Kirsten Lindholm | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kirsten Lindholm Andreassen 1 September 1943 |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1969–1971 (as actress) |
| Spouse(s) |
Vic Briggs (m.?; died 2021) [1] |
Kirsten Lindholm (born Kirsten Lindholm Andreassen; 1 September 1943) is a former model and a film actress known for her roles in Hammer horror movies, in which she first appeared as Kirsten Betts. She is now a yoga instructor and performer currently living in New Zealand and is now known as Elandra Kirsten Meredith and by the Sikh religious name Vikram Kaur Khalsa ( Punjabi: ਵਿਕਰਮ ਕੌਰ ਖਾਲਸਾ).
She was born in Odense, Denmark, [2] and was raised in New Zealand, where she won prizes for ballroom dancing. While majoring in languages at Auckland University, she acted in several plays. [3]
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, as Kirsten Betts and then Kirsten Lindholm, she was an actress and model. She appeared in a London play called Pyjama Tops (1969), [4] in the movie Zeta One (1969), [5] and then in four Hammer horror movies: The Vampire Lovers (1970), [6] [7] in which her character is beheaded before the opening titles and during filming for which she appeared as one of a "[v]ampire quintet" on the cover of ABC Film Review, [8] Crescendo (1970), [9] Twins of Evil (1971), [10] where her role has been cited as an example of psychological violence, [11] and Lust for a Vampire (1971). [2] [12] [13]
At a yoga class in England, she met Vic Briggs, who had converted to Sikhism and taken the name Vikram Singh; they fell in love and married after moving to California, and she took the Sikh religious name Vikram Kaur Khalsa. [14] [15] [16] They ran a Sikh ashram in San Diego. [14] After living in Hawaii, where she worked as a healing practitioner [14] and founded Ho'omana Ke Laka Healing workshops, [2] [3] she and her husband moved in 2008 to the Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand, where they both taught yoga. [17] She also sang backup for her husband on his One in the Goddess album. [3] Briggs died in 2021. [1]
- Doctor in the House (5 episodes, 1970) as Ingrid
- UFO (1 episode " Timelash", 1971)
- Birds on the Wing (1 episode, 1971) as Ingrid
- The Persuaders! (1 episode "Angie, Angie", 1971) as Marissa Nave
- The Golden Shot (4 episodes, 1971) as Herself, Maid of the Month
- Zeta One (1969) as Angvisa Girl
- Julius Caesar (1970) as slavegirl
- Crescendo (1970) as Catherine
- The Vampire Lovers (1970) as 1st Vampire
- Lust for a Vampire (1971) as Peasant Girl
- Twins of Evil (1971) as Young Girl at Stake
- ^ a b "Daughter’s thoughts", Antion.info, 29 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021
- ^ a b c Kirsten Lindholm at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ a b c Elandra Kirsten Meredith Archived 2003-12-10 at the Wayback Machine at Yoga Technology.(Dead Link)
- ^ John Parker, Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage Volume 15, London: Pitman, 1972, p. 179.
- ^ Zeta One (1969) at British Film Institute Film & TV Database.
- ^ Denis Meikle and Christopher T. Koetting, A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer, Filmmakers Series 51, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow, 1996, ISBN 978-0-8108-2959-6, p. 253.
- ^ Bobb Cotter, Ingrid Pitt, Queen of Horror: The Complete Career, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7864-5888-2, p. 128.
- ^ Cotter, p. 135.
- ^ Meikle and Koetting, p. 252.
- ^ Meikle and Koetting, p. 257.
- ^ John Trevelyan, What the Censor Saw, London: Joseph, 1973, ISBN 978-0-7181-1123-6, p. 128.
- ^ Meikle and Koetting, p. 254.
- ^ Cotter, p. 139.
- ^ a b c Pritam Andreassen, "Musically Speaking: Music in the family," The Ebbtide, Shoreline Community College, November 14, 2003.
- ^ Kirsten Lindholm at Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen.
- ^ ANTION (VIKRAM Singh) aka Vic Briggs at unp.me.
- ^ Maryke Penman, Singing to a new tune North Shore Times, April 26, 2012.
- Kirsten Lindholm at IMDb
- Elandra Kirsten Meredith résumé at StarNow.com
- Elandra Health Healing
Kirsten Lindholm | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kirsten Lindholm Andreassen 1 September 1943 |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1969–1971 (as actress) |
| Spouse(s) |
Vic Briggs (m.?; died 2021) [1] |
Kirsten Lindholm (born Kirsten Lindholm Andreassen; 1 September 1943) is a former model and a film actress known for her roles in Hammer horror movies, in which she first appeared as Kirsten Betts. She is now a yoga instructor and performer currently living in New Zealand and is now known as Elandra Kirsten Meredith and by the Sikh religious name Vikram Kaur Khalsa ( Punjabi: ਵਿਕਰਮ ਕੌਰ ਖਾਲਸਾ).
She was born in Odense, Denmark, [2] and was raised in New Zealand, where she won prizes for ballroom dancing. While majoring in languages at Auckland University, she acted in several plays. [3]
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, as Kirsten Betts and then Kirsten Lindholm, she was an actress and model. She appeared in a London play called Pyjama Tops (1969), [4] in the movie Zeta One (1969), [5] and then in four Hammer horror movies: The Vampire Lovers (1970), [6] [7] in which her character is beheaded before the opening titles and during filming for which she appeared as one of a "[v]ampire quintet" on the cover of ABC Film Review, [8] Crescendo (1970), [9] Twins of Evil (1971), [10] where her role has been cited as an example of psychological violence, [11] and Lust for a Vampire (1971). [2] [12] [13]
At a yoga class in England, she met Vic Briggs, who had converted to Sikhism and taken the name Vikram Singh; they fell in love and married after moving to California, and she took the Sikh religious name Vikram Kaur Khalsa. [14] [15] [16] They ran a Sikh ashram in San Diego. [14] After living in Hawaii, where she worked as a healing practitioner [14] and founded Ho'omana Ke Laka Healing workshops, [2] [3] she and her husband moved in 2008 to the Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand, where they both taught yoga. [17] She also sang backup for her husband on his One in the Goddess album. [3] Briggs died in 2021. [1]
- Doctor in the House (5 episodes, 1970) as Ingrid
- UFO (1 episode " Timelash", 1971)
- Birds on the Wing (1 episode, 1971) as Ingrid
- The Persuaders! (1 episode "Angie, Angie", 1971) as Marissa Nave
- The Golden Shot (4 episodes, 1971) as Herself, Maid of the Month
- Zeta One (1969) as Angvisa Girl
- Julius Caesar (1970) as slavegirl
- Crescendo (1970) as Catherine
- The Vampire Lovers (1970) as 1st Vampire
- Lust for a Vampire (1971) as Peasant Girl
- Twins of Evil (1971) as Young Girl at Stake
- ^ a b "Daughter’s thoughts", Antion.info, 29 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021
- ^ a b c Kirsten Lindholm at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ a b c Elandra Kirsten Meredith Archived 2003-12-10 at the Wayback Machine at Yoga Technology.(Dead Link)
- ^ John Parker, Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage Volume 15, London: Pitman, 1972, p. 179.
- ^ Zeta One (1969) at British Film Institute Film & TV Database.
- ^ Denis Meikle and Christopher T. Koetting, A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer, Filmmakers Series 51, Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow, 1996, ISBN 978-0-8108-2959-6, p. 253.
- ^ Bobb Cotter, Ingrid Pitt, Queen of Horror: The Complete Career, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7864-5888-2, p. 128.
- ^ Cotter, p. 135.
- ^ Meikle and Koetting, p. 252.
- ^ Meikle and Koetting, p. 257.
- ^ John Trevelyan, What the Censor Saw, London: Joseph, 1973, ISBN 978-0-7181-1123-6, p. 128.
- ^ Meikle and Koetting, p. 254.
- ^ Cotter, p. 139.
- ^ a b c Pritam Andreassen, "Musically Speaking: Music in the family," The Ebbtide, Shoreline Community College, November 14, 2003.
- ^ Kirsten Lindholm at Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen.
- ^ ANTION (VIKRAM Singh) aka Vic Briggs at unp.me.
- ^ Maryke Penman, Singing to a new tune North Shore Times, April 26, 2012.
- Kirsten Lindholm at IMDb
- Elandra Kirsten Meredith résumé at StarNow.com
- Elandra Health Healing