Barbara Shelley
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1932
Died: January 3, 2021
Place of birth: London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) was an English film and television actress. She was at her busiest in the late 1950s (Blood of the Vampire) and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon (1964), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967) among her credits. Although she is known as a scream queen, in fact her most famous scream (in the aforementioned Dracula film) was dubbed by co-star Suzan Farmer. She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960) and in the 1984 Doctor Who serial Planet of Fire. In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Shelley about her career at Hammer Films for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror. She died on 3 January 2021, at the age of 88. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Shelley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
41 movies · 36 TV shows, newest first
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The House of Horror - Memories of Bray
2013
8.0
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
7.1
A History of Horror
2010
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Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
2009
7.0
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
6.0
The World of Hammer: Vamp
1994
6.8
The World of Hammer
1994
6.5
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
1992
8.0
The Stranger
1991
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The Dark Angel
1989
7.5
Maigret
1988
6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
7.5
The Dark Angel
1987
6.0
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
1984
7.0
Bergerac
1981
8.7
The Borgias
1981
7.0
Pride and Prejudice
1980
8.6
The Comedy of Errors
1978
8.0
Tycoon
1978NR
People Like Us
1978
7.3
Blake's 7
1978
7.5
Oil Strike North
19757.0
The Hanged Man
1975
4.9
Ghost Story
19749.0
John Halifax, Gentleman
1974
5.7
Crown Court
1972NR
A Marriage
1972
7.3
Justice
1971
5.0
The Spy Killer
1969
7.0
Counterstrike
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
6.7
Quatermass and the Pit
1967
7.2
Man in a Suitcase
1967
5.9
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
6.7
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
7.3
The Troubleshooters
1965
9.0
The Secret of Blood Island
1964
6.4
The Gorgon
1964
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964NR
Rupert of Hentzau
1964
9.0
Detective
1964
4.9
Blind Corner
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
8.2
The Human Jungle
1963
7.4
The Saint
1962
6.5
Death Trap
1962
6.7
Suspense
1962
4.9
Postman's Knock
196210.0
Stranglehold
1962
6.8
Hazel
1961
6.7
The Shadow of the Cat
1961
7.8
The Avengers
1961
5.4
A Story of David
1960
6.7
Route 66
1960
7.3
Danger Man
1960
7.2
Village of the Damned
1960
7.2
The Third Man
1959
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
7.3
Interpol Calling
1959
6.0
Bobbikins
1959
6.0
Deadly Record
1959
6.0
The Solitary Child
1958
6.5
The Donna Reed Show
1958
5.8
Blood of the Vampire
1958
6.7
The Camp on Blood Island
19587.0
Murder at Site 3
1958
6.2
The End of the Line
1957
4.9
Cat Girl
1957
7.6
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1956
8.0
Supreme Confession
1956
5.9
Nero's Mistress
1956
9.0
Lacrime di sposa
1956
10.0
Four of the Thundering Jet
1955
6.0
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
9.0
Luna nova
1955
8.0
Tragic ballad
1955
5.6
Mantrap
1953