Barbara Steele
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 29 December 1937 · 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.
Known for
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- 2026Mary Woronov: Cult Queen as Self
- 2025Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol as (Voice)
- 2023Ulalume - A Ballad as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
- 2021Fellinopolis as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2019Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta as Self
- 2019Master of Dark Shadows as Self
- 2016Minutes Past Midnight as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
- 2016The Phantom as The Widow
- 2015Lost River as Belladonna
- 2015The Mill at Calder's End as The Apparition of the Mill
- 2014The Shutterbug Man as Narrator
- 2014Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' as Self
- 2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Behind the Swinging Blade as Self
- 2013House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! as Self
- 2012The Butterfly Room as Ann
- 2009Barbara Steele in Conversation as Self
- 2008The Boneyard Collection as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
- 2006Mario Bava Speaks as Self
- 2004Mario Bava: Operazione paura as Self
- 2003Italian Kings Of B as Self
- 2000The American Nightmare as Self
- 1998The Capitol Conspiracy as Agent Oakley
- 1997Hollywood Rated 'R' as Self
- 1996Vampire Cult Queens from Hell as Self
- 1994Deep Above as Mrs. Wagner
- 1992Dracula in the Movies as (archive footage)
- 1991Fear in the Dark as Self
- 1981Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self
- 1979Silent Scream as Victoria Engels
- 1978The Key Is in the Door as Cathy
- 1978Piranha as Dr. Mengers
- 1978Pretty Baby as Josephine
- 1978The Space-Watch Murders
- 1975Shivers as Betts
- 1974Caged Heat as Supt. McQueen
- 1970Ciao, Federico! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1970Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! as Danielle
- 1969Honeymoon with a Stranger as Carla
- 1968Curse of the Crimson Altar as Lavinia Morley
- 1967Barbara and Her Furs as Self
- 1966The She Beast as Veronica
- 1966Young Törless as Bozena
- 1966An Angel for Satan as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
- 1966For Love and Gold as Teodora
- 1965Money as Lucky
- 1965Once Upon a Tractor as Lady Clerk
- 1965Nightmare Castle as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
- 1965Terror-Creatures from the Grave as Cleo Hauff
- 1964The Long Hair of Death as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
- 1964Easy Love as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
- 1964The Monocle's Sour Laugh as Valérie Gasparelli
- 1964White Voices as Guilia
- 1964Three for a Robbery as Barbara Sims
- 1964Les baisers as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
- 1964The Maniacs as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
- 1964Castle of Blood as Elisabeth Blackwood
- 1963A Sentimental Attempt as Silvia
- 1963The Ghost as Margaret Hichcock
- 1963The Hours of Love as Leila
- 19638½ as Gloria Morin
- 1962The Iron Captain as Floriana
- 1962The Horrible Dr. Hichcock as Cynthia Hichcock
- 1961The Pit and the Pendulum as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
- 1960Black Sunday as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
- 1960Your Money or Your Wife as Juliet Frost
- 1959Sapphire as Student (uncredited)
- 1959Upstairs and Downstairs as Mary
- 1959The Heart of a Man as Girl (scenes deleted)
- 1959The 39 Steps as Extra (uncredited)
- 1959Look at Life: Saving Face as Self
- 1958Bachelor of Hearts as Fiona
- 1958Houseboat as Minor Role (uncredited)