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Lesley-Anne Down

Best-known for her soap opera work, Lesley-Anne Down appeared in the 1971 Hammer Studios production Countess Dracula, with Ingrid Pitt. Other roles include School For Unclaimed Girls (1969), From Beyond The Grave (1973),  Munchie Strikes Back (1994), Death Wish V (1994), and, one of our favorites, playing a hooker nurse in the Rodney Dangerfield comedy Meet Wally Sparks (1997).

Lesley-Anne Down

Lesley-Anne Down

Birthdate: March 17, 1954
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5′4-and-a-half”

Notes:
Lesley-Anne Down started modeling at the age of 10, and dropped out of school at the age of 12. She was married to William Friedkin, the director of The French Connection and The Exorcist, from 1982 until 1985.

Ingrid Pitt

Ingrid Pitt is known as one of Hammer’s most seductive female vampires. She appeared in three Hammer horror films: The House That Dripped Blood (1970), The Vampire Lovers (1970), and Countess Dracula (1971). She also appeared in The Wicker Man (1973), and was the voice of the Galley Mistress in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983). She continues to act, and regularly makes appearances at horror conventions.

Ingrid Pitt

Ingrid Pitt

Birthdate: November 21, 1937
Birthplace: Poland
Height: ?

Notes:
She was born Ingoushka Petrov. Ingrid spent part of World War II in a German concentration camp. She has authored several books, including Life’s A Scream, her autobiography.

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