Barbara Shelley

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-02-13

Day of death

2021-01-03 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Barbara Shelley

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) was an English film and television actress. She was at her busiest in the late 1950s (Blood of the Vampire) and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon (1964), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967) among her credits. Although she is known as a scream queen, in fact her most famous scream (in the aforementioned Dracula film) was dubbed by co-star Suzan Farmer. She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960) and in the 1984 Doctor Who serial Planet of Fire. In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Shelley about her career at Hammer Films for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror. She died on 3 January 2021, at the age of 88. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Shelley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Known For

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Bergerac

    Bergerac

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • Blake's 7

    Blake's 7

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • The Gorgon

    The Gorgon

  • The Human Jungle

    The Human Jungle

  • Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

    Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

  • Justice

    Justice

  • The Third Man

    The Third Man

  • Tragic ballad

    Tragic ballad

  • Interpol Calling

    Interpol Calling

  • Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

  • Bobbikins

    Bobbikins

  • Village of the Damned

    Village of the Damned

  • Supreme Confession

    Supreme Confession

  • Luna nova

    Luna nova

  • Detective

    Detective

  • Nero's Mistress

    Nero's Mistress

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Stranglehold

    Stranglehold

  • The World of Hammer

    The World of Hammer

  • Dracula: Prince of Darkness

    Dracula: Prince of Darkness

  • Rasputin: The Mad Monk

    Rasputin: The Mad Monk

  • The Stranger

    The Stranger

  • Quatermass and the Pit

    Quatermass and the Pit

  • Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

    Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

  • Cat Girl

    Cat Girl

  • Deadly Record

    Deadly Record

  • Blood of the Vampire

    Blood of the Vampire

  • Four of the Thundering Jet

    Four of the Thundering Jet

  • The Secret of Blood Island

    The Secret of Blood Island

  • Murder at Site 3

    Murder at Site 3

  • The Hanged Man

    The Hanged Man

  • The Borgias

    The Borgias

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

  • The Camp on Blood Island

    The Camp on Blood Island

  • The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

    The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Oil Strike North

    Oil Strike North

  • The Shadow of the Cat

    The Shadow of the Cat

  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

  • The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

  • The Spy Killer

    The Spy Killer

  • The Comedy of Errors

    The Comedy of Errors

  • By the Sword Divided

    By the Sword Divided

  • A Story of David

    A Story of David

  • Counterstrike

    Counterstrike

  • The End of the Line

    The End of the Line

  • The World of Hammer: Vamp

    The World of Hammer: Vamp

  • Fanex Files: Hammer Films

    Fanex Files: Hammer Films

  • Postman's Knock

    Postman's Knock

  • Lacrime di sposa

    Lacrime di sposa

  • Tycoon

    Tycoon

  • The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

  • The House of Horror - Memories of Bray

    The House of Horror - Memories of Bray

  • Blind Corner

    Blind Corner

  • Death Trap

    Death Trap

  • The Solitary Child

    The Solitary Child

  • Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

    Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

  • A Marriage

    A Marriage