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