Barbara Steele
Born
December 29, 1937 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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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Fellinopolis
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
The Mill at Calder's End
The Apparition of the Mill
2015
The Shutterbug Man
Narrator
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
2014
Behind the Swinging Blade
Self
2014
The Butterfly Room
Ann
2012
The American Nightmare
Self
2000
The Capitol Conspiracy
Agent Oakley
1998
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self
1997
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
1981
Silent Scream
Victoria Engels
1979
The Key Is in the Door
Cathy
1978
Piranha
Dr. Mengers
1978
Pretty Baby
Josephine
1978
Shivers
Betts
1975
Caged Heat
Supt. McQueen
1974
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Carla
1969
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Lavinia Morley
1968
Young Törless
Bozena
1966
The She Beast
Veronica
1966
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
Cleo Hauff
1965
The Long Hair of Death
Helen Rochefort / Mary
1964
Easy Love
Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
1964
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Valérie Gasparelli
1964
White Voices
Guilia
1964
Castle of Blood
Elisabeth Blackwood
1964
A Sentimental Attempt
Silvia
1963
The Ghost
Margaret Hichcock
1963
The Hours of Love
Leila
1963
8½
Gloria Morin
1963
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Cynthia Hichcock
1962
Black Sunday
Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
1960
Sapphire
Student
1959
Upstairs and Downstairs
Mary
1959
The Heart of a Man
Girl
1959
The 39 Steps
Extra
1959
Bachelor of Hearts
Fiona
1958
Houseboat
Minor Role (uncredited)
1958
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Ulalume - A Ballad
Narrator: opening credits (voice)
2023
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Sé stessa
2019
Master of Dark Shadows
Self
2019
Castlevania
Miranda (voice) · (3 episodes)
2017
Minutes Past Midnight
The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
2016
The Phantom
The Widow
2016
Lost River
Belladonna
2015
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Self
2014
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
2013
A History of Horror
Self · (3 episodes)
2010
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Barbara Steele in Conversation
Self
2009
The Boneyard Collection
Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2008
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Self
2004
Italian Kings Of B
Self
2003
Deep Above
Mrs. Wagner
1994
Fear in the Dark
Self
1991
Dark Shadows
Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres · (12 episodes)
1991
War and Remembrance
Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party) · (1 episode)
1988
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
Night Gallery
The Widow Craighill · (1 episode)
1970
Ciao, Federico!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
Danielle
1970
Barbara and Her Furs
Self
1967
An Angel for Satan
Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
1966
For Love and Gold
Teodora
1966
Money
1965
Once Upon a Tractor
Lady Clerk
1965
Nightmare Castle
Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
1965
Dim Dam Dom
Self · (1 episode)
1965
Three for a Robbery
Barbara Sims
1964
Les baisers
Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
1964
The Maniacs
Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
1964
The Iron Captain
Floriana
1962
The Pit and the Pendulum
Elizabeth Barnard Medina
1961
Your Money or Your Wife
Juliet Frost
1960
Adventures in Paradise
Dolores · (1 episode)
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Phyllis · (1 episode)
1955