Scene from Burke and Hare (1972)

Alternate Names: Francoise Pascal

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Sympathy for the Devil (1968) as

Most Important Roles:

• Burke & Hare (1972) as Marie
• The Iron Rose (1973) as The Girl
• Go Girl (1972) as Martine
• School for Sex (1969) as Sally Reagan
• Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant (2023) as Self
• There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) as Paola
• Lightning, the White Stallion (1986) as Marie Ward Leeman
• Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin (2022) as Self
• Doing Rude Things (1995) as
• Keep It Up Downstairs (1976) as Mimi

Career Highlights:

• Burke & Hare (1972)
• The Iron Rose (1973)
• Go Girl (1972)
• School for Sex (1969)
• Damaged: The Very British Obscenity of David Hamilton-Grant (2023)
• There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
• Lightning, the White Stallion (1986)
• Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin (2022)
• Doing Rude Things (1995)
• Keep It Up Downstairs (1976)

"Nicknamed 'The Brigitte Bardot of England', Françoise Pascal was born on the Mauritian island and educated in Paris and London. Her cinematic debut in 'Loving Feeling' (1968) introduced her pert, perfect peaks to the world, simultaneously marking her first nude appearance on screen. She followed this with a role as Sally Reagan in 'School for Sex' (1969), featuring a slow, unskippable camera pan from toe to head that did not overlook her triangle or bust. Pascal's commitment to nudity continued through roles such as Marie in 'Burke and Hare' (1971) and La femme in 'The Iron Rose' (1973). Notably, she turned down a personal offer from Kirk Douglas for 'Scalawag' in favor of 'The Iron Rose'. After several more films, posing nude for August 1970's Penthouse, and gracing the inaugural cover of men's magazine Club International in 1972, Pascal secured her most substantial role as Danielle Favre in 'Mind Your Language', which aired from 1977 to 1979. Arriving in the USA in 1982, she acted in Hollywood productions like 'The Young and the Restless', Gavillan, 'My Man Adam', and 'Lightning, the White Stallion'. After a three-decade hiatus, Pascal resurfaced in the television movie 'For the Love of Ella' (2018), voiced Fantasy Lover in 'Jeepers Creepers' (2020), and most recently appeared on film as Madeleine Bouvier in 'Cold Sun' (2022)."

Alternate Names: Jytte Stensgaard

Physical Characteristics:

• Hair Color: blond hair

First Appearances:

• The Girl with a Pistol (1968) as Blonde at Party (uncredited)

Most Important Roles:

• Lust for a Vampire (1971) as Mircalla / Carmilla Karnstein
• Burke & Hare (1972) as Janet
• The Buttercup Chain (1970) as Ullah
• Zeta One (1969) as Ann Olsen
• Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008) as Self
• A Promise of Bed (1969) as Taxi Girl
• Scream and Scream Again (1970) as Erika
• Doctor in Trouble (1970) as Eve, Model
• The Girl with a Pistol (1968) as Blonde at Party (uncredited)
• Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987) as Self (archive footage)

Career Highlights:

• Lust for a Vampire (1971)
• Burke & Hare (1972)
• The Buttercup Chain (1970)
• Zeta One (1969)
• Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008)
• A Promise of Bed (1969)
• Scream and Scream Again (1970)
• Doctor in Trouble (1970)
• The Girl with a Pistol (1968)
• Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)

A former au pair and model, Jytte Stensgaard emigrated to the UK in 1963, hoping to have a successful international film career. Changing her name to the slightly easier to pronounce "Yutte" Stensgaard she ironically didn't make her debut in a British film, but in the Italian movie The Girl with a Pistol (1968) (Girl with a Pistol) which did have some British backing. She then went on to appear in various British movies, mainly of the comedy or horror genre, most famously the lead role in Lust for a Vampire (1971), as well as several television guest roles.

She also got a six-month stint hosting a game show with British king of comedy, Bob Monkhouse. After struggling with myopic casting directors, who could not see the beauty and budding talent before them and were happier to just keep casting more established but less beautiful women, Yutte finally gave up and emigrated to the USA in the mid-seventies and took up a job selling air time for a Christian radio station in Oregon.

Understandably reluctant to make appearances at horror conventions when British film publicists finally started to notice her when it was too late, she did relent and start appearing at a select few in the late 1990s, giving the non-fickle amongst her fans a chance to see her unique radiance once more.

An inimitable beauty the likes of which has never been seen since, Yutte Stensgaard was possibly the biggest loss to movies since that of Sharon Tate.