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Isla Blair
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Isla Blair

Born 1944 · Bangalore, India · Active 1955–2022

Isla Blair, born in 1944 in India, has carved a niche in cult cinema with her memorable performances. She debuted in the horror genre with Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965), showcasing her ability to navigate the eerie and the macabre. Blair further solidified her presence in the genre with roles in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and Battle of Britain (1969), blending her dramatic skills with the thrilling elements of exploitation cinema. Her diverse filmography, including Valmont (1989) and The Quatermass Experiment (2005), reflects her enduring appeal in the realm of cult and genre films.

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Taste the Blood of Dracula

Taste the Blood of Dracula

1970 ★ 6.1
as Lucy Paxton

Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.

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Filmography

80 credits
2020s 3 credits
2022
Movie ★ 6.7
2022
Movie ★ 7.5
2020
Movie ★ 8.4
2010s 6 credits
2017
Movie
2017
Last Words as Mother
Movie
2014
Grantchester as Gladys Sheppard
TV ★ 7.2
2013
Father Brown as Nanny Langton
TV ★ 7.6
2011
Movie ★ 6.2
2010
Single Father as Beatty
TV ★ 7.5
2000s 6 credits
2009
TV ★ 7.0
2007
Movie ★ 7.0
2005
Movie ★ 5.6
2004
New Tricks as Alice Pimley
TV ★ 7.3
2003
Movie ★ 7.5
2003
AfterLife as Dr Jackson
Movie ★ 5.5
1990s 15 credits
1999
The Match as Sheila Bailey
Movie ★ 6.0
1999
Movie ★ 5.6
1998
Heaven on Earth as Mary Weston
Movie ★ 3.8
1997
In Your Dreams as Jamie's Mother
Movie ★ 6.0
1997
Midsomer Murders as Dr. Jane Moore
TV ★ 7.5
1997
True Tilda as Mrs. Mortimer
TV ★ 8.0
1996
The Office as Hillary Drummond
Movie
1995
The Final Cut as Claire Carlsen
TV ★ 7.6
1992
Heartbeat as Elaine Aubrey
TV ★ 7.2
1992
A Touch of Frost as Rosalie Martin
TV ★ 7.5
1991
TV ★ 4.1
1991
The Advocates as Katherine Dunbar
TV ★ 4.2
1991
TV ★ 6.5
1990
Treasure Island as Mrs. Hawkins
Movie ★ 6.6
1990
The Monk as Mother Agueda
Movie ★ 3.2
1980s 18 credits
1989
Movie ★ 7.9
1989
Valmont as Baroness
Movie ★ 6.7
1987
Inspector Morse as Janey Wilson
TV ★ 7.9
1987
Boogie Outlaws as Inspector Leesley
TV
1986
Movie
1985
Off Peak as Elizabeth
Movie
1985
Poppyland as Constance Scott
Movie ★ 7.0
1985
TV ★ 6.0
1984
Real Life as Anna
Movie ★ 7.0
1984
Tennis Court as Eileen
Movie ★ 9.0
1984
TV ★ 6.5
1984
Six Centuries of Verse as Self - Reader
TV ★ 8.0
1983
The Beggar's Opera as Jenny Diver
Movie ★ 5.5
1983
Movie ★ 4.3
1983
TV ★ 6.4
1982
The Bounder as Laura Miles
TV ★ 7.0
1981
The History Man as Flora Beniform
TV ★ 4.1
1980
Alien Attack as Female Alien
Movie ★ 6.5
1970s 19 credits
1979
TV ★ 6.7
1978
Movie
1978
Blake's 7 as Sinofar
TV ★ 7.3
1978
TV ★ 6.3
1978
Wilde Alliance as Helen Bardsley
TV ★ 7.0
1977
TV ★ 7.0
1976
TV
1976
The Crezz as Emma Antrobus
TV
1976
TV ★ 7.7
1975
Space: 1999 as Carla
TV ★ 7.1
1975
Quiller as Germaine Allenby
TV ★ 10.0
1975
Space: 1999 as Female Alien
TV ★ 7.1
1974
The Canterville Ghost as Lady Stutfield
Movie ★ 7.0
1974
Fall of Eagles as Grand Duchess Ella
TV ★ 7.0
1973
TV ★ 6.7
1972
TV ★ 4.5
1971
TV ★ 7.8
1970
Movie ★ 6.1
1970
The Hero of My Life as Ellen Ternan
Movie
1960s 12 credits
1969
Movie ★ 6.9
1969
Department S as Elaine
TV ★ 5.3
1968
A Flea in Her Ear as Antoinette, Charles' Wife
Movie ★ 6.5
1967
Present Laughter as Daphne Stillington
Movie ★ 8.0
1967
Mickey Dunne as Babs Chesterton-Manville
TV
1966
The Liars as Sarah
TV ★ 10.0
1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Pretty Girl (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
Movie ★ 6.5
1964
A Hard Day's Night as Actress (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.3
1963
Doctor Who as Isabella
TV ★ 7.9
1962
The Saint as Janine Flambeau
TV ★ 7.4
1961
TV ★ 7.8
1950s 1 credit
1955
Dixon of Dock Green as Fleur Harris
TV ★ 6.0