Sunday, January 18, 2026

Ingrid Pitt Queen of Hammer

 

Ingrid Pitt (born Ingoushka Petrov; 21 November 1937 – 23 November 2010) was a Polish-British actress and writer, best known for her work in British horror cinema of the 1970s.[1]

Ingoushka Petrov was born in WarsawPoland, one of two daughters, to a German father of Russian ancestry, and a Polish Jewish mother.[2]

During World War II, she and her mother were imprisoned in Stutthof concentration camp in SztutowoFree City of Danzig (present-day Nowy Dwór Gdański CountyPomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)[1] but escaped.[3]