__NOTOC__ Kirsten Lindholm, born Kirsten Lindholm Andreassen on 1 September 1943 in

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

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,Kirsten Lindholm
at the

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.Kirsten Lindholm
at ShareTV. was a model and a film actress in

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movies, in which she first appeared as Kirsten Betts. She is now a yoga instructor and performer currently living in

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and is now known as Elandra Kirsten Meredith and by the

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religious name Vikram Kaur Khalsa ( pa, ਵਿਕਰਮ ਕੌਰ ਖਾਲਸਾ). She was raised in New Zealand, where she won prizes for

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. While majoring in languages at

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, she acted in several plays.Elandra Kirsten Meredith
at Yoga Technology.^{(Dead Link)} In the late 1960s and early 1970s, as Kirsten Betts and then Kirsten Lindholm, she was an actress and model. She appeared in a London play called ''Pyjama Tops'' (1969), in the movie ''

Zeta One ''Zeta One'' is a 1969 British comedy science fiction film directed by Michael Cort and starring James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey and Dawn Addams. Plot A spy for Section 5, James Word, finds a secretary for the section waiting as he re ...

'' (1969), and then in four

movies: ''

The Vampire Lovers ''The Vampire Lovers'' is a 1970 British Gothic horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Madeline Smith, Dawn Addams and Jon Finch. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions. ...

'' (1970), in which her character is beheaded before the opening titles and during filming for which she appeared as one of a " mpire quintet" on the cover of ''ABC Film Review'', ''

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'' (1970), ''

Twins of Evil ''Twins of Evil'' (also known as ''Twins of Dracula'') is a 1971 British horror film directed by John Hough and starring Peter Cushing, with Damien Thomas and the real-life identical twins and former ''Playboy'' Playmates Mary and Madeleine ...

'' (1971), where her role has been cited as an example of psychological violence, and ''

Lust for a Vampire ''Lust for a Vampire'', also known as ''Love for a Vampire'' or ''To Love a Vampire'' (the latter title was the one used on American television), is a 1971 British Hammer Horror film directed by Jimmy Sangster, starring Ralph Bates, Barbara Jeffo ...

'' (1971). At a yoga class in England, she met

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, who had converted to

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and taken the name Vikram Singh; they fell in love and married after moving to

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, and she took the Sikh religious name Vikram Kaur Khalsa.Pritam Andreassen
"Musically Speaking: Music in the family,"
''The Ebbtide'',

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, November 14, 2003. They ran a Sikh

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in San Diego. After living in

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, where she worked as a healing practitioner and founded Ho'omana Ke Laka Healing workshops, she and her husband moved in 2008 to the

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, New Zealand, where they both teach yoga.Maryke Penman
Singing to a new tune
''North Shore Times'', April 26, 2012. She also sang backup for her husband on his ''One in the Goddess'' album.

Filmography

Television

Die Zwei , Teil 10 Angie...Angie Festival der Mörder. * ''

Doctor in the House ''Doctor in the House'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty Box. The screenplay, by Nicholas Phipps, Richard Gordon and Ronald Wilkinson, is based on the 1952 novel by Gordon, and follows a group of st ...

'' (5 episodes, 1970) as Ingrid * ''

UFO An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...

'' (1 episode "

Timelash ''Timelash'' is the fifth serial of the 22nd season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in two weekly parts on BBC1 on 9 and 16 March 1985. In the serial, the Borad (Robert Ashby), the mu ...

", 1971) * ''

Birds on the Wing ''Birds on the Wing'' is a 1971 British comedy television series which originally aired in a single series of six episodes on BBC 2.Wagg p.17-18 A businessman becomes enamoured of an attractive young woman, who he finds out is trying to con him ...

'' (1 episode, 1971) as Ingrid * ''

The Persuaders! ''The Persuaders!'' is an action-comedy series starring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore, produced by ITC Entertainment, and initially broadcast on ITV and ABC in 1971. The show has been called 'the last major entry in the cycle of adventure serie ...

'' (1 episode "Angie, Angie", 1971) as Marissa Nave * ''

The Golden Shot ''The Golden Shot'' is a British television game show produced by ATV for ITV between 1 July 1967 and 13 April 1975, based on the German TV show '' Der goldene Schuß''. It is most commonly associated with host Bob Monkhouse, but three other ...

'' (4 episodes, 1971) as Herself, Maid of the Month

Film

* ''

'' (1969) as Angvisa Girl * ''

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'' (1970) as slavegirl * ''

'' (1970) as Catherine * ''

'' (1970) as 1st Vampire * ''

'' (1971) as Peasant Girl * ''

'' (1971) as Young Girl at Stake

References

External links

*
Elandra Kirsten Meredith
résumé at StarNow.com
Elandra Health Healing
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Filmography

Television

Film

See also

References

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