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Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

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).

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Born

Dec 29, 1937

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Known For

Acting

Movies

73 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.7

Known For

Pretty Baby
Pretty Baby
1978 as Josephine
★ 7.0
8½
1963 as Gloria Morin
★ 8.1
Piranha
Piranha
1978 as Dr. Mengers
★ 6.0
Houseboat
Houseboat
1958 as Minor Role (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Lost River
Lost River
2015 as Belladonna
★ 5.7
Caged Heat
Caged Heat
1974 as Supt. McQueen
★ 5.1
Shivers
Shivers
1975 as Betts
★ 6.4
Castle of Blood
Castle of Blood
1964 as Elisabeth Blackwood
★ 7.1
Silent Scream
Silent Scream
1979 as Victoria Engels
★ 5.7
Black Sunday
Black Sunday
1960 as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
★ 7.4
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961 as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
★ 6.9
The Maniacs
The Maniacs
1964 as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
★ 5.0
For Love and Gold
For Love and Gold
1966 as Teodora
★ 7.7
The Butterfly Room
The Butterfly Room
2012 as Ann
★ 5.7
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968 as Lavinia Morley
★ 5.2
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
1959 as Extra
★ 6.3
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965 as Cleo Hauff
★ 6.0
The Ghost
The Ghost
1963 as Margaret Hichcock
★ 6.2
The She Beast
The She Beast
1966 as Veronica
★ 4.9
Sapphire
Sapphire
1959 as Student
★ 7.0
The American Nightmare
The American Nightmare
2000 as Self
★ 6.8
Nightmare Castle
Nightmare Castle
1965 as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
★ 5.3
An Angel for Satan
An Angel for Satan
1966 as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
★ 6.3
The Phantom
The Phantom
2016 as The Widow
★ 6.3
The Boneyard Collection
The Boneyard Collection
2008 as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
★ 5.3
Upstairs and Downstairs
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959 as Mary
★ 5.8
Fellinopolis
Fellinopolis
2021 as Self - Actress (archive footage)
★ 6.2
Young Törless
Young Törless
1966 as Bozena
★ 6.6
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
★ 6.5
Minutes Past Midnight
Minutes Past Midnight
2016 as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
★ 4.8
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969 as Carla
★ 7.0
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981 as Self
★ 6.1
Italian Kings Of B
Italian Kings Of B
2003 as Self
★ 6.0
Once Upon a Tractor
Once Upon a Tractor
1965 as Lady Clerk
★ 6.0
A Sentimental Attempt
A Sentimental Attempt
1963 as Silvia
★ 6.8
The Mill at Calder's End
The Mill at Calder's End
2015 as The Apparition of the Mill
★ 6.5
Master of Dark Shadows
Master of Dark Shadows
2019 as Self
★ 9.1
The Long Hair of Death
The Long Hair of Death
1964 as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
★ 6.3
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962 as Cynthia Hichcock
★ 5.9
Ciao, Federico!
Ciao, Federico!
1970 as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.2
The Key Is in the Door
The Key Is in the Door
1978 as Cathy
★ 4.7
The Hours of Love
The Hours of Love
1963 as Leila
★ 5.0
Fear in the Dark
Fear in the Dark
1991 as Self
★ 9.0
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997 as Self
★ 5.3
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964 as Valérie Gasparelli
★ 5.4
movie
★ 8.0
The Capitol Conspiracy
The Capitol Conspiracy
1998 as Agent Oakley
★ 4.7
Les baisers
Les baisers
1964 as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
★ 5.5
White Voices
White Voices
1964 as Guilia
★ 4.8
movie
Money
1965
★ 8.0
Bachelor of Hearts
Bachelor of Hearts
1958 as Fiona
★ 5.9
The Iron Captain
The Iron Captain
1962 as Floriana
★ 7.0
The Heart of a Man
The Heart of a Man
1959 as Girl
★ 7.0
Easy Love
Easy Love
1964 as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
★ 5.0
Barbara and Her Furs
Barbara and Her Furs
1967 as Self
movie
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023 as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Three for a Robbery
Three for a Robbery
1964 as Barbara Sims
★ 10.0
Your Money or Your Wife
Your Money or Your Wife
1960 as Juliet Frost
★ 4.5
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
★ 7.8
Deep Above
Deep Above
1994 as Mrs. Wagner
★ 10.0
movie
Mario Bava Speaks
2006 as Self
The Shutterbug Man
The Shutterbug Man
2014 as Narrator
★ 6.3
movie