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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

78

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-12-29 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Also Known As

芭芭拉·斯蒂尔

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Barbara Steel

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

Known For

8½

8½

Black Sunday

Black Sunday

Castle of Blood

Castle of Blood

Fear in the Dark

Fear in the Dark

For Love and Gold

For Love and Gold

Master of Dark Shadows

Master of Dark Shadows

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

Acting

8½

1963

8½

as

Gloria Morin

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997

Hollywood Rated 'R'

as

Self

Piranha

1978

Piranha

as

Dr. Mengers

The 39 Steps

1959

The 39 Steps

as

Extra

Pretty Baby

1978

Pretty Baby

as

Josephine

Black Sunday

1960

Black Sunday

as

Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda

Shivers

1975

Shivers

as

Betts

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968

Curse of the Crimson Altar

as

Lavinia Morley

Silent Scream

1979

Silent Scream

as

Victoria Engels

The Capitol Conspiracy

1998

The Capitol Conspiracy

as

Agent Oakley

Castle of Blood

1964

Castle of Blood

as

Elisabeth Blackwood

The Ghost

1963

The Ghost

as

Margaret Hichcock

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

1962

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

as

Cynthia Hichcock

Terror-Creatures from the Grave

1965

Terror-Creatures from the Grave

as

Cleo Hauff

Sapphire

1959

Sapphire

as

Student

Young Törless

1966

Young Törless

as

Bozena

Caged Heat

1974

Caged Heat

as

Supt. McQueen

The Key Is in the Door

1978

The Key Is in the Door

as

Cathy

The Monocle's Sour Laugh

1964

The Monocle's Sour Laugh

as

Valérie Gasparelli

The Long Hair of Death

1964

The Long Hair of Death

as

Helen Rochefort / Mary

The American Nightmare

2000

The American Nightmare

as

Self

The Butterfly Room

2012

The Butterfly Room

as

Ann

The She Beast

1966

The She Beast

as

Veronica

Houseboat

1958

Houseboat

as

Minor Role (uncredited)

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

as

Self (archive footage)

Bachelor of Hearts

1958

Bachelor of Hearts

as

Fiona

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959

Upstairs and Downstairs

as

Mary

A Sentimental Attempt

1963

A Sentimental Attempt

as

Silvia

Honeymoon with a Stranger

1969

Honeymoon with a Stranger

as

Carla

The Hours of Love

1963

The Hours of Love

as

Leila

Behind the Swinging Blade

2014

Behind the Swinging Blade

as

Self

Fellinopolis

2021

Fellinopolis

as

Self - Actress (archive footage)

The Heart of a Man

1959

The Heart of a Man

as

Girl

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

as

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

as

Self

White Voices

1964

White Voices

as

Guilia

Easy Love

1964

Easy Love

as

Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")

The Shutterbug Man

2014

The Shutterbug Man

as

Narrator

The Mill at Calder's End

2015

The Mill at Calder's End

as

The Apparition of the Mill

Lost River

2015

Lost River

as

Belladonna

Your Money or Your Wife

1960

Your Money or Your Wife

as

Juliet Frost

Les baisers

1964

Les baisers

as

Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')

The Space-Watch Murders

1978

The Space-Watch Murders

as

Ulalume - A Ballad

2023

Ulalume - A Ballad

as

Narrator: opening credits (voice)

Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

1970

Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

as

Danielle

Fear in the Dark

1991

Fear in the Dark

as

Self

Money

1965

Money

as

The Iron Captain

1962

The Iron Captain

as

Floriana

Deep Above

1994

Deep Above

as

Mrs. Wagner

Minutes Past Midnight

2016

Minutes Past Midnight

as

The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')

Once Upon a Tractor

1965

Once Upon a Tractor

as

Lady Clerk

Barbara and Her Furs

1967

Barbara and Her Furs

as

Self

Three for a Robbery

1964

Three for a Robbery

as

Barbara Sims

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

2014

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

as

Self

The Pit and the Pendulum

1961

The Pit and the Pendulum

as

Elizabeth Barnard Medina

For Love and Gold

1966

For Love and Gold

as

Teodora

Master of Dark Shadows

2019

Master of Dark Shadows

as

Self

Barbara Steele in Conversation

2009

Barbara Steele in Conversation

as

Self

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

2013

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

as

Self

An Angel for Satan

1966

An Angel for Satan

as

Harriet Montebruno / Belinda

Nightmare Castle

1965

Nightmare Castle

as

Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith

The Boneyard Collection

2008

The Boneyard Collection

as

Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

The Maniacs

1964

The Maniacs

as

Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")

Ciao, Federico!

1970

Ciao, Federico!

as

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Phantom

2016

The Phantom

as

The Widow

Italian Kings Of B

2003

Italian Kings Of B

as

Self

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

2004

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

as

Self

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

2019

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

as

Sé stessa

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as

Phyllis

Castlevania

Castlevania

as

Miranda (voice)

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

as

Dolores

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

as

Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres

War and Remembrance

War and Remembrance

as

Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party)

Night Gallery

Night Gallery

as

The Widow Craighill

A History of Horror

A History of Horror

as

Self

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as

Self

Dim Dam Dom

Dim Dam Dom

as

Self

Production

War and Remembrance

War and Remembrance

as

Crew

Directing