
Barbara Steele
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Master of Dark Shadows as Self
- 2017 · Castlevania as Miranda (voice)
- 2016 · Minutes Past Midnight as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
- 2014 · Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · The Butterfly Room as Ann
- 2010 · A History of Horror as Self
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2008 · The Boneyard Collection as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
- 2004 · Mario Bava: Operazione paura as Self
- 2000 · The American Nightmare as Self
- 1998 · The Capitol Conspiracy as Agent Oakley
- 1997 · Hollywood Rated 'R' as Self
- 1991 · Dark Shadows as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
- 1988 · War and Remembrance as Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party)
- 1981 · Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self
- 1979 · Silent Scream as Victoria Engels
- 1978 · Piranha as Dr. Mengers
- 1978 · Pretty Baby as Josephine
- 1975 · Shivers as Betts
- 1974 · Caged Heat as Supt. McQueen
- 1970 · Night Gallery as The Widow Craighill
- 1968 · Curse of the Crimson Altar as Lavinia Morley
- 1966 · Young Törless as Bozena
- 1966 · The She Beast as Veronica
- 1966 · For Love and Gold as Teodora
- 1965 · Nightmare Castle as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
- 1965 · Dim Dam Dom as Self
- 1964 · Castle of Blood as Elisabeth Blackwood
- 1963 · 8½ as Gloria Morin
- 1961 · The Pit and the Pendulum as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
- 1960 · Black Sunday as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
- 1959 · Upstairs and Downstairs as Mary
- 1959 · Sapphire as Student
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Dolores
- 1959 · The Heart of a Man as Girl
- 1959 · The 39 Steps as Extra
- 1958 · Houseboat as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Phyllis
- Future · Mary Woronov: Cult Queen as
- 2023 · Ulalume - A Ballad as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
- 2021 · Fellinopolis as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2019 · Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta as Sé stessa
- 2016 · The Phantom as The Widow
- 2015 · Lost River as Belladonna
- 2015 · The Mill at Calder's End as The Apparition of the Mill
- 2014 · The Shutterbug Man as Narrator
- 2014 · Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' as Self
- 2014 · Behind the Swinging Blade as Self
- 2013 · House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! as Self
- 2009 · Barbara Steele in Conversation as Self
- 2003 · Italian Kings Of B as Self
- 1994 · Deep Above as Mrs. Wagner
- 1991 · Fear in the Dark as Self
- 1978 · The Key Is in the Door as Cathy
- 1978 · The Space-Watch Murders as
- 1970 · Ciao, Federico! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1970 · Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! as Danielle
- 1969 · Honeymoon with a Stranger as Carla
- 1967 · Barbara and Her Furs as Self
- 1966 · An Angel for Satan as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
- 1965 · Money as
- 1965 · Once Upon a Tractor as Lady Clerk
- 1965 · Terror-Creatures from the Grave as Cleo Hauff
- 1964 · The Long Hair of Death as Helen Rochefort / Mary
- 1964 · Easy Love as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
- 1964 · The Monocle's Sour Laugh as Valérie Gasparelli
- 1964 · White Voices as Guilia
- 1964 · Three for a Robbery as Barbara Sims
- 1964 · Les baisers as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
- 1964 · The Maniacs as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
- 1963 · A Sentimental Attempt as Silvia
- 1963 · The Ghost as Margaret Hichcock
- 1963 · The Hours of Love as Leila
- 1962 · The Iron Captain as Floriana
- 1962 · The Horrible Dr. Hichcock as Cynthia Hichcock
- 1960 · Your Money or Your Wife as Juliet Frost
- 1958 · Bachelor of Hearts as Fiona