Barbara Shelley

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

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 Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Bergerac

    Bergerac

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • Blake's 7

    Blake's 7

  • The Third Man

    The Third Man

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Justice

    Justice

  • Interpol Calling

    Interpol Calling

  • The Human Jungle

    The Human Jungle

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

  • Village of the Damned

    Village of the Damned

  • Tragic ballad

    Tragic ballad

  • Four of the Thundering Jet

    Four of the Thundering Jet

  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

  • The Camp on Blood Island

    The Camp on Blood Island

  • The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

    The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

  • The Gorgon

    The Gorgon

  • Nero's Mistress

    Nero's Mistress

  • Detective

    Detective

  • The Secret of Blood Island

    The Secret of Blood Island

  • Luna nova

    Luna nova

  • Rasputin: The Mad Monk

    Rasputin: The Mad Monk

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Supreme Confession

    Supreme Confession

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

    Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

  • Blood of the Vampire

    Blood of the Vampire

  • Dracula: Prince of Darkness

    Dracula: Prince of Darkness

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

  • A Story of David

    A Story of David

  • Murder at Site 3

    Murder at Site 3

  • The Hanged Man

    The Hanged Man

  • The Spy Killer

    The Spy Killer

  • A History of Horror

    A History of Horror

  • Oil Strike North

    Oil Strike North

  • The End of the Line

    The End of the Line

  • The Borgias

    The Borgias

  • By the Sword Divided

    By the Sword Divided

  • The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

  • Counterstrike

    Counterstrike

  • The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

  • Stranglehold

    Stranglehold

  • The Comedy of Errors

    The Comedy of Errors

  • Bobbikins

    Bobbikins

  • Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

    Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

  • Tycoon

    Tycoon

  • The House of Horror - Memories of Bray

    The House of Horror - Memories of Bray

  • Postman's Knock

    Postman's Knock

  • Fanex Files: Hammer Films

    Fanex Files: Hammer Films

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Quatermass and the Pit

    Quatermass and the Pit

  • The Shadow of the Cat

    The Shadow of the Cat

  • Cat Girl

    Cat Girl

  • The Solitary Child

    The Solitary Child

  • Deadly Record

    Deadly Record

  • The World of Hammer: Vamp

    The World of Hammer: Vamp

  • Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

    Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

  • Death Trap

    Death Trap

  • A Marriage

    A Marriage

  • Blind Corner

    Blind Corner

  • Lacrime di sposa

    Lacrime di sposa