Barbara Steele
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1937-12-29 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Barbara Steele
Biography
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.
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Acting
(2023)
Ulalume - A Ballad
as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
(2021)
Fellinopolis
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
(2019)
Master of Dark Shadows
as Self
(2019)
(2016)
Minutes Past Midnight
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
(2016)
The Phantom
as The Widow
(2015)
Lost River
as Belladonna
(2015)
The Mill at Calder's End
as The Apparition of the Mill
(2014)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Behind the Swinging Blade
as Self
(2014)
(2014)
The Shutterbug Man
as Narrator
(2013)
(2012)
The Butterfly Room
as Ann
(2009)
(2008)
The Boneyard Collection
as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
(2004)
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
as Self
(2003)
Italian Kings Of B
as Self
(2000)
The American Nightmare
as Self
(1998)
The Capitol Conspiracy
as Agent Oakley
(1997)
Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self
(1994)
Deep Above
as Mrs. Wagner
(1991)
Fear in the Dark
as Self
(1981)
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
(1979)
Silent Scream
as Victoria Engels
(1978)
Pretty Baby
as Josephine
(1978)
Piranha
as Dr. Mengers
(1978)
The Key Is in the Door
as Cathy
(1978)
(1975)
Shivers
as Betts
(1974)
Caged Heat
as Supt. McQueen
(1970)
Ciao, Federico!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1970)
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
as Danielle
(1969)
Honeymoon with a Stranger
as Carla
(1968)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as Lavinia Morley
(1967)
Barbara and Her Furs
as Self
(1966)
The She Beast
as Veronica
(1966)
For Love and Gold
as Teodora
(1966)
Young Törless
as Bozena
(1966)
An Angel for Satan
as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
(1965)
Nightmare Castle
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
(1965)
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
as Cleo Hauff
(1965)
(1965)
Once Upon a Tractor
as Lady Clerk
(1964)
Castle of Blood
as Elisabeth Blackwood
(1964)
Easy Love
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
(1964)
The Long Hair of Death
as Helen Rochefort / Mary
(1964)
White Voices
as Guilia
(1964)
The Maniacs
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
(1964)
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as Valérie Gasparelli
(1964)
Les baisers
as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
(1964)
Three for a Robbery
as Barbara Sims
(1963)
8½
as Gloria Morin
(1963)
The Hours of Love
as Leila
(1963)
The Ghost
as Margaret Hichcock
(1963)
A Sentimental Attempt
as Silvia
(1962)
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
as Cynthia Hichcock
(1962)
The Iron Captain
as Floriana
(1961)
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
(1960)
Black Sunday
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
(1960)
Your Money or Your Wife
as Juliet Frost
(1959)
The 39 Steps
as Extra
(1959)
Sapphire
as Student
(1959)
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Mary
(1959)
The Heart of a Man
as Girl
(1958)
Houseboat
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1958)
Bachelor of Hearts
as Fiona