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