Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England) is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), now hailed as a classic. Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Ghost, directed by Riccardo Freda and Roger Corman's 1961 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Pit and the Pendulum. She guested on various British television shows including the spy drama Danger Man starring Patrick McGoohan. In 2010, she was a guest star in the Dark Shadows audio drama The Night Whispers. In 2010, actor-writer Mark Gatiss interviewed Steele about her role in Black Sunday (1960) for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Dec 29, 1937 In Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 79
- First Appeared:
- In the series Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-10-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie Mary Woronov: Cult Queen 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mary Woronov: Cult Queen | Unknown | 2025 |
| Movie | Ulalume - A Ballad | Narrator: opening credits (voice) | 2023-01-20 |
| Movie | Fellinopolis | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2021-06-10 |
| Movie | Master of Dark Shadows | Self | 2019-04-16 |
| Series | Castlevania | Miranda (voice) | 2017-07-07 |
| Movie | The Phantom | The Widow | 2016-10-14 |
| Movie | Minutes Past Midnight | The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End') | 2016-10-18 |
| Movie | Lost River | Belladonna | 2015-04-08 |
| Movie | The Mill at Calder's End | The Apparition of the Mill | 2015-03-22 |
| Movie | Behind the Swinging Blade | Self | 2014-05-19 |
| Movie | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” | Self (archive footage) | 2014-08-24 |
| Movie | The Shutterbug Man | Narrator | 2014-12-17 |
| Movie | Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' | Self | 2014-10-13 |
| Movie | House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! | Self | 2013-10-01 |
| Movie | The Butterfly Room | Ann | 2012-08-04 |
| Series | A History of Horror | Self | 2010-10-11 |
| Movie | Her Morbid Desires | Vanessa Peabody | 2009-02-15 |
| Movie | Barbara Steele in Conversation | Self | 2009-05-19 |
| Series | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 2009-10-03 |
| Movie | The Boneyard Collection | Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires") | 2008-01-01 |
| Movie | Mario Bava: Operazione paura | Self | 2004-04-30 |
| Movie | Italian Kings Of B | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | The American Nightmare | Self | 2000-09-11 |
| Movie | The Capitol Conspiracy | Agent Oakley | 1998-03-01 |
| Movie | Hollywood Rated 'R' | Self | 1997-06-19 |
| Movie | Deep Above | Mrs. Wagner | 1994-01-01 |
| Series | Dark Shadows | Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres | 1991-01-13 |
| Movie | Fear in the Dark | Self | 1991-10-29 |
| Series | War and Remembrance | Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party) | 1988-11-13 |
| Movie | Be Pretty and Shut Up! | Self | 1981-03-04 |
| Movie | Silent Scream | Victoria Engels | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | Pretty Baby | Josephine | 1978-04-05 |
| Movie | The Space-Watch Murders | Unknown | 1978-01-04 |
| Movie | The Key Is in the Door | Cathy | 1978-12-13 |
| Movie | Piranha | Dr. Mengers | 1978-08-03 |
| Movie | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Idat | 1977-07-14 |
| Movie | Shivers | Betts | 1975-09-26 |
| Movie | Caged Heat | Supt. McQueen | 1974-04-19 |
| Movie | Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! | Danielle | 1970-10-08 |
| Movie | Ciao, Federico! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1970-10-28 |
| Series | Night Gallery | The Widow Craighill | 1970-12-16 |
| Movie | Honeymoon with a Stranger | Carla | 1969-12-23 |
| Movie | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Lavinia Morley | 1968-12-01 |
| Movie | Barbara and Her Furs | Self | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | The She Beast | Veronica | 1966-05-02 |
| Movie | For Love and Gold | Teodora | 1966-04-07 |
| Movie | An Angel for Satan | Harriet Montebruno / Belinda | 1966-05-04 |
| Movie | Young Törless | Bozena | 1966-05-20 |
| Movie | Terror-Creatures from the Grave | Cleo Hauff | 1965-06-23 |
| Series | Dim Dam Dom | Self | 1965-03-07 |
| Movie | Nightmare Castle | Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith | 1965-08-20 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Tractor | Lady Clerk | 1965-09-09 |
| Movie | Money | Unknown | 1965-11-25 |
| Movie | Les baisers | Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir') | 1964-05-14 |
| Movie | Castle of Blood | Elisabeth Blackwood | 1964-02-27 |
| Movie | Three for a Robbery | Barbara Sims | 1964-08-01 |
| Movie | The Maniacs | Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale") | 1964-03-28 |
| Movie | White Voices | Guilia | 1964-08-12 |
| Movie | The Long Hair of Death | Helen Rochefort / Mary | 1964-12-30 |
| Movie | Easy Love | Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano") | 1964-10-03 |
| Movie | The Monocle's Sour Laugh | Valérie Gasparelli | 1964-09-16 |
| Movie | 8½ | Gloria Morin | 1963-02-14 |
| Movie | The Hours of Love | Leila | 1963-03-01 |
| Movie | A Sentimental Attempt | Silvia | 1963-10-04 |
| Movie | The Ghost | Margaret Hichcock | 1963-03-30 |
| Movie | The Horrible Dr. Hichcock | Cynthia Hichcock | 1962-08-01 |
| Movie | The Iron Captain | Floriana | 1962-10-26 |
| Movie | The Pit and the Pendulum | Elizabeth Barnard Medina | 1961-08-12 |
| Movie | Flaming Star | Roslyn Pierce (scenes deleted) | 1960-12-20 |
| Movie | Your Money or Your Wife | Juliet Frost | 1960-03-01 |
| Movie | Black Sunday | Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda | 1960-08-11 |
| Movie | The Heart of a Man | Girl | 1959-08-06 |
| Movie | The 39 Steps | Extra | 1959-03-13 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Dolores | 1959-10-05 |
| Movie | Sapphire | Student | 1959-11-02 |
| Movie | Upstairs and Downstairs | Mary | 1959-11-02 |
| Movie | Houseboat | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1958-11-19 |
| Movie | Bachelor of Hearts | Fiona | 1958-12-12 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Phyllis | 1955-10-02 |