. She had two children. Two years ago, she suffered a terrible tragedy - her younger son committed suicide.