Barbara Steele

Biography

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.

Known For

Night Gallery

Castlevania

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Adventures in Paradise

War and Remembrance

Pretty Baby

The Winds of War

All Movies (73)

• Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol2025 · as (Voice)
• Ulalume - A Ballad2023 · as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
• Fellinopolis2021 · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
• Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta2019 · as Self
• Master of Dark Shadows2019 · as Self
• Minutes Past Midnight2016 · as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
• The Phantom2016 · as The Widow
• Lost River2015 · as Belladonna
• The Mill at Calder's End2015 · as The Apparition of the Mill
• The Shutterbug Man2014 · as Narrator
• Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'2014 · as Self
• Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Behind the Swinging Blade2014 · as Self
• House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!2013 · as Self
• The Butterfly Room2012 · as Ann
• Barbara Steele in Conversation2009 · as Self
• The Boneyard Collection2008 · as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
• Mario Bava Speaks2006 · as Self
• Mario Bava: Operazione paura2004 · as Self
• Italian Kings Of B2003 · as Self
• The American Nightmare2000 · as Self
• The Capitol Conspiracy1998 · as Agent Oakley
• Hollywood Rated 'R'1997 · as Self
• Vampire Cult Queens from Hell1996 · as Barbara
• Deep Above1994 · as Mrs. Wagner
• Dracula in the Movies1992 · as (archive footage)
• Fear in the Dark1991 · as Self
• Be Pretty and Shut Up!1981 · as Self
• Silent Scream1979 · as Victoria Engels
• The Key Is in the Door1978 · as Cathy
• Piranha1978 · as Dr. Mengers
• Pretty Baby1978 · as Josephine
• The Space-Watch Murders1978
• Shivers1975 · as Betts
• Caged Heat1974 · as Supt. McQueen
• Ciao, Federico!1970 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!1970 · as Danielle
• Honeymoon with a Stranger1969 · as Carla
• Curse of the Crimson Altar1968 · as Lavinia Morley
• Barbara and Her Furs1967 · as Self
• The She Beast1966 · as Veronica
• Young Törless1966 · as Bozena
• An Angel for Satan1966 · as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
• For Love and Gold1966 · as Teodora
• Money1965
• Once Upon a Tractor1965 · as Lady Clerk
• Nightmare Castle1965 · as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
• Terror-Creatures from the Grave1965 · as Cleo Hauff
• The Long Hair of Death1964 · as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
• Easy Love1964 · as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
• The Monocle's Sour Laugh1964 · as Valérie Gasparelli
• White Voices1964 · as Guilia
• Three for a Robbery1964 · as Barbara Sims
• Les baisers1964 · as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
• The Maniacs1964 · as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
• Castle of Blood1964 · as Elisabeth Blackwood
• A Sentimental Attempt1963 · as Silvia
• The Ghost1963 · as Margaret Hichcock
• The Hours of Love1963 · as Leila
• 8½1963 · as Gloria Morin
• The Iron Captain1962 · as Floriana
• The Horrible Dr. Hichcock1962 · as Cynthia Hichcock
• The Pit and the Pendulum1961 · as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
• Black Sunday1960 · as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
• Your Money or Your Wife1960 · as Juliet Frost
• Sapphire1959 · as Student
• Upstairs and Downstairs1959 · as Mary
• The Heart of a Man1959 · as Girl
• The 39 Steps1959 · as Extra
• Look at Life: Saving Face1959 · as Self
• Bachelor of Hearts1958 · as Fiona
• Houseboat1958 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Mary Woronov: Cult Queen— · as Self

All TV Shows (12)

• Castlevania2017 · as Miranda (voice)
• A History of Horror2010 · as Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories2009 · as Self
• Dark Shadows1991 · as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
• Dark Shadows1991 · as Dr. Julia Hoffman
• Dark Shadows1991 · as Countess Natalie du Pres
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Elsa MacMahon
• The Winds of War1983 · as Mrs. Stoller
• Night Gallery1970 · as The Widow Craighill
• Dim Dam Dom1965 · as Self
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Dolores
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Phyllis