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Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

Actor · Born 1937-12-29 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

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Biography

Barbara Steele (born 29 December 1937) is an English actress and producer, known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. She has been referred to as the "Queen of All Scream Queens" and "Britain's first lady of horror". She played the dual role of Asa and Katia Vajda in Mario Bava's landmark film Black Sunday (1960), and starred in The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962), The Long Hair of Death (1964), and Castle of Blood (1964). Additionally, Steele had supporting roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), David Cronenberg's Shivers (1975), Joe Dante's Piranha and Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (both 1978), and appeared on television in the 1991 TV series Dark Shadows. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for producing the American television miniseries War and Remembrance (1988–89). Steele appeared in several films in the 2010s, including a lead role in The Butterfly Room (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's Lost River (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. 8½ (1963) — Gloria Morin
  2. Castlevania (2017) — Miranda (voice)
  3. Piranha (1978) — Dr. Mengers
  4. Shivers (1975) — Betts
  5. Lost River (2015) — Belladonna
  6. Black Sunday (1960) — Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
  7. Pretty Baby (1978) — Josephine
  8. For Love and Gold (1966) — Teodora
  9. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) — Elizabeth Barnard Medina
  10. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Phyllis
  11. Houseboat (1958) — Minor Role (uncredited)
  12. The Butterfly Room (2012) — Ann
  13. Castle of Blood (1964) — Elisabeth Blackwood
  14. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) — Self (archive footage)
  15. Night Gallery (1970) — The Widow Craighill
  16. Caged Heat (1974) — Supt. McQueen
  17. Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) — Lavinia Morley
  18. Nightmare Castle (1965) — Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
  19. The Long Hair of Death (1964) — Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
  20. Minutes Past Midnight (2016) — The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
  21. The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) — Cynthia Hichcock
  22. Young Törless (1966) — Bozena
  23. Silent Scream (1979) — Victoria Engels
  24. Sapphire (1959) — Student
  25. The She Beast (1966) — Veronica
  26. The Winds of War (1983) — Mrs. Stoller
  27. An Angel for Satan (1966) — Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
  28. The Ghost (1963) — Margaret Hichcock
  29. Dark Shadows (1991) — Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
  30. Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965) — Cleo Hauff
  31. The American Nightmare (2000) — Self
  32. The 39 Steps (1959) — Extra
  33. War and Remembrance (1988) — Elsa MacMahon
  34. Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981) — Self
  35. Master of Dark Shadows (2019) — Self
  36. A History of Horror (2010) — Self
  37. The Monocle's Sour Laugh (1964) — Valérie Gasparelli
  38. Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009) — Self
  39. Fellinopolis (2021) — Self - Actress (archive footage)
  40. The Key Is in the Door (1978) — Cathy