Acting
Barbara Steele
EN, IT, DE, FR cinema · 72 credits
Born
29 December 1937 (age 88)
Birthplace
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Also known as 芭芭拉·斯蒂尔 · Барбара Стіл · Barbara Steel
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
Filmography
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023
Ulalume - A Ballad
as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Fellinopolis
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Minutes Past Midnight
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
The Mill at Calder's End
as The Apparition of the Mill
Lost River
as Belladonna
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
The Shutterbug Man
as Narrator
The Boneyard Collection
as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
The Capitol Conspiracy
as Agent Oakley
Deep Above
as Mrs. Wagner
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
Fear in the Dark
as Self
Silent Scream
as Victoria Engels
Piranha
as Dr. Mengers
Pretty Baby
as Josephine
Shivers
as Betts
Caged Heat
as Supt. McQueen
Ciao, Federico!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as Lavinia Morley
Young Törless
as Bozena
The She Beast
as Veronica
For Love and Gold
as Teodora
An Angel for Satan
as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
as Cleo Hauff
I soldi
1965
Money
as Lucky
Once Upon a Tractor
as Lady Clerk
Nightmare Castle
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Castle of Blood
as Elisabeth Blackwood
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as Valérie Gasparelli
The Long Hair of Death
as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
White Voices
as Guilia
Easy Love
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
Les baisers
as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
Three for a Robbery
as Barbara Sims
The Maniacs
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
8½
as Gloria Morin
The Ghost
as Margaret Hichcock
A Sentimental Attempt
as Silvia
The Hours of Love
as Leila
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
as Cynthia Hichcock
The Iron Captain
as Floriana
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Black Sunday
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
Your Money or Your Wife
as Juliet Frost
The 39 Steps
as Extra (uncredited)
Sapphire
as Student (uncredited)
The Heart of a Man
as Girl (scenes deleted)
Houseboat
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Bachelor of Hearts
as Fiona