
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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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

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