Barbara Shelley
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) was an English film and television actress. She was at her busiest in the late 1950s (Blood of the Vampire) and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon (1964), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967) among her credits. Although she is known as a scream queen, in fact her most famous scream (in the aforementioned Dracula film) was dubbed by co-star Suzan Farmer. She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960) and in the 1984 Doctor Who serial Planet of Fire. In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Shelley about her career at Hammer Films for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror. She died on 3 January 2021, at the age of 88. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Shelley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
All Movies (40)
- Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness2012 · as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
- Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story2009 · as Herself
- Fanex Files: Hammer Films2008 · as Self
- The World of Hammer: Vamp1994 · as Helen Kent
- The Stranger: More Than a Messiah1992 · as Charlotte Darton
- Maigret1988 · as Louise Maigret
- Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1987 · as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)
- The Dark Angel1987 · as Cousin Monica
- Doctor Who: Planet of Fire1984 · as Sorasta
- The Comedy of Errors1978 · as Courtesan
- Ghost Story1974 · as Matron
- A Marriage1972 · as Clare
- The Spy Killer1969 · as Danielle
- Quatermass and the Pit1967 · as Barbara Judd
- Rasputin: The Mad Monk1966 · as Sonia
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness1966 · as Helen Kent
- The Secret of Blood Island1964 · as Elaine
- The Gorgon1964 · as Carla Hoffman
- Blind Corner1964 · as Anne Gregory
- Death Trap1962 · as Jean Anscomb
- Postman's Knock1962 · as Jean
- Stranglehold1962 · as Chris Morrison
- The Shadow of the Cat1961 · as Beth Venable
- A Story of David1960 · as Abigail
- Village of the Damned1960 · as Anthea Zellaby
- Bobbikins1959 · as Valerie
- Deadly Record1959 · as Susan Webb
- The Solitary Child1958 · as Harriet
- Blood of the Vampire1958 · as Madeleine Duval
- The Camp on Blood Island1958 · as Kate Keiller
- Murder at Site 31958 · as Susan
- The End of the Line1957 · as Liliane Crawford
- Cat Girl1957 · as Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt
- Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge1956 · as Baronessa
- Supreme Confession1956 · as Bettina
- Nero's Mistress1956 · as A Guest at the Villa
- Lacrime di sposa1956 · as Barbara
- Four of the Thundering Jet1955
- Luna nova1955
- Tragic ballad1955
All TV Shows (36)
- The House of Horror - Memories of Bray2013 · as Herself
- The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Stranger1991 · as Charlotte
- The Dark Angel1989 · as Cousin Monica
- Bergerac1981 · as Catherine Prescott
- The Borgias1981 · as Vannozza Canale
- Pride and Prejudice1980 · as Mrs Gardiner
- Tycoon1978 · as Sarah Vyner
- People Like Us1978 · as Esther Frith
- Blake's 71978 · as Dr. Plaxton
- Oil Strike North1975
- The Hanged Man1975 · as Louisa Galbraith
- Crown Court1972 · as Madame Veda Bronski
- Crown Court1972 · as Delia Savage
- Justice1971 · as Aisling Ainsworth
- Counterstrike1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Clare
- Man in a Suitcase1967
- The Troubleshooters1965 · as Lita Perez
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Bryn Watson
- Detective1964
- Doctor Who1963 · as Sorasta
- The Human Jungle1963 · as Catherine
- The Saint1962 · as Valerie North
- Suspense1962 · as Betty Blair
- Hazel1961 · as Anna Forti
- The Avengers1961 · as Venus
- The Avengers1961 · as Susan Summers
- Route 661960
- Danger Man1960 · as Gina Scarlotti
- Danger Man1960 · as Louise Goddard
- The Third Man1959
- No Hiding Place1959
- Interpol Calling1959 · as Diana
- The Donna Reed Show1958 · as Paulette
- Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Edwina