TERRIFIC TEAM-UP IMAGE: RASPUTIN MEETS REPTILE (HAMMER STYLE)

FAREWELL, JACQUELINE PEARCE...

You possessed an inimitable, brooding beauty, laced by mesmerizing refinement, which shaped your performances in the classic Hammer films, "Plague of the Zombies" and (especially) "The Reptile", where you gave us one of the deadliest, most exotic creatures ever to enliven the silver screen.

Your roles in such television series as "The Avengers"; "Secret Agent"; "Doctor Who"; "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes"; "Haunted"; and "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" were undeniable standouts, but you hit an incomparable, seductive high with your portrayal of the sinister Supreme Commander Servalan on the popular space opera, "Blake's 7".

You've inspired the collective consciousness of your fans for decades, Ms. Pearce and will henceforth bless the annals of Heaven with your contagious charms: an uncontested goddess among the angels.