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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-02-13

Day of Death

2021-01-03 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Барбара Шелли

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Shelley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Known For

Acting

Village of the Damned

1960

Village of the Damned

as

Anthea Zellaby

Quatermass and the Pit

1967

Quatermass and the Pit

as

Barbara Judd

Cat Girl

1957

Cat Girl

as

Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt

The Gorgon

1964

The Gorgon

as

Carla Hoffman

The Shadow of the Cat

1961

The Shadow of the Cat

as

Beth Venable

Blood of the Vampire

1958

Blood of the Vampire

as

Madeleine Duval

The End of the Line

1957

The End of the Line

as

Liliane Crawford

Blind Corner

1964

Blind Corner

as

Anne Gregory

Ghost Story

1974

Ghost Story

as

Matron

The Camp on Blood Island

1958

The Camp on Blood Island

as

Kate Keiller

Postman's Knock

1962

Postman's Knock

as

Jean

The Solitary Child

1958

The Solitary Child

as

Harriet

Murder at Site 3

1958

Murder at Site 3

as

Susan

The Comedy of Errors

1978

The Comedy of Errors

as

Courtesan

Death Trap

1962

Death Trap

as

Jean Anscomb

Bobbikins

1959

Bobbikins

as

Valerie

Deadly Record

1959

Deadly Record

as

Susan Webb

Maigret

1988

Maigret

as

Louise Maigret

Lacrime di sposa

1956

Lacrime di sposa

as

Barbara

A Story of David

1960

A Story of David

as

Abigail

The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

1992

The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

as

Charlotte Darton

Stranglehold

1962

Stranglehold

as

Chris Morrison

Luna nova

1955

Luna nova

as

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as

Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

2012

Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

as

Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent

The Spy Killer

1969

The Spy Killer

as

Danielle

Nero's Mistress

1956

Nero's Mistress

as

A Guest at the Villa

Supreme Confession

1956

Supreme Confession

as

Bettina

The Dark Angel

1987

The Dark Angel

as

Cousin Monica

A Marriage

1972

A Marriage

as

Clare

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Catherine Prescott

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Sorasta

The Saint

The Saint

as

Valerie North

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

as

Mrs. Gardiner

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

as

Louisa Galbraith

Hazel

Hazel

as

Anna Forti

The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel

as

Cousin Monica

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle

as

Catherine

Blake's 7

Blake's 7

as

Dr. Plaxton

Justice

Justice

as

Aisling Ainsworth

The Borgias

The Borgias

as

Vannozza Canale

The Avengers

The Avengers

as

Susan Summers

Crown Court

Crown Court

as

Madame Veda Bronski

Crown Court

Crown Court

as

Delia Savage

Production

Crew

Directing