The House That Dripped Blood

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.

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Ingrid Pitt

Actresses, Hammer Hotties No Responses »

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:
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