R.I.P.: Ingrid Pitt

Ingrid Pitt

(nee Ingoushka Petrov)


21 November 1937 (Poland) to 23 November 2010 (London, England)

Survived by her daughter, Steffanie Pitt.

We will always remember her – and not just for her nude scenes!

Films of Note:

El sonido de la muerte / Sound of Horror
1964 (B&W cheese galore)
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Where Eagles Dare
1968 (classic war film)
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The Vampire Lovers
1970 (classic, lesbian-tinged horror – with Kate O’Mara)
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Countess Dracula
1971 (more classic, lesbian-tinged Hammer horror)
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The House that Dripped Blood
1971 (entertaining Amicus anthology film)
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Nobody Ordered Love
1972 (forgotten and possibly lost bad sleaze by the unsung master of fun English exploitation, Robert Hartford-Davis)

The Wicker Man
1972 (over-praised but interesting)
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Underworld
1985 (forgotten Clive Barker sleaze from George Pavlou)
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Minotaur
2006 (straight to DVD trash – she plays a leper!)
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Beyond the Rave
2008 (memorable primarily for being the return of Hammer — if only straight to DVD)
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