Barbara Shelley
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1932-02-13
Day of Death
2021-01-03 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Barbara Shelley
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) was an English film and television actress.
She was at her busiest in the late 1950s (Blood of the Vampire) and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon (1964), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967) among her credits. Although she is known as a scream queen, in fact her most famous scream (in the aforementioned Dracula film) was dubbed by co-star Suzan Farmer.
She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960) and in the 1984 Doctor Who serial Planet of Fire.
In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Shelley about her career at Hammer Films for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror.
She died on 3 January 2021, at the age of 88.
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Known For
Acting
(2012)
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
(2008)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
as Self
(1994)
The World of Hammer: Vamp
as Helen Kent
(1992)
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
as Charlotte Darton
(1988)
Maigret
as Louise Maigret
(1987)
The Dark Angel
as Cousin Monica
(1987)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)
(1984)
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
as Sorasta
(1978)
The Comedy of Errors
as Courtesan
(1974)
Ghost Story
as Matron
(1972)
A Marriage
as Clare
(1969)
The Spy Killer
as Danielle
(1967)
Quatermass and the Pit
as Barbara Judd
(1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Helen Kent
(1966)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Sonia
(1964)
The Gorgon
as Carla Hoffman
(1964)
The Secret of Blood Island
as Elaine
(1964)
Blind Corner
as Anne Gregory
(1962)
Postman's Knock
as Jean
(1962)
Stranglehold
as Chris Morrison
(1962)
(1961)
The Shadow of the Cat
as Beth Venable
(1960)
Village of the Damned
as Anthea Zellaby
(1960)
A Story of David
as Abigail
(1959)
Bobbikins
as Valerie
(1959)
Deadly Record
as Susan Webb
(1958)
Blood of the Vampire
as Madeleine Duval
(1958)
The Solitary Child
as Harriet
(1958)
The Camp on Blood Island
as Kate Keiller
(1958)
Murder at Site 3
as Susan
(1957)
Cat Girl
as Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt
(1957)
The End of the Line
as Liliane Crawford
(1956)
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
as Baronessa
(1956)
Nero's Mistress
as A Guest at the Villa
(1956)
Supreme Confession
as Bettina
(1956)
Lacrime di sposa
as Barbara
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)