Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England) is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), now hailed as a classic.
Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Ghost, directed by Riccardo Freda and Roger Corman's 1961 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Pit and the Pendulum. She guested on various British television shows including the spy drama Danger Man starring Patrick McGoohan. In 2010, she was a guest star in the Dark Shadows audio drama The Night Whispers.
In 2010, actor-writer Mark Gatiss interviewed Steele about her role in Black Sunday (1960) for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror.
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Acted in
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023
as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Fellinopolis
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019
as Sé stessa
Master of Dark Shadows
2019
as Self
Castlevania
2017
as Miranda (voice)
Minutes Past Midnight
2016
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
The Phantom
2016
as The Widow
Lost River
2015
as Belladonna
The Mill at Calder's End
2015
as The Apparition of the Mill
The Shutterbug Man
2014
as Narrator
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
2014
as Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Swinging Blade
2014
as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
as Self
The Butterfly Room
2012
as Ann
A History of Horror
2010
as Self
Barbara Steele in Conversation
2009
as Self
The Boneyard Collection
2008
as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
Italian Kings Of B
2003
as Self
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
The Capitol Conspiracy
1998
as Agent Oakley
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
as Self
Deep Above
1994
as Mrs. Wagner
Fear in the Dark
1991
as Self
Dark Shadows
1991
as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
War and Remembrance
1988
as Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party)
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
Silent Scream
1979
as Victoria Engels
The Key Is in the Door
1978
as Cathy
Piranha
1978
as Dr. Mengers
Pretty Baby
1978
as Josephine
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
Shivers
1975
as Betts
Caged Heat
1974
as Supt. McQueen
Night Gallery
1970
as The Widow Craighill
Ciao, Federico!
1970
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970
as Danielle
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
as Carla
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as Lavinia Morley
Barbara and Her Furs
1967
as Self
Young Törless
1966
as Bozena
An Angel for Satan
1966
as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
The She Beast
1966
as Veronica
For Love and Gold
1966
as Teodora
Money
1965
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
as Lady Clerk
Nightmare Castle
1965
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
as Cleo Hauff
Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
The Long Hair of Death
1964
as Helen Rochefort / Mary
Easy Love
1964
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
as Valérie Gasparelli
White Voices
1964
as Guilia
Three for a Robbery
1964
as Barbara Sims
Les baisers
1964
as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
The Maniacs
1964
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
Castle of Blood
1964
as Elisabeth Blackwood
A Sentimental Attempt
1963
as Silvia
The Ghost
1963
as Margaret Hichcock
The Hours of Love
1963
as Leila
8½
1963
as Gloria Morin
The Iron Captain
1962
as Floriana
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
as Cynthia Hichcock
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Black Sunday
1960
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
as Juliet Frost
Sapphire
1959
as Student
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Mary
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Dolores
The Heart of a Man
1959
as Girl
The 39 Steps
1959
as Extra
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
as Fiona
Houseboat
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Phyllis
