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Joanna Lumley

Sep 252009

After bit parts in films such as On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) and The House That Dripped Blood (1970), Joanna Lumley landed a starring role in the Hammer Studios production The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974) as Jessica Van Helsing, appearing with both Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. She appeared in both Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), as well as providing character voices for such films as James and The Giant Peach (1996) and Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride (2006). Since 1992, she has been enjoying renewed popularity as “Patsy Stone”, one of the main characters in the British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous.

Joanna Lumley

Birthdate: May 1, 1946
Birthplace: Srinagar, India
Height: ?

Notes:
Still a busy actress, Joanna Lumley is also an ardent campaigner for animal rights.

Playboy Appearances:
Nope.

Official Website: Nope.

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Madeline Smith

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Sep 252009

Easily our choice for “Best Eyes” of the Hammer Girls, Madeline Smith launched her screen career with a small part in the 1970 sex romp Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You, appearing with fellow Hammer Girl Veronica Carlson. The following year, she appeared in two films for Hammer Studios: as “Dolly” in Taste The Blood of Dracula (opposite Christopher Lee), and as “Emma Morton” in The Vampire Lovers (opposite Peter Cushing). In 1973, she appeared with Vincent Price in Theatre of Blood, and joined the ranks of the Bond Girls as “Miss Caruso” in Live and Let Die, with Roger Moore as James Bond. A year later, she returned to Hammer, starring with David Prowse and reunited with Peter Cushing in Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell.

Madeline Smith

Birthdate: August 2, 1949
Birthplace: Hartfield, England
Height: 5’5″

Notes:
Madeline Smith retired from acting in 1984, but makes periodic convention appearances for her fans.

Playboy Appearances:
Nope.

Official Website: Nope.

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Jenny Hanley

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Sep 252009

Jenny Hanley appeared briefly in the 1969 James Bond flick On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, then got a starring role opposite Christopher Lee a year later in the Hammer Studios production Scars of Dracula (1970). After a handful of other film and television roles throughout the 1970′s, she retired from acting in 1980.

Jenny Hanley

Birthdate: August 15, 1947
Birthplace: Gerrards Cross, England
Height: ?

Notes:
Her best-remembered role is as one of the hosts of the children’s television show Magpie from 1974 until 1980.

Playboy Appearances:
None.

Official Website: Nope.

Caroline Munro

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Sep 242009

British actress Caroline Munro has shared the screen with nearly all of the giants of 60′s-70′s horror cinema. She appeared with Vincent Price in the 1971 film The Abominable Dr. Phibes. The following year she appeared with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in Dracula A.D. 1972. She also appeared in the Hammer productions Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) and The Devil Within Her (1975), and then reunited with Peter Cushing for the film At The Earth’s Core (1976). A year later, she starred opposite Roger Moore as Bond Girl Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and finally got a starring role two years later as “Stella Star” in the film Starcrash (aka The Adventures of Stella Star). She semi-retired from acting in the late 80′s to concentrate on her family, but has recently returned to the work she loves, appearing in Flesh For The Beast (2003), The Absence of Light (2004), and Domestic Strangers (2005).

Caroline Munro

Birthdate: January 16, 1950
Birthplace: Windsor, England
Height: 5’7″

Notes:
Caroline Munro has appeared in two music videos: Adam Ant’s “Goody Two Shoes”, and Meatloaf’s “If I Really Want To”.

Playboy Appearances:
None.

Official Website

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Honor Blackman

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Sep 242009

Her only appearance in a Hammer Horror film was with Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, and Nastassja Kinski in the 1976 film To The Devil…A Daughter. She had made a splash with James Bond fans a decade earlier with a starring role as “Pussy Galore” in Goldfinger (1964). Other notable roles include the early Richard Donner film Twinky (1969), with Charles Bronson, Jason and the Argonauts (1963), and the 1958 Titanic disaster movie A Night To Remember. In addition, she appeared frequently on television, in shows such as Doctor Who, The Saint, The Avengers, and The Invisible Man. Now in her eighties, she continues to act in films, theatre, and television.

Honor Blackman

Birthdate: December 12, 1927
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5’6″

Notes:
Empire Magazine named her #51 in their 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History list in 1995. She works for FairTrade, an organization that defends the rights of third world producers.

Playboy Appearances:
None.

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Julie Ege

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Sep 242009

Julie Ege starred in the Hammer film Creatures The World Forgot in 1971. She was also a Bond Girl, playing a bit part credited as “The Scandinavian Girl” in 1969′s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Other notable performances include The Amorous Milkman and The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (both in 1974). She worked as a registered nurse in a hospital in Oslo, Norway until her death in 2008.

Julie Ege

Birthdate: November 12, 1943
Birthplace: Sandnes, Norway
Height: ?
Deathdate: April 29, 2008
Deathplace: Oslo, Norway
Cause of Death: Breast Cancer
Notes:
Her real name was Julie Dzuli. She was Miss Norway in 1965.

Playboy Appearances:
None, but she did appear in Penthouse.

Official Website: She used to, but it is now shut down.

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Valerie Leon

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Sep 242009

Valerie Leon was known mostly for small roles in the British “Carry On” series of films, appearing in seven of them. Leon only ended up doing one film for Hammer Studios: 1971′s Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb. Unfortunately, the film was doomed from the start. Original director Seth Holt died from a heart attack, and Peter Cushing, the original star of the film, had to leave due to the serious illness of his wife. However, Leon’s gorgeous dual-role in the film makes it a worthwhile entry in Hammer’s series of mummy-themed films.

Valerie Leon

Birthdate: November 12, 1945
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5’11″

Notes:
Leon appeared in the Roger Moore James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977 (with fellow Hammer Girl Caroline Munro), and later also went on to a small role in Sean Connery’s 1983 Bond reprisal Never Say Never Again. She currently runs her own production company, but still does some acting on the side. A pictorial biography was released in 1995, called Everything But The Nipple.

Playboy Appearances:
Leon prides herself on having never appeared nude, in either films or photographs. She maintains that a body double was used for the nude scene in Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb, according to an interview with Tim Greaves in the film magazine Little Shoppe of Horrors (issue 12).

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Ingrid Pitt

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Sep 242009

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 continued to act, and regularly made appearances at horror conventions, until her death in 2010.

Ingrid Pitt

Birthdate: November 21, 1937
Birthplace: Poland
Height: ?
Deathdate: November 23, 2010
Deathplace: London, England
Cause of Death: Heart Failure

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

Playboy Appearances:
None that we could find.

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Ursula Andress

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Sep 242009

Ursula Andress started acting at the age of 18, in 1954. She has shared the screen with the likes of Boris Karloff, Sean Connery, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Charles Bronson, and Peter Sellers. She was the first Bond Girl, appearing as “Honey Rider” in the 1962 film Dr. No. Her only contribution to Hammer Films was in the 1965 flick She (as in, She who must be obeyed).