Barbara Steele
Known for: Acting
Born: December 29, 1937
Place of birth: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
73 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
NR
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
2025NR
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023
6.2
Fellinopolis
2021
7.3
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019
9.1
Master of Dark Shadows
2019
8.3
Castlevania
2017
4.8
Minutes Past Midnight
2016
6.3
The Phantom
2016
5.7
Lost River
2015
6.5
The Mill at Calder's End
2015
6.3
The Shutterbug Man
2014
5.5
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
2014
6.7
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
NR
Behind the Swinging Blade
2014
NR
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
5.7
The Butterfly Room
2012
7.1
A History of Horror
2010
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
NR
Barbara Steele in Conversation
2009
5.3
The Boneyard Collection
2008NR
Mario Bava Speaks
2006
6.5
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
6.0
Italian Kings Of B
2003
6.8
The American Nightmare
2000
4.5
The Capitol Conspiracy
1998
5.3
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
NR
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell
1996
10.0
Deep Above
1994
10.0
Dracula in the Movies
1992
9.0
Fear in the Dark
1991
7.9
Dark Shadows
1991
7.9
War and Remembrance
1988
7.3
The Winds of War
1983
6.2
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
5.7
Silent Scream
1979
4.7
The Key Is in the Door
1978
5.9
Piranha
1978
7.0
Pretty Baby
19788.0
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
6.4
Shivers
1975
5.2
Caged Heat
1974
7.8
Night Gallery
1970
7.2
Ciao, Federico!
1970
7.8
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970
7.0
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
5.2
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
NR
Barbara and Her Furs
1967
5.0
The She Beast
1966
6.6
Young Törless
1966
6.3
An Angel for Satan
1966
7.7
For Love and Gold
19668.0
Money
1965
6.0
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
5.3
Nightmare Castle
1965
5.9
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
8.0
Dim Dam Dom
1965
6.3
The Long Hair of Death
1964
5.0
Easy Love
1964
5.4
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
4.8
White Voices
1964
10.0
Three for a Robbery
1964
5.5
Les baisers
1964
5.0
The Maniacs
1964
7.1
Castle of Blood
1964
6.8
A Sentimental Attempt
1963
6.3
The Ghost
1963
5.0
The Hours of Love
1963
8.1
8½
1963
7.0
The Iron Captain
1962
5.9
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
6.8
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
7.4
Black Sunday
1960
4.5
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
7.0
Sapphire
1959
5.8
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
7.0
The Heart of a Man
1959
6.3
The 39 Steps
1959NR
Look at Life: Saving Face
1959
5.9
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
6.4
Houseboat
1958
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
NR
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
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