| Janina Faye | |
|---|---|
| Born | Janina Smigelski 1948 England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Actress |
Janina Faye, born Janina Smigelski (in 1948) in London, England, United Kingdom, is an English actress and director. She began her career as an actress in 1956 and includes theatre and television work in addition to many film appearances. In 1971, she appeared in an episode of Doctor at Large. She appeared in several major fantasy and horror films when she was very young, such as Hammer Films' Dracula (1958), Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) and The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) as well as The Day of the Triffids (1962). In 1998, she teamed up with director Paul Cotgrove and Hammer co-star Ingrid Pitt to make the short British horror film "Green Fingers", a story about a spinster whose garden has strange properties with an ability to grow anything, even things that are no longer living. She often appears at signings and seems proud of her early association with such important British films. [1][2]