Tamara Ustinov (born 1945) is a British actress known for the films ''
The Blood on Satan's Claw
''The Blood on Satan's Claw'' is a 1971 British supernatural horror film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, and Barry Andrews. Set in early 18th-century England, it follows the residents of a rural village w ...
'' (1970), ''
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' is a 1971 British horror film starring Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, and James Villiers. It was director Seth Holt's final film, and was loosely adapted from Bram Stoker's 1903 novel ''The Jewel of Seven Stars''.G ...
'' (1971), and ''
The Last Horror Movie'' (2003).
Career
Ustinov appeared in the films ''
The Blood on Satan's Claw
''The Blood on Satan's Claw'' is a 1971 British supernatural horror film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, and Barry Andrews. Set in early 18th-century England, it follows the residents of a rural village w ...
'' (1970), ''
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' is a 1971 British horror film starring Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, and James Villiers. It was director Seth Holt's final film, and was loosely adapted from Bram Stoker's 1903 novel ''The Jewel of Seven Stars''.G ...
'' (1971), and ''
The Last Horror Movie'' (2003). In 2003, she appeared as the "Bride's mother" in ''The Last Horror Movie''.
Personal life
Ustinov is the only child of
Peter Ustinov and Isolde Denham (1920–1987),
daughter of
Reginald Denham
Reginald Denham (10 January 1894 – 4 February 1983) was an English writer, theatre and film director, actor and film producer.
Biography
Reginald H. F. Denham was born in London, England, in 1894.
He spent a good part of his career dire ...
and
Moyna Macgill
Moyna Macgill (born Charlotte Lillian McIldowie; 10 December 1895 – 25 November 1975) was an Irish actress from Belfast and the mother of actress Angela Lansbury and producers Edgar and Bruce Lansbury. In 2020, she was listed at number 35 on ...
. Her parents' marriage lasted from 1940 to their divorce in 1950. She is the half-niece of Dame
Angela Lansbury
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American film, stage, and television actress. Her career spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work received a great deal ...
(Tamara's mother, Isolde, was the half-sister of
Angela Lansbury
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American film, stage, and television actress. Her career spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work received a great deal ...
, who appeared with Peter Ustinov in ''
Death on the Nile
''Death on the Nile'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1937 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at se ...
'', 1978). Her father's estate has been in a protracted dispute between her half-brother, the sculptor , and her father's third wife.
Tamara Ustinov has been married to
Malcolm Rennie
Malcolm Forbes Rennie (born 17 February 1947) is a British actor.
Early life
Rennie was born on 17 February 1947, in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Career
He has often played authority figures, including judges and police officers in ''Coronation Stree ...
since 1989.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1945 births
Living people
20th-century British actresses
21st-century British actresses
British actresses
English people of Ethiopian descent
English people of French descent
English people of German descent
English people of Irish descent
English people of Italian descent
English people of Polish-Jewish descent
English people of Russian descent
English people of Scottish descent
English people of Swiss descent
Ustinov family
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