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
- 2021 · Fellinopolis as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2019 · Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta as Sé stessa
- 2017 · Castlevania as Miranda (voice)
- 2016 · The Phantom as The Widow
- 2015 · The Mill at Calder's End as The Apparition of the Mill
- 2014 · Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Behind the Swinging Blade as Self
- 2013 · House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! as Self
- 2010 · A History of Horror as Self
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 1991 · Dark Shadows as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
- 1988 · War and Remembrance as Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party)
- 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
- 1970 · Ciao, Federico! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1966 · For Love and Gold as Teodora
- 1965 · Money as
- 1965 · Nightmare Castle as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
- 1965 · Terror-Creatures from the Grave as Cleo Hauff
- 1965 · Dim Dam Dom as Self
- 1964 · Easy Love as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
- 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")
- 1964 · Castle of Blood as Elisabeth Blackwood
- 1963 · The Hours of Love as Leila
- 1963 · 8½ as Gloria Morin
- 1962 · The Horrible Dr. Hichcock as Cynthia Hichcock
- 1960 · Black Sunday as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
- 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
- 2025 · Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol as (Voice)
- 2023 · Ulalume - A Ballad as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
- 2019 · Master of Dark Shadows as Self
- 2016 · Minutes Past Midnight as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
- 2015 · Lost River as Belladonna
- 2014 · The Shutterbug Man as Narrator
- 2014 · Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' as Self
- 2012 · The Butterfly Room as Ann
- 2009 · Barbara Steele in Conversation as Self
- 2008 · The Boneyard Collection as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
- 2006 · Mario Bava Speaks as Self
- 2004 · Mario Bava: Operazione paura as Self
- 2003 · Italian Kings Of B as Self
- 2000 · The American Nightmare as Self
- 1998 · The Capitol Conspiracy as Agent Oakley
- 1997 · Hollywood Rated 'R' as Self
- 1994 · Deep Above as Mrs. Wagner
- 1991 · Fear in the Dark as Self
- 1981 · Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self
- 1978 · The Key Is in the Door as Cathy
- 1978 · The Space-Watch Murders as
- 1970 · Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! as Danielle
- 1969 · Honeymoon with a Stranger as Carla
- 1968 · Curse of the Crimson Altar as Lavinia Morley
- 1967 · Barbara and Her Furs as Self
- 1966 · Young Törless as Bozena
- 1966 · An Angel for Satan as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
- 1966 · Revenge of The Blood Beast as Veronica
- 1965 · Once Upon a Tractor as Lady Clerk
- 1964 · The Long Hair of Death as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
- 1964 · The Monocle's Sour Laugh as Valérie Gasparelli
- 1964 · White Voices as Guilia
- 1963 · A Sentimental Attempt as Silvia
- 1963 · The Ghost as Margaret Hichcock
- 1962 · The Iron Captain as Floriana
- 1961 · The Pit and the Pendulum as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
- 1960 · Your Money or Your Wife as Juliet Frost
- 1959 · Upstairs and Downstairs as Mary
- 1959 · Look at Life: Saving Face as Self
- 1958 · Bachelor of Hearts as Fiona