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 Saint

    The Saint

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • Bergerac

    Bergerac

  • The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Tragic ballad

    Tragic ballad

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • Blake's 7

    Blake's 7

  • The Third Man

    The Third Man

  • Bobbikins

    Bobbikins

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • Stranglehold

    Stranglehold

  • Justice

    Justice

  • The Spy Killer

    The Spy Killer

  • The World of Hammer

    The World of Hammer

  • Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

  • Interpol Calling

    Interpol Calling

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Postman's Knock

    Postman's Knock

  • Cat Girl

    Cat Girl

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • The Human Jungle

    The Human Jungle

  • The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

  • Fanex Files: Hammer Films

    Fanex Files: Hammer Films

  • Detective

    Detective

  • Village of the Damned

    Village of the Damned

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

  • The Borgias

    The Borgias

  • Four of the Thundering Jet

    Four of the Thundering Jet

  • The Hanged Man

    The Hanged Man

  • Quatermass and the Pit

    Quatermass and the Pit

  • Dracula: Prince of Darkness

    Dracula: Prince of Darkness

  • The Gorgon

    The Gorgon

  • Nero's Mistress

    Nero's Mistress

  • Rasputin: The Mad Monk

    Rasputin: The Mad Monk

  • By the Sword Divided

    By the Sword Divided

  • A Marriage

    A Marriage

  • Oil Strike North

    Oil Strike North

  • The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

  • Counterstrike

    Counterstrike

  • Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

    Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

  • Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

    Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

  • The House of Horror - Memories of Bray

    The House of Horror - Memories of Bray

  • The Stranger

    The Stranger

  • Tycoon

    Tycoon

  • The Shadow of the Cat

    The Shadow of the Cat

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

    Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

  • The Camp on Blood Island

    The Camp on Blood Island

  • Blood of the Vampire

    Blood of the Vampire

  • Deadly Record

    Deadly Record

  • The Comedy of Errors

    The Comedy of Errors

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • The End of the Line

    The End of the Line

  • The Secret of Blood Island

    The Secret of Blood Island

  • Lacrime di sposa

    Lacrime di sposa

  • A Story of David

    A Story of David

  • Death Trap

    Death Trap

  • The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

    The Stranger: More Than a Messiah

  • The World of Hammer: Vamp

    The World of Hammer: Vamp

  • Blind Corner

    Blind Corner

  • Supreme Confession

    Supreme Confession

  • The Solitary Child

    The Solitary Child

  • Murder at Site 3

    Murder at Site 3

  • Luna nova

    Luna nova