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Ingrid Pitt (born November 21, 1937 in Poland), is
an actress.



==Career==
Born Ingoushka Petrov, during World War II she and
her family were imprisoned in a concentration
camp. She survived and in Berlin, Germany in the
1950s she met and married an United
States|American soldier and ended up living in
California. After her marriage failed, she
returned to Europe but after a small role in a
film, she headed to Hollywood where she worked as
a waitress while trying to make a career in the
movies. 

In the 1960s,  she appeared using the stage name
of Ingrid Pitt in minor roles in a number of
mainstream films such as Doctor Zhivago, but in
1968 she co-starred in the low budget science
fiction film, The Omegans. She next had a small,
although significant, role in the box office
success Where Eagles Dare. Pitt next appeared in
Amicus' Horror Anthology film The House That
Dripped Blood, a gothic horror film that marked
the first of a string of early 1970s successes for
her in that genre, especially working for Hammer
Horror|Hammer Films that elevated her to cult
figure status.

With Hammer Films, Pitt made The Vampire Lovers, a
brilliant film based on Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's
Horror masterpiece Carmilla, and Countess Dracula,
a film based on the story of Countess Elizabeth
Báthory.

She has also played two roles in the Doctor Who
stories "The Time Monster" in 1972; and "Warriors
of the Deep" in 1984.

During the 1980s, Pitt returned to roles in
mainstream films and on television but her
popularity with horror film buffs saw her in
demand for guest appearances at horror conventions
and film festivals. She has also contributed a
column to Shivers (magazine)|Shivers magazine and
Model and Collectors Mart, she authored several
books of fiction in the horror genre, a spy
thriller, a drama about life in a concentration
camp, as well as children's stories. In 1999, she
told her own story in The Autobiography of Ingrid
Pitt : Life's A Scream.

She has a student's pilot license and a black belt
in karate.

==Filmography (partial):==
*Green Fingers  (2000)
*The Asylum  (2000) 
*Hanna's War  (1988) 
*Wild Geese II  (1985)
*Underworld (1985 movie)|Underworld  (1985) 
*Bones (film)|Bones  (1984) 
*The House (British TV)|The House  (1984) (TV) 
*The Comedy of Errors (TV)|The Comedy of Errors 
(1983) (TV) 
*Octopussy  (1983) 
*Smiley's People  (1982) TV miniseries 
*Who Dares Wins (film)|Who Dares Wins  (1982) 
*Artemis 81  (1981) (TV)  
*Unity (TV)|Unity  (1981) (TV) 
*The Wicker Man  (1973) 
*Countess Dracula  (1971) 
*Nobody Ordered Love  (1971) 
*The Vampire Lovers  (1970) 
*The House That Dripped Blood  (1970) 
*Where Eagles Dare  (1968) 
*The Omegans  (1968) 
*A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 
(1966) 
*Un Beso en el puerto  (1966) 
*Doctor Zhivago  (1965) 


==Bibliography (partial):==
*The Ingrid Pitt Book of Murder, Torture and
Depravity (2003)
*Ingrid Pitt Bedside Companion for Ghosthunters 
(2003) 
*The Autobiography of Ingrid Pitt : Life's A
Scream (1999)
*The Ingrid Pitt Bedside Companion for Vampire
Lovers  (1998)
*Katarina (1986)
*Eva's Spell (1985)
*The Perons (1984)
*Cuckoo Run (1980)

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0685839|name=Ingrid Pitt