Barbara Steele

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

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

  • 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

  • Castlevania

    Castlevania

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Silent Scream

    Silent Scream

  • Pretty Baby

    Pretty Baby

  • Shivers

    Shivers

  • 8½

    8½

  • The Phantom

    The Phantom

  • Caged Heat

    Caged Heat

  • Money

    Money

  • Houseboat

    Houseboat

  • Sapphire

    Sapphire

  • Les baisers

    Les baisers

  • Dim Dam Dom

    Dim Dam Dom

  • Castle of Blood

    Castle of Blood

  • War and Remembrance

    War and Remembrance

  • Black Sunday

    Black Sunday

  • Easy Love

    Easy Love

  • Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

  • The Maniacs

    The Maniacs

  • Ciao, Federico!

    Ciao, Federico!

  • Piranha

    Piranha

  • The American Nightmare

    The American Nightmare

  • For Love and Gold

    For Love and Gold

  • The Mill at Calder's End

    The Mill at Calder's End

  • Fellinopolis

    Fellinopolis

  • The Iron Captain

    The Iron Captain

  • The Hours of Love

    The Hours of Love

  • Terror-Creatures from the Grave

    Terror-Creatures from the Grave

  • Lost River

    Lost River

  • Revenge of The Blood Beast

    Revenge of The Blood Beast

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

  • The Butterfly Room

    The Butterfly Room

  • Minutes Past Midnight

    Minutes Past Midnight

  • The Monocle's Sour Laugh

    The Monocle's Sour Laugh

  • Curse of the Crimson Altar

    Curse of the Crimson Altar

  • Be Pretty and Shut Up!

    Be Pretty and Shut Up!

  • A Sentimental Attempt

    A Sentimental Attempt

  • Three for a Robbery

    Three for a Robbery

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

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

  • The Boneyard Collection

    The Boneyard Collection

  • White Voices

    White Voices

  • Once Upon a Tractor

    Once Upon a Tractor

  • The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

    The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

  • Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

  • A History of Horror

    A History of Horror

  • An Angel for Satan

    An Angel for Satan

  • The Capitol Conspiracy

    The Capitol Conspiracy

  • Your Money or Your Wife

    Your Money or Your Wife

  • The Space-Watch Murders

    The Space-Watch Murders

  • Young Törless

    Young Törless

  • Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

    Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

  • The Heart of a Man

    The Heart of a Man

  • Bachelor of Hearts

    Bachelor of Hearts

  • Behind the Swinging Blade

    Behind the Swinging Blade

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

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

  • The Pit and the Pendulum

    The Pit and the Pendulum

  • The Long Hair of Death

    The Long Hair of Death

  • Hollywood Rated 'R'

    Hollywood Rated 'R'

  • Master of Dark Shadows

    Master of Dark Shadows

  • Honeymoon with a Stranger

    Honeymoon with a Stranger

  • Nightmare Castle

    Nightmare Castle

  • Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

  • Italian Kings Of B

    Italian Kings Of B

  • Mario Bava Speaks

    Mario Bava Speaks

  • The Key Is in the Door

    The Key Is in the Door

  • Look at Life: Saving Face

    Look at Life: Saving Face

  • Barbara Steele in Conversation

    Barbara Steele in Conversation

  • Ulalume - A Ballad

    Ulalume - A Ballad

  • The Ghost

    The Ghost

  • Deep Above

    Deep Above

  • Fear in the Dark

    Fear in the Dark

  • Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

    Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

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

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

  • The Shutterbug Man

    The Shutterbug Man

  • Barbara and Her Furs

    Barbara and Her Furs

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

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