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