Barbara Steele
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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
Credits
Pretty Baby (1978)
as Josephine
8½ (1963)
as Gloria Morin
Caged Heat (1974)
as Supt. McQueen
Lost River (2015)
as Belladonna
Piranha (1978)
as Dr. Mengers
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Houseboat (1958)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Black Sunday (1960)
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
Shivers (1975)
as Betts
Sapphire (1959)
as Student (uncredited)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
as Lavinia Morley
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
as Self
The 39 Steps (1959)
as Extra (uncredited)
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Minutes Past Midnight (2016)
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
The Long Hair of Death (1964)
as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
as Cynthia Hichcock
For Love and Gold (1966)
as Teodora
The Butterfly Room (2012)
as Ann
The American Nightmare (2000)
as Self
Italian Kings Of B (2003)
as Self
Silent Scream (1979)
as Victoria Engels
Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997)
as Self
Once Upon a Tractor (1965)
as Lady Clerk
Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969)
as Carla
Deep Above (1994)
as Mrs. Wagner
Young Törless (1966)
as Bozena
Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
as Cleo Hauff
Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004)
as Self
The She Beast (1966)
as Veronica
An Angel for Satan (1966)
as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
The Boneyard Collection (2008)
as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Master of Dark Shadows (2019)
as Self
Nightmare Castle (1965)
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Fear in the Dark (1991)
as Self
The Key Is in the Door (1978)
as Cathy
The Monocle's Sour Laugh (1964)
as Valérie Gasparelli
The Maniacs (1964)
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (2025)
as (Voice)
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell (1996)
as Self
Fellinopolis (2021)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Three for a Robbery (1964)
as Barbara Sims
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! (1970)
as Danielle
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen (—)
as Self
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta (2019)
as Self
The Capitol Conspiracy (1998)
as Agent Oakley
The Hours of Love (1963)
as Leila
White Voices (1964)
as Guilia
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
as Mary
The Heart of a Man (1959)
as Girl (scenes deleted)
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' (2014)
as Self
Behind the Swinging Blade (2014)
as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013)
as Self
Bachelor of Hearts (1958)
as Fiona
The Iron Captain (1962)
as Floriana
The Mill at Calder's End (2015)
as The Apparition of the Mill
Look at Life: Saving Face (1959)
as Self
Your Money or Your Wife (1960)
as Juliet Frost
Ciao, Federico! (1970)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Castle of Blood (1964)
as Elisabeth Blackwood
The Ghost (1963)
as Margaret Hichcock
The Space-Watch Murders (1978)
Actor
Money (1965)
as Lucky
Barbara and Her Furs (1967)
as Self
Easy Love (1964)
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
Barbara Steele in Conversation (2009)
as Self
A Sentimental Attempt (1963)
as Silvia
Les baisers (1964)
as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
Mario Bava Speaks (2006)
as Self
The Shutterbug Man (2014)
as Narrator
Ulalume - A Ballad (2023)
as Narrator: opening credits (voice)