Biography for Ingrid Pitt
Ingrid Pitt as Countess Dracula
In medieval Europe aging Countess Elisabeth rules harshly with the help of lover Captain Dobi. Finding that washing in the blood of young girls makes her young again she gets Dobi to start abducting likely candidates. The Countess - pretending to be her own daughter - starts dallying with a younger man, much to Dobi's annoyance. The disappearances cause mounting terror locally, and when she finds out that only the blood of a virgin does the job, Dobi is sent out again with a more difficult task.
Biography for Ingrid Pitt
Birth name
Ingoushka Petrov
Date of birth
21 November 1937
Poland
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Trivia
She survived the Holocaust. She has a daughter, Stephanie. She wrote an autobiography, "Life's A Scream."
Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
This busty, exotic-looking actress decorated several British horror films in the early 1970s, including The Vampire Lovers (1970, as a lesbian bloodsucker), The House That Dripped Blood (1971), Countess Dracula (1972), and The Wicker Man (1973), accounting for her limited but clearly defined status as a cult figure. Perhaps more talented than she was able to display onscreen, Pitt frequently appeared in characterizations that traded mostly on her physical attributes. Other appearances include Where Eagles Dare (1969), The Final Option (1982), Hanna's War (1988), and the British TV miniseries "Smiley's People."
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Asylum, The (2000) .... Isobella
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) (TV) .... Herself
Hanna's War (1988) .... Margit
Underworld (1985) .... Pepperdine
... aka Transmutations (1985)
Wild Geese II (1985) .... Hooker
Bones (1984) .... Widow
... aka Parker (1984)
Comedy of Errors, The (1983) (TV) .... Courtesan
... aka Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors, The (1983) (TV) (UK: series title)
"Smiley's People" (1982) (mini) TV Series .... Elvira
Final Option, The (1982) .... Helga
... aka Who Dares Wins (1982)
Artemis 81 (1981) (TV) .... Hitchcock blonde
"Where the Action Is" (1975) TV Series
... aka "Killing Game, The" (1975) (USA)
... aka "Thriller: Where the Action Is" (1975) (UK: series title)
Wicker Man, The (1973) .... Librarian
... aka Anthony Shaffer's The Wicker Man (1973)
Nobody Ordered Love (1971) .... Alice Allison
Countess Dracula (1971) .... Countess Elisabeth
House That Dripped Blood, The (1970) .... Carla Lynde (segment "The Cloak")
Vampire Lovers, The (1970) .... Marcilla/Carmilla/Mircalla Karnstein
Where Eagles Dare (1969) .... Ethel Schmidt (alias 'Heidi')
Omegans, The (1968) .... Linda
On Location: 'Where Eagles Dare' (1968) (uncredited) .... Herself
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A (1966)
Duendes de Andaluc�a, Los (1966)
... aka Splendour of Andalucia, The (1966)
Beso en el puerto, Un (1966)
... aka Kiss in the Harbour (1966)
... aka Kiss on the Harbour, A (1966)
Campanadas a medianoche (1965) (uncredited)
... aka Chimes at Midnight (1965) (UK)
... aka Falstaff (1965) (Switzerland: German title)
Doctor Zhivago (1965) (uncredited) .... Extra
Sonido prehist�rico, El (1964) .... Sofia Minelli
... aka Prehistoric Sound, The (1964)
... aka Sonido de la muerte, El (1964)
... aka Sound from a Million Years Ago (1964)
... aka Sound of Horror (1967) (USA)
Other Ingrid Pitt pages on Women of Horror:
The Vampire Lovers
