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Vampire woman

Vampire woman is a relatively general term, which can refer to any female vampire. In the 1931 adaptation of Dracula by Universal Pictures, the three non-speaking Brides of Dracula were individually credited as just "vampire woman".

In the Hammer Film Productions adaptation, Dracula, actress Valerie Gaunt played an unnamed vampire woman who lived at Castle Dracula. She addressed Jonathan Harker, pretending to be a prisoner of the castle. However, once Harker let his guard down, she tried to put the bite on him. Dracula appeared and tossed her across the room. In that same film, Lucy Holmwood was also a vampire under the sway of Dracula.

Another vampire woman was an unidentified vampire character featured in the Count Yorga film series by American International Pictures. Played by actress Deborah Darnell, she appeared in the 1970 film, Count Yorga, Vampire.

This unnamed vampire woman was one of the "brides" of Count Yorga. She had long, red hair and wore a white evening gown. Yorga kept her as well as another vampire woman and Donna's mother in the basement of his mansion home. He would use hypnosis to force the vampire women to have sex with one another.

A man named Michael Thompson came to Yorga's mansion to rescue his friend Donna from the vampire's clutches. Yorga was destroyed, but the red-haired vampiress remained behind, if only for a few minutes longer. She chased after Michael and Donna, but stopped when Michael repelled her with a crucifix. Shirking away, she retreated from the room. [1]

In The Satanic Rites of Dracula, there were four identified female vampires, who are all listed in the film credits as vampire girl. This is in addition to named characters from the film such as Chin Yang and Jane. They lived in the basement of a manor in Croxley Heath, which was the base of operations for the Psychical Examination and Research Group (PERG). The actresses who played this unnamed vampire women are Maggie Fitzgerald, Pauline Peart, Finnuala O'Shannon and Mia Martin.

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