Ingrid Pitt: A career in pictures

One of Pitt's first roles was a small part in 1968's Where Eagles Dare. Here she is, still a brunette, opposite Clint Eastwood Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/MGM/Allstar/Cinetext/MGM

Two years later came her inaugural Hammer horror, The Vampire Lovers. Pitt, far left, makes sure a coffin remains shut with the help of fellow actors Madeline Smith, Kate O'Mara, Pippa Steel and Kirsten Betts Photograph: Alamy

The same year, Pitt took leading lady duties in The House That Dripped Blood Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/LIONS GATE/Allstar/Cinetext/LIONS GATE

Arguably Pitt's most enduring performance was in 1971's Countess Dracula
Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Everett/Rex Features

Pitt also ventured outside film horror, into the worlds of books and TV. Here, she enjoys a romantic evening with Peter Wyngarde in the 1972 series Jason King
Photograph: ITV/Rex Features

She also took a small role in one of the finest horror films ever made, The Wicker Man. Here she dances with Diane Cilento and Britt Ekland opposite Edward Woodward, dressed as the fool Photograph: The Ronald Grant Archive

Woodward and Pitt also shared the screen in 1982's Who Dares Wins. Here, Pitt cradles a gun alongside Lewis Collins
Photograph: Bill Cross/Daily Mail/Rex Features

In 1984's Bones (called Parker in the US), she played a character known as Widow ...
Photograph: Clive Dixon/Rex Features/CD

... and another called Hooker in 1985 Berlin-set mercenary drama Wild Geese II (1985)
Photograph: Allstar/EMI/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

Pitt was also a regular on the horror festival scene. Here, she's flanked by Veronica Carlson, daughter Steffanie and Caroline Munro at the launch of a film, Three for Hell, at the London Dungeon
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