Empress Catherine appears as a character in Lord Byron's unfinished mock-heroic poem Don Juan. The Empress is parodied in Offenbach's operetta La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (1867).Corleonis, Adrian. La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, operetta in 3 acts: Description. Allmusic.com, accessed 13 March 2021. Ernst Lubitsch's silent film Forbidden Paradise (1924) told the story of Catherine's romance with an officer. Marlene Dietrich portrayed Catherine the Great in the film The Scarlet Empress (1934). The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) is a film starring Elisabeth Bergner and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Lubitsch remade his 1924 silent film as the sound film A Royal Scandal (1945), also known as Czarina. Mae West published Catherine Was Great in 1944, starring in it then and in subsequent productions. Jeanne Moreau played a version of Catherine in the farce comedy film Great Catherine (1968). The Yugoslav new-wave band EKV (Ekaterina Velika) was named after Catherine. The British/Canadian/American TV miniseries Young Catherine (1991), starring Julia Ormond as Catherine and Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth, is based on Catherine's early life. Kristina Orbakaitė portrayed Catherine's journey to the throne as a side-plot in the Soviet film "Vivat, Gardes-Marines!!" (1991) The television film Catherine the Great (1995) stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Catherine and Jeanne Moreau as Empress Elizabeth. Actress Olga Antonova played the role of the Empress in the 2000 film The Captain's Daughter, based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. A teenage clone of Catherine the Great appears a recurring character in the American animated series Clone High (2002–2003), voiced by Murray Miller from "Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand" until "Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale", and depicted as dating a clone of Julius Caesar. In the series' 2023 revival, Miller was recast with Dannah Phirman, and depicted as now dating a clone of Genghis Khan. She was a subject in The Royal Diaries series in the book Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743–1745 by Kristiana Gregory. Her rise to power and reign are portrayed in the Russia-1 television series Ekaterina, which has been extended for a second season in 2017 and a third season in 2019. The Channel One Russia television series Catherine the Great was released in 2015. The song "Catherine the Great" from the album Foreverland by The Divine Comedy was released as a single on 24 June 2016. Catherine (portrayed by Meghan Tonjes) is featured in the web series Epic Rap Battles of History, in the episode "Alexander the Great vs. Ivan the Terrible" (12 July 2016), pitted against the titular characters, as well as Frederick the Great and Pompey the Great. The television miniseries Catherine the Great (2019) stars Helen Mirren. She was portrayed by Elle Fanning in the Hulu television series The Great (2020–2023). She appears as a leader of the Russian civilization in Civilization games II, III, Revolution, IV, V and VII.
Empress Catherine appears as a character in Lord Byron's unfinished mock-heroic poem Don Juan The Empress is parodied in Offenbach's operetta La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (1867)Corleonis Adrian La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein operetta in 3 acts Description Allmusiccom accessed 13 March 2021 Ernst Lubitsch's silent film Forbidden Paradise (1924) told the story of Catherine's romance with an officer Marlene Dietrich portrayed Catherine the Great in the film The Scarlet Empress (1934) The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) is a film starring Elisabeth Bergner and Douglas Fairbanks Jr Lubitsch remade his 1924 silent film as the sound film A Royal Scandal (1945) also known as Czarina Mae West published Catherine Was Great in 1944 starring in it then and in subsequent productions Jeanne Moreau played a version of Catherine in the farce comedy film Great Catherine (1968) The Yugoslav new-wave band EKV (Ekaterina Velika) was named after Catherine The British/Canadian/American TV miniseries Young Catherine (1991) starring Julia Ormond as Catherine and Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth is based on Catherine's early life Kristina Orbakaitė portrayed Catherine's journey to the throne as a side-plot in the Soviet film "Vivat Gardes-Marines" (1991) The television film Catherine the Great (1995) stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Catherine and Jeanne Moreau as Empress Elizabeth Actress Olga Antonova played the role of the Empress in the 2000 film The Captain's Daughter based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Pushkin A teenage clone of Catherine the Great appears a recurring character in the American animated series Clone High (2002–2003) voiced by Murray Miller from "Escape to Beer Mountain A Rope of Sand" until "Changes The Big Prom The Sex Romp The Season Finale" and depicted as dating a clone of Julius Caesar In the series' 2023 revival Miller was recast with Dannah Phirman and depicted as now dating a clone of Genghis Khan She was a subject in The Royal Diaries series in the book Catherine The Great Journey Russia 1743–1745 by Kristiana Gregory Her rise to power and reign are portrayed in the Russia-1 television series Ekaterina which has been extended for a second season in 2017 and a third season in 2019 The Channel One Russia television series Catherine the Great was released in 2015 The song "Catherine the Great" from the album Foreverland by The Divine Comedy was released as a single on 24 June 2016 Catherine (portrayed by Meghan Tonjes) is featured in the web series Epic Rap Battles of History in the episode "Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible" (12 July 2016) pitted against the titular characters as well as Frederick the Great and Pompey the Great The television miniseries Catherine the Great (2019) stars Helen Mirren She was portrayed by Elle Fanning in the Hulu television series The Great (2020–2023) She appears as a leader of the Russian civilization in Civilization games II III Revolution IV V and VII