Ingrid Pitt
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| Born |
Ingoushka Petrov 21 November 1937 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | 23 November 2010 (aged 73) London, England, UK |
| Cause of death | congestive heart failure |
| Occupation | Actress, author, writer |
| Years active | 1964–2010 |
| Spouse(s) | Laud Roland Pitt Jr. (divorced) George Pinches (divorced) Tony Rudlin |
| Children | Steffanie Pitt-Blake |
Ingrid Pitt born Ingoushka Petrov (21 November 1937 – 23 November 2010) was a Polish-British actress, author, and writer best known for her work in horror films of the 1960s and 1970s.
Ingoushka Petrov was born in Warsaw, Poland, to a German father of Russian descent and a Polish Jewish mother. During the World War II, her family and she were imprisoned in Stutthof concentration camp. She survived, and in Berlin, in the 1950s, married American soldier, Laud Roland Pitt Jr. and moved to California. After her marriage failed, she returned to Europe, but after a small role in a film, she took the shortened, stage name, "Ingrid Pitt" and headed to Hollywood, where she worked as a waitress while trying to make a career in films. Her natural hair colour was brown, though she frequently lightened it to blonde.
In the early 1960s, Pitt was a member of the prestigious Berliner Ensemble, under the guidance of Bertolt Brecht's widow Helene Weigel. In 1965, she made her film debut in Doctor Zhivago, playing a minor role. In 1968, she co-starred in the low-budget science-fiction film The Omegans, and in the same year, played British spy, Heidi Schmidt in Where Eagles Dare opposite Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood.
Ingrid Pitt appeared as Queen Galleia of Atlantis, with Jon Pertwee and Roger Delgado, in The Time Monster, which was the fifth serial, of the ninth season, of Doctor Who, broadcast in six weekly parts, from 20 May and 24 June 1972. She returned to Doctor Who as Solow in Warriors of the Deep, which was the first serial, of the 21st season, of the show, broadcast four twice-weekly parts from 5 January to 13 January 1984. Pitt also, appears in the second broadcast episode of the short-lived cult ITC series The Zoo Gang, "Mindless Murder" (12 April 1974).
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