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).
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266240
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Filmography (Movies)
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
Character:(Voice)
Release Date:20/11/2025
Ulalume - A Ballad
Character:Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Release Date:20/01/2023
Fellinopolis
Character:Self - Actress (archive footage)
Release Date:10/06/2021
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Character:Self
Release Date:05/09/2019
Master of Dark Shadows
Character:Self
Release Date:16/04/2019
Minutes Past Midnight
Character:The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
Release Date:18/10/2016
The Phantom
Character:The Widow
Release Date:14/10/2016
Lost River
Character:Belladonna
Release Date:08/04/2015
The Mill at Calder's End
Character:The Apparition of the Mill
Release Date:22/03/2015
The Shutterbug Man
Character:Narrator
Release Date:17/12/2014
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Character:Self
Release Date:13/10/2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2014
Behind the Swinging Blade
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2014
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2013
The Butterfly Room
Character:Ann
Release Date:04/08/2012
Barbara Steele in Conversation
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2009
The Boneyard Collection
Character:Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Release Date:01/01/2008
Mario Bava Speaks
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/2006
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Character:Self
Release Date:30/04/2004
Italian Kings Of B
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2003
The American Nightmare
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/2000
The Capitol Conspiracy
Character:Agent Oakley
Release Date:01/03/1998
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Character:Self
Release Date:19/06/1997
Deep Above
Character:Mrs. Wagner
Release Date:01/01/1994
Fear in the Dark
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1991
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Character:Self
Release Date:04/03/1981
Silent Scream
Character:Victoria Engels
Release Date:23/11/1979
The Key Is in the Door
Character:Cathy
Release Date:13/12/1978
Piranha
Character:Dr. Mengers
Release Date:03/08/1978
Pretty Baby
Character:Josephine
Release Date:05/04/1978
The Space-Watch Murders
Character:
Release Date:04/01/1978
Shivers
Character:Betts
Release Date:16/05/1975
Caged Heat
Character:Supt. McQueen
Release Date:19/04/1974
Ciao, Federico!
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:28/10/1970
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
Character:Danielle
Release Date:08/10/1970
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Character:Carla
Release Date:23/12/1969
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Character:Lavinia Morley
Release Date:01/12/1968
Barbara and Her Furs
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1967
Young Törless
Character:Bozena
Release Date:20/05/1966
An Angel for Satan
Character:Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
Release Date:04/05/1966
The She Beast
Character:Veronica
Release Date:02/05/1966
For Love and Gold
Character:Teodora
Release Date:07/04/1966
Money
Character:
Release Date:25/11/1965
Once Upon a Tractor
Character:Lady Clerk
Release Date:09/09/1965
Nightmare Castle
Character:Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Release Date:20/08/1965
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
Character:Cleo Hauff
Release Date:23/06/1965
The Long Hair of Death
Character:Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
Release Date:30/12/1964
Easy Love
Character:Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
Release Date:03/10/1964
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Character:Valérie Gasparelli
Release Date:16/09/1964
White Voices
Character:Guilia
Release Date:12/08/1964
Three for a Robbery
Character:Barbara Sims
Release Date:01/08/1964
Les baisers
Character:Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
Release Date:14/05/1964
The Maniacs
Character:Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
Release Date:28/03/1964
Castle of Blood
Character:Elisabeth Blackwood
Release Date:27/02/1964
A Sentimental Attempt
Character:Silvia
Release Date:04/10/1963
The Ghost
Character:Margaret Hichcock
Release Date:30/03/1963
The Hours of Love
Character:Leila
Release Date:01/03/1963
8½
Character:Gloria Morin
Release Date:14/02/1963
The Iron Captain
Character:Floriana
Release Date:26/10/1962
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Character:Cynthia Hichcock
Release Date:01/08/1962
The Pit and the Pendulum
Character:Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Release Date:12/08/1961
Black Sunday
Character:Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
Release Date:11/08/1960
Your Money or Your Wife
Character:Juliet Frost
Release Date:01/03/1960
Sapphire
Character:Student
Release Date:02/11/1959
Upstairs and Downstairs
Character:Mary
Release Date:02/11/1959
The Heart of a Man
Character:Girl
Release Date:06/08/1959
The 39 Steps
Character:Extra
Release Date:13/03/1959
Look at Life: Saving Face
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1959
Bachelor of Hearts
Character:Fiona
Release Date:12/12/1958
Houseboat
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:19/11/1958
Television Appearances
Castlevania
Character:Miranda (voice)
A History of Horror
Character:Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character:Self
Dark Shadows
Character:Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
War and Remembrance
Character:Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party)
Night Gallery
Character:The Widow Craighill
Dim Dam Dom
Character:Self
Adventures in Paradise
Character:Dolores
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Phyllis
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