Ingrid Pitt - Craig Is Not Bond

[katied]

Jesper said he was misquoted .Yeah right.

[carl stromberg]

I remember reading that Edward Fox said Craig was "the complete opposite of what Fleming intended".

[katied]

We need a sticked post with a list of people who have dissed Craig's Bond(and add to the list if need be)

[Captain Nash]

Patsy Palmer who the fcuk is Patsy Palmer?
Some washed up actress who used to play Bianca on Eastenders. What the hell does she know, and why would anyone with half a brain listen to her?
I love that she's used as some kind of authority on the subject. Be it as a Bond fan, or within the acting community.
What the fcuk does she know about class?
lmfao

[katied]

People are entitled to their opinion. I find it interesting that several people have claimed they were "misquoted" when they spoke out against Craig. Suuuure.

[Goldeneye]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11823418

Hammer horror actress Ingrid Pitt dies aged 73

Hammer horror actress Ingrid Pitt, best known for starring in cult classics such as Countess Dracula, has died at the age of 73.

The Polish-born star passed away at a hospital in south London after collapsing a few days ago.

She was regarded by many fans as the queen of Hammer Horror films.

The star's death comes weeks after film-maker Roy Ward Baker, who directed Pitt in The Vampire Lovers, died at the age of 93.

Pitt's daughter told the BBC News website that her mother's death had come as a "huge surprise".

After the actress has collapsed recently, doctors told her was she suffering from heart failure.

"She could be incredibly generous, loving, and she'll be sorely missed," Mrs Blake said.

She added that she wanted her mother to be remembered as the Countess Dracula with the "wonderful teeth and the wonderful bosom".

'Gloriously uninhibited'

Official Hammer historian Marcus Hearn paid tribute to the star, calling her a "talented actress and fine writer".
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All fans of Hammer and of British horror are going to miss her terribly”

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He added: "She was partly responsible for ushering in a bold and brazen era of sexually explicitly horror films in the 1970s, but that should not denigrate her abilities as an actress."

A good friend of the actress, Mr Hearn said she was "gloriously uninhibited" and "great fun to be with".

Although she was not the first female star of a Hammer film, Mr Hearn said she had always been "very proud" of becoming the first prominent female protagonist in a Hammer after her role in The Vampire Lovers.

"All fans of Hammer and of British horror are going to miss her terribly," he said.

She began her career with fairly minor roles in several Spanish films in the mid-1960s.

But in 1968 she landed a supporting role in war movie Where Eagles Dare, appearing alongside Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton.

The actress got her breakthrough role two years later in the horror thriller The Vampire Lovers, which was a box office success.

Several Hammer movies followed, firmly establishing her as one of the key women of British horror of the 1970s.

Her other film credits included The Wicker Man (1973), Who Dares Wins (1982), Smiley's People (1982) and Wild Geese II (1985).

Pitt made regular appearances at horror conventions and penned several books about her career in the genre

[James]

That's sad news. RIP Ingrid. I really like The House That Dripped Blood, a 1970 Amicus anthology with Pitt, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Jon Pertwee.

[Blowfeld]

What loss. Couldn't get enough of her Hammers Films. She was in a few Doctor Who episodes as well , she even wrote a sixth Doctor eppisode that because of the problems with the show at the time was never produced.

[carl stromberg]

A great actress and a star of lots of cult films such as the Hammer Horror series ands Who Dares Wins. I watched The Vampire Lovers as a tribute.

[katied]

What loss. Couldn't get enough of her Hammers Films. She was in a few Doctor Who episodes as well , she even wrote a sixth Doctor eppisode that because of the problems with the show at the time was never produced.

Good to know Bond isn't the only franchise that's had issues.