Barbara Steele
Known for Acting · 83 credits
- Born
- 1937-12-29 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- 芭芭拉·斯蒂尔 · Барбара Стіл · Barbara Steel
Biography
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
TV Shows (10)
Night Gallery
1970
as The Widow Craighill
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Dolores
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Phyllis
Castlevania
2017
as Miranda (voice)
War and Remembrance
1988
as Elsa MacMahon
Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
The Winds of War
1983
as Mrs. Stoller
Dark Shadows
1991
as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
A History of Horror
2010
as Self
Movies (73)
Pretty Baby
1978
as Josephine
8½
1963
as Gloria Morin
Piranha
1978
as Dr. Mengers
Houseboat
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Lost River
2015
as Belladonna
Shivers
1975
as Betts
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Caged Heat
1974
as Supt. McQueen
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Black Sunday
1960
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
The Butterfly Room
2012
as Ann
For Love and Gold
1966
as Teodora
Silent Scream
1979
as Victoria Engels
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as Lavinia Morley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
The 39 Steps
1959
as Extra
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
2025
as (Voice)
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
as Self
Castle of Blood
1964
as Elisabeth Blackwood
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Mary
Ciao, Federico!
1970
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
as Lady Clerk
Sapphire
1959
as Student
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
as Self
Nightmare Castle
1965
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Master of Dark Shadows
2019
as Self
The Boneyard Collection
2008
as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Fellinopolis
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Minutes Past Midnight
2016
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
Young Törless
1966
as Bozena
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
The She Beast
1966
as Veronica
The Ghost
1963
as Margaret Hichcock
The Maniacs
1964
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
as Carla
Italian Kings Of B
2003
as Self
An Angel for Satan
1966
as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
The Capitol Conspiracy
1998
as Agent Oakley
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
as Cynthia Hichcock
The Mill at Calder's End
2015
as The Apparition of the Mill
Dracula in the Movies
1992
The Phantom
2016
as The Widow
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
as Self
Money
1965
Les baisers
1964
as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
as Valérie Gasparelli
The Hours of Love
1963
as Leila
The Long Hair of Death
1964
as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
The Key Is in the Door
1978
as Cathy
White Voices
1964
as Guilia
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
as Juliet Frost
The Heart of a Man
1959
as Girl
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
as Cleo Hauff
Three for a Robbery
1964
as Barbara Sims
Fear in the Dark
1991
as Self
Easy Love
1964
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
The Iron Captain
1962
as Floriana
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
as Fiona
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023
as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties
2019
as Self
Deep Above
1994
as Mrs. Wagner
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970
as Danielle
A Sentimental Attempt
1963
as Silvia
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
2014
as Self
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell
1996
as Barbara
Barbara and Her Furs
1967
as Self
Mario Bava Speaks
2006
as Self
Behind the Swinging Blade
2014
as Self
The Shutterbug Man
2014
as Narrator
Barbara Steele in Conversation
2009
as Self
Look at Life: Saving Face
1959
as Self
About Barbara Steele
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 (196… With 83 credits spanning from 1955 to 2025, Barbara Steele has appeared in 73 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Barbara Steele Movies
- Pretty Baby (1978) — as Josephine
- 8½ (1963) — as Gloria Morin
- Piranha (1978) — as Dr. Mengers
- Houseboat (1958) — as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Lost River (2015) — as Belladonna
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