Ava Cadell | |
Birth Name: | Ildiko Eva Csath |
Birth Date: | 15 June 1956 |
Birth Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
Occupation: | sexologist, media therapist, author, speaker, producer |
Years Active: | 1974–present |
Spouse: | Peter Knecht (1992-2014) (his death) |
Ava Cadell (born Ildiko Eva Csath; June 15, 1956) is a former actress, writer, producer and currently a therapist and speaker on issues of sexuality.[1] [2]
Ava Cadell has a doctorate in human behavior from Newport University (California) and a doctorate of education in human sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco. She then embarked upon teaching, writing and lecturing, based out of Los Angeles. Through her private practice, Cadell counsels individuals and couples on personal issues including infidelity, orgasm barriers, performance problems, sexual compulsion, parental concerns, power struggles,[3] anger management, fear of intimacy, lack of communication and lack of desire.[4]
Cadell was married to Los Angeles area criminal defense attorney Peter Knecht from 1992 until his death. She had a stepson and a stepdaughter, Chance and Courtney, in addition to a stepgrandson. Knecht died on October 3, 2014, at his home in California from cancer.[5]
1998 | Ava | Director: Andy Sidaris | |
1993 | Fit to Kill | Ava | Director: Andy Sidaris |
1993 | Amore! | Mrs. Scarborough | Director: Lorenzo Doumani |
1992 | Hard Hunted | Ava | Director: Andy Sidaris |
1992 | Lunch Box | Maggie Dancer | Director: Yusuf Khan |
1991 | Do or Die | Ava | Director: Andy Sidaris |
1991 | The Master Demon | Jan | Director: Samuel Oldham |
1988 | Not of this Earth | Second Hooker | |
1985 | Into the Night | Club Hostess | |
1985 | Commando | Girl in Bed at Motel | |
1984 | Jungle Warriors | Didi Belair | Director: Ernst R. von Theumer |
1983 | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | Blonde | Director: Dick Lowry |
1981 | History of the World, Part I | French Girl | Director: Mel Brooks |
1979 | Outer Touch | Partha | Director: Norman J. Warren |
1979 | The Golden Lady | Anita | |
1978 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Marsha | Director: Paul Morrissey |
1975 | The Ups and Downs of a Handyman | Schoolgirl | |
1974 | Confessions of a Sex Maniac | Ava | |
1974 | Jolly Hockey Sticks | ||
1974 | Confessions of a Window Cleaner | Naked College Girl |