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Barbara Steele

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Dec 29, 1937 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2025Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol(Voice)
2023Ulalume - A BalladNarrator: opening credits (voice)
2021FellinopolisSelf - Actress (archive footage)
2019Master of Dark ShadowsSelf
2019Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the SixtiesSelf
2017CastlevaniaMiranda (voice)
2016Minutes Past MidnightThe Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
2016The PhantomThe Widow
2015The Mill at Calder's EndThe Apparition of the Mill
2015Lost RiverBelladonna
2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. MoreauSelf (archive footage)
2014Behind the Swinging BladeSelf
2014The Shutterbug ManNarrator
2014Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'Self
2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!Self
2012The Butterfly RoomAnn
2010A History of HorrorSelf
2009Barbara Steele in ConversationSelf
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
2008The Boneyard CollectionVanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2006Mario Bava SpeaksSelf
2004Mario Bava: Operazione pauraSelf
2003Italian Kings Of BSelf
2000The American NightmareSelf
1998The Capitol ConspiracyAgent Oakley
1997Hollywood Rated 'R'Self
1996Vampire Cult Queens from HellBarbara
1994Deep AboveMrs. Wagner
1992Dracula in the Movies
1991Fear in the DarkSelf
1991Dark ShadowsDr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
1991Dark ShadowsDr. Julia Hoffman
1991Dark ShadowsCountess Natalie du Pres
1988War and RemembranceElsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party)
1983The Winds of WarMrs. Stoller
1981Be Pretty and Shut Up!Self
1979Silent ScreamVictoria Engels
1978PiranhaDr. Mengers
1978Pretty BabyJosephine
1978The Key Is in the DoorCathy
1978The Space-Watch Murders
1975ShiversBetts
1974Caged HeatSupt. McQueen
1970Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!Danielle
1970Ciao, Federico!Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970Night GalleryThe Widow Craighill
1969Honeymoon with a StrangerCarla
1968Curse of the Crimson AltarLavinia Morley
1967Barbara and Her FursSelf
1966Young TörlessBozena
1966The She BeastVeronica
1966For Love and GoldTeodora
1966An Angel for SatanHarriet Montebruno / Belinda
1965Terror-Creatures from the GraveCleo Hauff
1965Money
1965Once Upon a TractorLady Clerk
1965Nightmare CastleMuriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
1965Dim Dam DomSelf
1964Castle of BloodElisabeth Blackwood
1964The Monocle's Sour LaughValérie Gasparelli
1964The Long Hair of DeathHelen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
1964White VoicesGuilia
1964Easy LoveContessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
1964Les baisersThelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
1964Three for a RobberyBarbara Sims
1964The ManiacsBarbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
1963Gloria Morin
1963The GhostMargaret Hichcock
1963A Sentimental AttemptSilvia
1963The Hours of LoveLeila
1962The Horrible Dr. HichcockCynthia Hichcock
1962The Iron CaptainFloriana
1961The Pit and the PendulumElizabeth Barnard Medina
1960Black SundayPrincess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
1960Your Money or Your WifeJuliet Frost
1959The 39 StepsExtra
1959SapphireStudent
1959Upstairs and DownstairsMary
1959The Heart of a ManGirl
1959Look at Life: Saving FaceSelf
1959Adventures in ParadiseDolores
1958HouseboatMinor Role (uncredited)
1958Bachelor of HeartsFiona
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsPhyllis
-Mary Woronov: Cult QueenSelf
Production
1988War and RemembranceProducer
1983The Winds of WarAssociate Producer