Barbara Steele

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-12-29 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Barbara Steele

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Castlevania

    Castlevania

  • Silent Scream

    Silent Scream

  • Pretty Baby

    Pretty Baby

  • 8½

    8½

  • Caged Heat

    Caged Heat

  • The Boneyard Collection

    The Boneyard Collection

  • War and Remembrance

    War and Remembrance

  • Dim Dam Dom

    Dim Dam Dom

  • Houseboat

    Houseboat

  • Shivers

    Shivers

  • 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 Capitol Conspiracy

    The Capitol Conspiracy

  • Three for a Robbery

    Three for a Robbery

  • The Heart of a Man

    The Heart of a Man

  • Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

  • The Space-Watch Murders

    The Space-Watch Murders

  • Terror-Creatures from the Grave

    Terror-Creatures from the Grave

  • Sapphire

    Sapphire

  • Lost River

    Lost River

  • The Mill at Calder's End

    The Mill at Calder's End

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

  • The American Nightmare

    The American Nightmare

  • The Maniacs

    The Maniacs

  • A Sentimental Attempt

    A Sentimental Attempt

  • Piranha

    Piranha

  • Black Sunday

    Black Sunday

  • Money

    Money

  • The Iron Captain

    The Iron Captain

  • The Butterfly Room

    The Butterfly Room

  • Revenge of The Blood Beast

    Revenge of The Blood Beast

  • Master of Dark Shadows

    Master of Dark Shadows

  • Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

  • Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

    Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

  • Minutes Past Midnight

    Minutes Past Midnight

  • The Monocle's Sour Laugh

    The Monocle's Sour Laugh

  • Bachelor of Hearts

    Bachelor of Hearts

  • The Phantom

    The Phantom

  • Castle of Blood

    Castle of Blood

  • The Pit and the Pendulum

    The Pit and the Pendulum

  • The Key Is in the Door

    The Key Is in the Door

  • For Love and Gold

    For Love and Gold

  • A History of Horror

    A History of Horror

  • Curse of the Crimson Altar

    Curse of the Crimson Altar

  • Be Pretty and Shut Up!

    Be Pretty and Shut Up!

  • Your Money or Your Wife

    Your Money or Your Wife

  • Les baisers

    Les baisers

  • White Voices

    White Voices

  • Easy Love

    Easy Love

  • Mario Bava Speaks

    Mario Bava Speaks

  • The Hours of Love

    The Hours of Love

  • An Angel for Satan

    An Angel for Satan

  • The Ghost

    The Ghost

  • The Long Hair of Death

    The Long Hair of Death

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

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

  • Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

    Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

  • Ulalume - A Ballad

    Ulalume - A Ballad

  • Once Upon a Tractor

    Once Upon a Tractor

  • The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

    The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

  • Ciao, Federico!

    Ciao, Federico!

  • Barbara Steele in Conversation

    Barbara Steele in Conversation

  • Young Törless

    Young Törless

  • Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

  • Italian Kings Of B

    Italian Kings Of B

  • Fellinopolis

    Fellinopolis

  • Nightmare Castle

    Nightmare Castle

  • Hollywood Rated 'R'

    Hollywood Rated 'R'

  • Deep Above

    Deep Above

  • Behind the Swinging Blade

    Behind the Swinging Blade

  • Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

    Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

  • Fear in the Dark

    Fear in the Dark

  • The Shutterbug Man

    The Shutterbug Man

  • Honeymoon with a Stranger

    Honeymoon with a Stranger

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

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

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

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

  • Barbara and Her Furs

    Barbara and Her Furs