Ingrid Pitt

Ingrid Pitt
Birth date:	21 November 1937
Death date:	23 November 2010
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Galleia
Main jobs:	Actor, Writer
Main time period active:	1972, 1984, 2010
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	The Saint, Doctor Zhivago, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Where Eagles Dare, The Vampire Lovers, The House That Dripped Blood, The Wicker Man, Smiley's People, Octopussy, The Comedy of Errors, Bulman, Hanna's War, The Asylum
IMDb profile

Ingrid Pitt (21 November 1937-23 November 2010) appeared in two Doctor Who television stories: as Galleia in The Time Monster and Solow in Warriors of the Deep.

She was due to provide the audio commentary for The Time Monster's DVD release, but was ultimately unavailable. (DCOM: The Time Monster)

In 1984, Pitt and her husband Tony Rudlin submitted a script for Doctor Who entitled The Macro Men, but it was never produced. It was released in 2010 by Big Finish Productions for The Lost Stories audios as The Macros.

Early Life

During World War II, Pitt and her mother were imprisoned in a German concentration camp. After the war and a failed marriage in America, she returned to Europe.

Career

Most of Pitt's work orientated around the horror genre, specifically with Hammer Film Productions. It was through this work that she came to be well known. Pitt returned to the big screen in 2000 with the film The Asylum, which co-starred Colin Baker.

Death

Pitt died in a south London hospital on 23 November 2010, a few days after collapsing, and two days after her seventy-third birthday.

External links

• Ingrid Pitt at the Internet Movie Database