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 ''

'' (1970), ''

'' (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

, 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

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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 {{England-screen-actor-stub