Barbara Steele
Actor, Producer
December 29, 1937 (88 years)
Barbara Steele (born 29 December 1937) is an English actress and producer, known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. She has been referred to as the "Queen of All Scream Queens" and "Britain's first lady of horror". She played the dual role of Asa and Katia Vajda in Mario Bava's landmark film Black Sunday (1960), and starred in The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962), The Long Hair of Death (1964), and Castle of Blood (1964).
Additionally, Steele had supporting roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), David Cronenberg's Shivers (1975), Joe Dante's Piranha and Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (both 1978), and appeared on television in the 1991 TV series Dark Shadows. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for producing the American television miniseries War and Remembrance (1988–89). Steele appeared in several films in the 2010s, including a lead role in The Butterfly Room (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's Lost River (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Additionally, Steele had supporting roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), David Cronenberg's Shivers (1975), Joe Dante's Piranha and Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (both 1978), and appeared on television in the 1991 TV series Dark Shadows. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for producing the American television miniseries War and Remembrance (1988–89). Steele appeared in several films in the 2010s, including a lead role in The Butterfly Room (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's Lost River (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2017 | Castlevania · as Miranda (voice) |
| 2016 | Minutes Past Midnight · as The Apparition Of The Mill (segment 'the Mill At Calder's End') |
| 2014 | Lost River · as Belladonna |
| 2013 | Babes Behind Bars · as Mcqueen |
| 2012 | The Butterfly Room · as Ann |
| 2008 | Her Morbid Desires · as Vanessa Peabody |
| 2008 | The Boneyard Collection · as Vanessa Peabody (segment "her Morbid Desires") |
| 1998 | The Prophet · as Agent Oakley |
| 1992 | Dracula in the Movies · as (archive Footage) |
| 1991 | Dark Shadows (1991) · as Dr. Julia Hoffman |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance · as Elsa Macmahon |
| 1983 | The Winds of War · as Mrs. Stoller |
| 1979 | The Silent Scream · as Victoria EngelsOn Plex |
| 1978 | The Key Is in the Door · as Cathy |
| 1978 | Piranha · as Dr. MengersOn Plex |
| 1978 | Pretty Baby · as Josephine |
| 1977 | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden · as IdatOn Plex |
| 1975 | Shivers · as BettsOn Plex |
| 1974 | Caged Heat · as Supt. McqueenOn Plex |
| 1970 | Ciao, Federico! · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Honeymoon with a Stranger · as Carla |
| 1969 | Night Gallery · as The Widow Craighill |
| 1968 | The Crimson Cult · as Lavinia Morley |
| 1966 | Young Törless · as Bozena |
| 1966 | She Beast · as VeronicaOn Plex |
| 1966 | An Angel for Satan · as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda |
| 1966 | For Love and Gold · as Teodora |
| 1965 | I Spy (1965) · as Giana |
| 1965 | Nightmare Castle · as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny ArrowsmithOn Plex |
| 1965 | Terror-Creatures from the Grave · as Cleo HauffOn Plex |
| 1964 | The Long Hair of Death · as Helen Karnstein / Mary KarnsteinOn Plex |
| 1964 | Amore facile · as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "divorzio Italo-Americano") |
| 1964 | The Monocle · as Valérie Gasparelli |
| 1964 | White Voices · as Guilia |
| 1964 | Tre per una rapina · as Barbara Sims |
| 1964 | Les baisers · as Thelma (episode 3: 'baiser Du Soir') |
| 1964 | I maniaci · as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la Cambiale") |
| 1964 | Castle of Blood · as Elisabeth BlackwoodOn Plex |
| 1963 | Un tentativo sentimentale · as Silvia |
| 1963 | The Ghost · as Margaret HichcockOn Plex |
| 1963 | The Hours of Love · as Leila |
| 1963 | 8½ · as Gloria MorinOn Plex |
| 1962 | Il capitano di ferro · as Floriana |
| 1962 | The Horrible Dr. Hichcock · as Cynthia Hichcock |
| 1961 | The Pit and the Pendulum · as Elizabeth Barnard Medina |
| 1960 | Black Sunday · as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia VajdaOn Plex |
| 1960 | Your Money or Your Wife · as Juliet Frost |
| 1959 | Upstairs and Downstairs · as Mary |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise · as Dolores |
| 1959 | Sapphire · as Student (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1959 | The Heart of a Man · as Girl (scenes Deleted) |
| 1959 | The 39 Steps · as Extra (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1958 | Bachelor of Hearts · as Fiona |
| 1958 | Houseboat · as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Dial 999 · as Toni Miller |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Phyllis |
| 2005 | Our Fathers · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | |
| 2003 | Queer Eye for the Straight Guy · as Associate Producer |
| 1996 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1983 | The Winds of War · as Associate Producer |
| 2020 | Fellinopolis · as Self - Actress (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Master of Dark Shadows · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau · as Self (archive Footage)On Plex |
| 2010 | A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss · as Self |
| 2008 | Celebrity Ghost Stories · as Self |
| 2006 | Mario Bava speaks · as Self |
| 2004 | Mario Bava: Operazione paura · as Self |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare · as Self |
| 1998 | Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance · as Self |
| 1997 | Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror · as Self |
| 1997 | Les deniers du culte · as Self |
| 1991 | Fear in the Dark · as Self |
| 1981 | Be Pretty and Shut Up! · as Self |
| 1959 | Whicker's World · as Self |
| 2013 | Houston Beauty · as Senior Producer |
| 2008 | I Want to Work for Diddy · as Field Producer |