Barbara Steele
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 29, 1937 (age 88)
- Birthplace
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Movie · as Self
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
Movie · as (Voice)
Ulalume - A Ballad
Movie · as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Fellinopolis
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Master of Dark Shadows
Movie · as Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Movie · as Self
Castlevania
TV · as Miranda (voice) · 3 eps
Minutes Past Midnight
Movie · as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
The Mill at Calder's End
Movie · as The Apparition of the Mill
Lost River
Movie · as Belladonna
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Swinging Blade
Movie · as Self
The Shutterbug Man
Movie · as Narrator
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Movie · as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Movie · as Self
The Butterfly Room
Movie · as Ann
A History of Horror
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Barbara Steele in Conversation
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Boneyard Collection
Movie · as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Mario Bava Speaks
Movie · as Self
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Movie · as Self
Italian Kings Of B
Movie · as Self
The American Nightmare
Movie · as Self
The Capitol Conspiracy
Movie · as Agent Oakley
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Movie · as Self
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell
Movie · as Self
Deep Above
Movie · as Mrs. Wagner
Dracula in the Movies
Movie · as (archive footage)
Fear in the Dark
Movie · as Self
Dark Shadows
TV · as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres · 5 eps
War and Remembrance
TV · as Elsa MacMahon · 1 ep
The Winds of War
TV · as Mrs. Stoller · 1 ep
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Movie · as Self
Silent Scream
Movie · as Victoria Engels
Piranha
Movie · as Dr. Mengers
Pretty Baby
Movie · as Josephine
The Key Is in the Door
Movie · as Cathy
The Space-Watch Murders
Movie
Shivers
Movie · as Betts
Caged Heat
Movie · as Supt. McQueen
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
Movie · as Danielle
Ciao, Federico!
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Night Gallery
TV · as The Widow Craighill · 1 ep
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Movie · as Carla
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Movie · as Lavinia Morley
Barbara and Her Furs
Movie · as Self
Young Törless
Movie · as Bozena
The She Beast
Movie · as Veronica
For Love and Gold
Movie · as Teodora
An Angel for Satan
Movie · as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
Movie · as Cleo Hauff
Money
Movie · as Lucky
Once Upon a Tractor
Movie · as Lady Clerk
Nightmare Castle
Movie · as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Dim Dam Dom
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Spy
TV · as Giana · 1 ep
Castle of Blood
Movie · as Elisabeth Blackwood
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Movie · as Valérie Gasparelli
The Long Hair of Death
Movie · as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
White Voices
Movie · as Guilia
Easy Love
Movie · as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
Les baisers
Movie · as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
Three for a Robbery
Movie · as Barbara Sims
The Maniacs
Movie · as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
8½
Movie · as Gloria Morin
The Ghost
Movie · as Margaret Hichcock
A Sentimental Attempt
Movie · as Silvia
The Hours of Love
Movie · as Leila
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Movie · as Cynthia Hichcock
The Iron Captain
Movie · as Floriana
The Pit and the Pendulum
Movie · as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Black Sunday
Movie · as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
Your Money or Your Wife
Movie · as Juliet Frost
The 39 Steps
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
Sapphire
Movie · as Student (uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
Movie · as Mary
The Heart of a Man
Movie · as Girl (scenes deleted)
Look at Life: Saving Face
Movie · as Self
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Dolores · 1 ep
Houseboat
Movie · as (uncredited)
Bachelor of Hearts
Movie · as Fiona
Dial 999
TV · as Toni Miller · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Phyllis · 1 ep