Barbara Steele


    Starbirth:
    December 29, 1937
Birthplace:
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England) is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), now hailed as a classic. Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Ghost, directed by Riccardo Freda and Roger Corman's 1961 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Pit and the Pendulum. She guested on various British television shows including the spy drama Danger Man starring Patrick McGoohan. In 2010, she was a guest star in the Dark Shadows audio drama The Night Whispers. In 2010, actor-writer Mark Gatiss interviewed Steele about her role in Black Sunday (1960) for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
Ulalume - A Ballad Narrator: opening credits (voice) 2023
Fellinopolis Self - Actress (archive footage) 2021
Master of Dark Shadows Self 2019
Minutes Past Midnight The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End') 2016
The Phantom The Widow 2016
Lost River Belladonna 2015
The Mill at Calder's End The Apparition of the Mill 2015
The Shutterbug Man Narrator 2014
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' Self 2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” Self (archive footage) 2014
Behind the Swinging Blade Self 2014
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! Self 2013
The Butterfly Room Ann 2012
Barbara Steele in Conversation Self 2009
Her Morbid Desires Vanessa Peabody 2009
The Boneyard Collection Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires") 2008
The American Nightmare Self 2000
The Capitol Conspiracy Agent Oakley 1998
Hollywood Rated 'R' Self 1997
Deep Above Mrs. Wagner 1994
Fear in the Dark Self 1991
Be Pretty and Shut Up! Self 1981
Silent Scream Victoria Engels 1979
The Key Is in the Door Cathy 1978
Piranha Dr. Mengers 1978
Pretty Baby Josephine 1978
The Space-Watch Murders 1978
Shivers Betts 1975
Caged Heat Supt. McQueen 1974
Ciao, Federico! Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1970
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! Danielle 1970
Honeymoon with a Stranger Carla 1969
Curse of the Crimson Altar Lavinia Morley 1968
Barbara and Her Furs Self 1967
Young Törless Bozena 1966
An Angel for Satan Harriet Montebruno / Belinda 1966
The She Beast Veronica 1966
For Love and Gold Teodora 1966
Money 1965
Once Upon a Tractor Lady Clerk 1965
Nightmare Castle Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith 1965
Terror-Creatures from the Grave Cleo Hauff 1965
The Long Hair of Death Helen Rochefort / Mary 1964
Easy Love Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano") 1964
The Monocle's Sour Laugh Valérie Gasparelli 1964
White Voices Guilia 1964
Three for a Robbery Barbara Sims 1964
Les baisers Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir') 1964
The Maniacs Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale") 1964
Castle of Blood Elisabeth Blackwood 1964
A Sentimental Attempt Silvia 1963
The Ghost Margaret Hichcock 1963
The Hours of Love Leila 1963
8½ Gloria Morin 1963
The Iron Captain Floriana 1962
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock Cynthia Hichcock 1962
The Pit and the Pendulum Elizabeth Barnard Medina 1961
Black Sunday Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda 1960
Your Money or Your Wife Juliet Frost 1960
Upstairs and Downstairs Mary 1959
Sapphire Student 1959
The Heart of a Man Girl 1959
The 39 Steps Extra 1959
Bachelor of Hearts Fiona 1958
Houseboat Minor Role (uncredited) 1958
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
SHOWCHARACTERYEAR
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Phyllis <mt>
Dark Shadows Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres <mt>
War and Remembrance Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party) <mt>
Adventures in Paradise Dolores <mt>
A History of Horror Self <mt>
Celebrity Ghost Stories Self <mt>
Castlevania Miranda (voice) <mt>
Night Gallery The Widow Craighill <mt>
Dim Dam Dom Self <mt>
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