Barbara Steele

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-12-29 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Barbara Steele

Biography

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

  • Castlevania

    Castlevania

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Houseboat

    Houseboat

  • Castle of Blood

    Castle of Blood

  • The Maniacs

    The Maniacs

  • Money

    Money

  • 8½

    8½

  • Sapphire

    Sapphire

  • Les baisers

    Les baisers

  • Fellinopolis

    Fellinopolis

  • The Boneyard Collection

    The Boneyard Collection

  • For Love and Gold

    For Love and Gold

  • The She Beast

    The She Beast

  • The Phantom

    The Phantom

  • White Voices

    White Voices

  • Pretty Baby

    Pretty Baby

  • The Monocle's Sour Laugh

    The Monocle's Sour Laugh

  • Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

  • War and Remembrance

    War and Remembrance

  • Honeymoon with a Stranger

    Honeymoon with a Stranger

  • Dim Dam Dom

    Dim Dam Dom

  • Piranha

    Piranha

  • Young Törless

    Young Törless

  • Nightmare Castle

    Nightmare Castle

  • Once Upon a Tractor

    Once Upon a Tractor

  • Deep Above

    Deep Above

  • Shivers

    Shivers

  • Lost River

    Lost River

  • Ulalume - A Ballad

    Ulalume - A Ballad

  • A History of Horror

    A History of Horror

  • The Pit and the Pendulum

    The Pit and the Pendulum

  • Easy Love

    Easy Love

  • The Butterfly Room

    The Butterfly Room

  • Black Sunday

    Black Sunday

  • Caged Heat

    Caged Heat

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

  • The American Nightmare

    The American Nightmare

  • Minutes Past Midnight

    Minutes Past Midnight

  • Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

    Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

  • The Key Is in the Door

    The Key Is in the Door

  • Curse of the Crimson Altar

    Curse of the Crimson Altar

  • Barbara and Her Furs

    Barbara and Her Furs

  • Silent Scream

    Silent Scream

  • Be Pretty and Shut Up!

    Be Pretty and Shut Up!

  • The Ghost

    The Ghost

  • An Angel for Satan

    An Angel for Satan

  • The Long Hair of Death

    The Long Hair of Death

  • Terror-Creatures from the Grave

    Terror-Creatures from the Grave

  • The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

    The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

  • Italian Kings Of B

    Italian Kings Of B

  • The Capitol Conspiracy

    The Capitol Conspiracy

  • Ciao, Federico!

    Ciao, Federico!

  • Fear in the Dark

    Fear in the Dark

  • Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

  • House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

    House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

  • The Hours of Love

    The Hours of Love

  • Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

  • The Shutterbug Man

    The Shutterbug Man

  • The Heart of a Man

    The Heart of a Man

  • The Mill at Calder's End

    The Mill at Calder's End

  • Master of Dark Shadows

    Master of Dark Shadows

  • Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

    Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

  • Hollywood Rated 'R'

    Hollywood Rated 'R'

  • A Sentimental Attempt

    A Sentimental Attempt

  • Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

    Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

  • Bachelor of Hearts

    Bachelor of Hearts

  • Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol

    Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol

  • The Space-Watch Murders

    The Space-Watch Murders

  • Mario Bava Speaks

    Mario Bava Speaks

  • The Iron Captain

    The Iron Captain

  • Hangmen, Masques and Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties

    Hangmen, Masques and Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties

  • Barbara Steele in Conversation

    Barbara Steele in Conversation

  • Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

    Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

  • Your Money or Your Wife

    Your Money or Your Wife

  • Behind the Swinging Blade

    Behind the Swinging Blade

  • Three for a Robbery

    Three for a Robbery

  • Look at Life: Saving Face

    Look at Life: Saving Face