Veronica Carlson

Veronica Carlson

  • Birthday: 1944-09-18
  • Deathday: 2022-02-27

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Veronica Carlson (born 18 September 1944 in Yorkshire, England) was an English model and actress, famous for her roles in Hammer horror films. Born as Veronica Mary Glazer, Veronica Carlson spent most of her childhood in Germany where her father was stationed. She attended the Thetford Girls' School and later, High Wycombe College of Technology and Design, where she studied art and participated in college amateur productions. In her mid-twenties, Veronica played a few minor parts in movies and television programmes. James Carreras, the boss of Hammer Films, saw one of her photographs in a newspaper and offered her a role opposite Christopher Lee in Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. She was best-known in the late 1960s for a series of roles in three Hammer Horror films, including Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) and The Horror of Frankenstein (1970). She also appeared in the Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode "The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo" in 1969 and an episode of The Saint ("The Man who Gambled with Life") with Roger Moore and also an episode of Department S ("The Double Death of Charlie Crippen"). Veronica Carlson went into semi-retirement after marrying and moving to the U.S.. She lived in South Carolina with her husband and three children and was a professional painter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Veronica Carlson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969

As Anna Spengler

The Horror of Frankenstein

1970

As Elizabeth Heiss

Freakshow

1995

As Grace Harmsworth

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

1968

As Maria Mueller

The Ghoul

1975

As Daphne Welles Hunter

Vampira

1974

As Ritva

Smashing Time

1967

As Actress at Movie Premiere

Crossplot

1969

As Dinah

Hammerhead

1968

As Ulla

The Magnificent Two

1967

As Revolutionary (uncredited)

The Rectory

0000

As Lady Whitehouse

House of the Gorgon

2019

As Anna Banning

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

As Self (archive footage)

Casino Royale

1967

As Tall Blonde (uncredited)

Celluloid Bloodbath

2012

As Self

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

As Maria (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

As Maria (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

As Anna Spengler / Elizabeth Heiss (archive footage)

Production

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