Barbara Steele
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
2025
as (Voice)
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023
as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Fellinopolis
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Master of Dark Shadows
2019
as Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019
as Self
Castlevania
2017
as Miranda (voice)
Minutes Past Midnight
2016
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
The Phantom
2016
as The Widow
The Mill at Calder's End
2015
as The Apparition of the Mill
Lost River
2015
as Belladonna
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Swinging Blade
2014
as Self
The Shutterbug Man
2014
as Narrator
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
2014
as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
as Self
The Butterfly Room
2012
as Ann
A History of Horror
2010
as Self
Barbara Steele in Conversation
2009
as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
The Boneyard Collection
2008
as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Mario Bava Speaks
2006
as Self
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
Italian Kings Of B
2003
as Self
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
The Capitol Conspiracy
1998
as Agent Oakley
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
as Self
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell
1996
as Self
Deep Above
1994
as Mrs. Wagner
Dracula in the Movies
1992
as (archive footage)
Fear in the Dark
1991
as Self
Dark Shadows
1991
as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
Dark Shadows
1991
as Dr. Julia Hoffman
Dark Shadows
1991
as Countess Natalie du Pres
War and Remembrance
1988
as Elsa MacMahon
The Winds of War
1983
as Mrs. Stoller
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
Silent Scream
1979
as Victoria Engels
Piranha
1978
as Dr. Mengers
Pretty Baby
1978
as Josephine
The Key Is in the Door
1978
as Cathy
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
Shivers
1975
as Betts
Caged Heat
1974
as Supt. McQueen
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970
as Danielle
Ciao, Federico!
1970
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Night Gallery
1970
as The Widow Craighill
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
as Carla
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as Lavinia Morley
Barbara and Her Furs
1967
as Self
Young Törless
1966
as Bozena
The She Beast
1966
as Veronica
For Love and Gold
1966
as Teodora
An Angel for Satan
1966
as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
as Cleo Hauff
Money
1965
as Lucky
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
as Lady Clerk
Nightmare Castle
1965
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
I Spy
1965
as Giana
Castle of Blood
1964
as Elisabeth Blackwood
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
as Valérie Gasparelli
The Long Hair of Death
1964
as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
White Voices
1964
as Guilia
Easy Love
1964
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
Les baisers
1964
as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
Three for a Robbery
1964
as Barbara Sims
The Maniacs
1964
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
8½
1963
as Gloria Morin
The Ghost
1963
as Margaret Hichcock
A Sentimental Attempt
1963
as Silvia
The Hours of Love
1963
as Leila
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
as Cynthia Hichcock
The Iron Captain
1962
as Floriana
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Black Sunday
1960
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
as Juliet Frost
The 39 Steps
1959
as Extra (uncredited)
Sapphire
1959
as Student (uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Mary
The Heart of a Man
1959
as Girl (scenes deleted)
Look at Life: Saving Face
1959
as Self
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Dolores
Houseboat
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
as Fiona
Dial 999
1958
as Toni Miller
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Phyllis