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