About

Known credits:
70
Birthday:
1937-12-29
Place of birth:
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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Barbara Steele

Overview

Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England) is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), now hailed as a classic.

Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Ghost, directed by Riccardo Freda and Roger Corman's 1961 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Pit and the Pendulum. She guested on various British television shows including the spy drama Danger Man starring Patrick McGoohan. In 2010, she was a guest star in the Dark Shadows audio drama The Night Whispers.

In 2010, actor-writer Mark Gatiss interviewed Steele about her role in Black Sunday (1960) for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror.

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Known for

Acting
2023 Ulalume - A Ballad Actor Narrator: opening credits (voice) N/A
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2021 Fellinopolis Actor Self - Actress (archive footage) 59
Average
2019 Master of Dark Shadows Actor Self 59
Average
2016 Minutes Past Midnight Actor The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End') 57
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2016 The Phantom Actor The Widow 59
Average
2015 Lost River Actor Belladonna 58
Average
2015 The Mill at Calder's End Actor The Apparition of the Mill 59
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2014 The Shutterbug Man Actor Narrator 59
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2014 Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' Actor Self 59
Average
2014 Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau Actor Self (archive footage) 60
Fair
2014 Behind the Swinging Blade Actor Self N/A
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2013 House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! Actor Self N/A
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2012 The Butterfly Room Actor Ann 58
Average
2010 A History of Horror Actor Self 71
Good
2009 Barbara Steele in Conversation Actor Self N/A
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2008 The Boneyard Collection Actor Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires") 58
Average
2004 Mario Bava: Operazione paura Actor Self 58
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2003 Italian Kings Of B Actor Self 58
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2000 The American Nightmare Actor Self 59
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1998 The Capitol Conspiracy Actor Agent Oakley 58
Average
1997 Hollywood Rated 'R' Actor Self 59
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1994 Deep Above Actor Mrs. Wagner N/A
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1991 Fear in the Dark Actor Self 59
Average
1991 Dark Shadows Actor Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres 71
Good
1981 Be Pretty and Shut Up! Actor Self 59
Average
1979 Silent Scream Actor Victoria Engels 58
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1978 The Key Is in the Door Actor Cathy 58
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1978 Piranha Actor Dr. Mengers 59
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1978 Pretty Baby Actor Josephine 63
Fair
1978 The Space-Watch Murders Actor N/A
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1975 Shivers Actor Betts 61
Fair
1974 Caged Heat Actor Supt. McQueen 57
Average
1970 Ciao, Federico! Actor Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 59
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1970 Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! Actor Danielle 58
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1969 Honeymoon with a Stranger Actor Carla 59
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1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar Actor Lavinia Morley 58
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1967 Barbara and Her Furs Actor Self N/A
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1966 Young Törless Actor Bozena 59
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1966 An Angel for Satan Actor Harriet Montebruno / Belinda 59
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1966 The She Beast Actor Veronica 58
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1966 For Love and Gold Actor Teodora 66
Fair
1965 Money Actor N/A
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1965 Once Upon a Tractor Actor Lady Clerk 58
Average
1965 Nightmare Castle Actor Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith 58
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1965 Terror-Creatures from the Grave Actor Cleo Hauff 59
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1964 The Long Hair of Death Actor Helen Rochefort / Mary 59
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1964 Easy Love Actor Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano") 58
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1964 The Monocle's Sour Laugh Actor Valérie Gasparelli 58
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1964 White Voices Actor Guilia 58
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1964 Three for a Robbery Actor Barbara Sims N/A
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1964 Les baisers Actor Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir') N/A
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1964 The Maniacs Actor Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale") 58
Average
1964 Castle of Blood Actor Elisabeth Blackwood 60
Fair
1963 A Sentimental Attempt Actor Silvia 59
Average
1963 The Ghost Actor Margaret Hichcock 58
Average
1963 The Hours of Love Actor Leila 58
Average
1963 8½ Actor Gloria Morin 77
Good
1962 The Iron Captain Actor Floriana N/A
N/A
1962 The Horrible Dr. Hichcock Actor Cynthia Hichcock 58
Average
1961 The Pit and the Pendulum Actor Elizabeth Barnard Medina 62
Fair
1960 Black Sunday Actor Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda 66
Fair
1960 Your Money or Your Wife Actor Juliet Frost 58
Average
1959 Upstairs and Downstairs Actor Mary 58
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1959 Sapphire Actor Student 59
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1959 The Heart of a Man Actor Girl N/A
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1959 The 39 Steps Actor Extra 59
Average
1958 Bachelor of Hearts Actor Fiona 59
Average
1958 Houseboat Actor Minor Role (uncredited) 60
Fair
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen Actor N/A
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Production
1988 War and Remembrance Production Producer 72
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