Pippa Steel (15 April 1948, Flensburg, Germany – 29 May 1992) was a British actress best known for her roles in two

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films: '' The Vampire Lovers'' (1970) 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 Jef ...

'' (1971).

Career

Her other films included '' Stranger in the House'' (1967), ''

Take a Girl Like You ''Take a Girl Like You'' is a comic novel by Kingsley Amis. The narrative follows the progress of twenty-year-old Jenny Bunn, who has moved from her family home in the North of England to a small town not far from London to teach primary school ...

'' (1970) and ''

Young Winston ''Young Winston'' is a 1972 British biographical adventure drama war film covering the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, based in particular on his 1930 book, ''My Early Life''. The first part of the film covers Churchill' ...

'' (1972). She was also active in

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, making guest appearances in series such as '' Department S'', '' Z-Cars'', '' UFO'', '' Public Eye'', '' The Adventurer'' and ''

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'' (as Maja in the first episode, The Way Back). She also appeared in the 1986 BBC sitcom '' Dear John'' written by John Sullivan. She appeared in the pilot episode A Singular Man as Fay the AA counsellor.

Death

She died from cancer, aged 44, in 1992 in

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Filmography

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* * http://www.horrorstars.net/pippa-steel.html * http://hammerglam.topcities.com/actresses/steele.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Steel, Pippa 1948 births 1992 deaths British film actresses British television actresses 20th-century British actresses People from Flensburg