Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

Person

Barbara Steele

Actor 1937-12-29 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

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...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY

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8½

1963 · Gloria Morin

Castlevania

Castlevania

2017 · Miranda (voice)

Piranha

Piranha

1978 · Dr. Mengers

Shivers

Shivers

1975 · Betts

Lost River

Lost River

2015 · Belladonna

Black Sunday

Black Sunday

1960 · Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

1978 · Josephine

For Love and Gold

For Love and Gold

1966 · Teodora

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

1961 · Elizabeth Barnard Medina

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Phyllis

Houseboat

Houseboat

1958 · Minor Role (uncredited)

The Butterfly Room

The Butterfly Room

2012 · Ann

Castle of Blood

Castle of Blood

1964 · Elisabeth Blackwood

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

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

2014 · Self (archive footage)

Night Gallery

Night Gallery

1970 · The Widow Craighill

Caged Heat

Caged Heat

1974 · Supt. McQueen

Curse of the Crimson Altar

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968 · Lavinia Morley

Nightmare Castle

Nightmare Castle

1965 · Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith

Minutes Past Midnight

Minutes Past Midnight

2016 · The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')

The Long Hair of Death

The Long Hair of Death

1964 · Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein