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Barbara Steele

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Barbara Steele

Born December 29, 1937 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK50 films

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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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.

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8½ posterFirst watch8½19638.1as Gloria MorinGuido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Black Sunday poster7.4Black Sunday1960For Love and Gold poster7.7For Love and Gold1966Pretty Baby poster7.0Pretty Baby1978Shivers poster6.4Shivers1975The Pit and the Pendulum poster6.8The Pit and the Pendulum1961Piranha poster6.0Piranha1978Lost River poster5.7Lost River2015Castle of Blood poster7.1Castle of Blood1964

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. 2023Ulalume - A BalladNarrator: opening credits (voice)
  2. 2016Minutes Past MidnightThe Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
  3. 2015Lost RiverBelladonna
  4. 2015The Mill at Calder's EndThe Apparition of the Mill
  5. 2014The Shutterbug ManNarrator
  6. 2012The Butterfly RoomAnn
  7. 2008The Boneyard CollectionVanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
  8. 1998The Capitol ConspiracyAgent Oakley
  9. 1994Deep AboveMrs. Wagner
  10. 1979Silent ScreamVictoria Engels
  11. 1978The Key Is in the DoorCathy
  12. 1978PiranhaDr. Mengers
  13. 1978Pretty BabyJosephine
  14. 1978The Space-Watch Murders
  15. 1975ShiversBetts
  16. 1974Caged HeatSupt. McQueen
  17. 1970Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!Danielle
  18. 1969Honeymoon with a StrangerCarla
  19. 1968Curse of the Crimson AltarLavinia Morley
  20. 1966The She BeastVeronica
  21. 1966Young TörlessBozena
  22. 1966An Angel for SatanHarriet Montebruno / Belinda
  23. 1966For Love and GoldTeodora
  24. 1965MoneyLucky
  25. 1965Once Upon a TractorLady Clerk
  26. 1965Nightmare CastleMuriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
  27. 1965Terror-Creatures from the GraveCleo Hauff
  28. 1964The Long Hair of DeathHelen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
  29. 1964Easy LoveContessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
  30. 1964The Monocle's Sour LaughValérie Gasparelli
  31. 1964White VoicesGuilia
  32. 1964Three for a RobberyBarbara Sims
  33. 1964Les baisersThelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
  34. 1964The ManiacsBarbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
  35. 1964Castle of BloodElisabeth Blackwood
  36. 1963A Sentimental AttemptSilvia
  37. 1963The GhostMargaret Hichcock
  38. 1963The Hours of LoveLeila
  39. 19638½Gloria Morin
  40. 1962The Iron CaptainFloriana
  41. 1962The Horrible Dr. HichcockCynthia Hichcock
  42. 1961The Pit and the PendulumElizabeth Barnard Medina
  43. 1960Black SundayPrincess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
  44. 1960Your Money or Your WifeJuliet Frost
  45. 1959SapphireStudent (uncredited)
  46. 1959Upstairs and DownstairsMary
  47. 1959The Heart of a ManGirl (scenes deleted)
  48. 1959The 39 StepsExtra (uncredited)
  49. 1958Bachelor of HeartsFiona
  50. 1958HouseboatMinor Role (uncredited)