10.0
10.0
Fear in the Dark
1991
as Self
Barbara Steele
Acting
Born:December 29, 1937(age 88)
Birthplace:Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (66 movies)
9.0
9.0
Master of Dark Shadows
2019
as Self
8.5
8.5
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019
as Sé stessa
8.1
8.1
8½
1963
as Gloria Morin
7.7
7.7
For Love and Gold
1966
as Teodora
7.4
7.4
Black Sunday
1960
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
7.1
7.1
Castle of Blood
1964
as Elisabeth Blackwood
7.0
7.0
Sapphire
1959
as Student
6.9
6.9
Pretty Baby
1978
as Josephine
6.8
6.8
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
6.8
6.8
Ciao, Federico!
1970
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Young Törless
1966
as Bozena
6.5
6.5
Fellinopolis
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
6.5
6.5
The Mill at Calder's End
2015
as The Apparition of the Mill
6.5
6.5
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
as Carla
6.5
6.5
A Sentimental Attempt
1963
as Silvia
6.4
6.4
Shivers
1975
as Betts
6.4
6.4
The Long Hair of Death
1964
as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
6.3
6.3
The Phantom
2016
as The Widow
6.3
6.3
The Shutterbug Man
2014
as Narrator
6.3
6.3
An Angel for Satan
1966
as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
6.2
6.2
The 39 Steps
1959
as Extra
6.1
6.1
The Ghost
1963
as Margaret Hichcock
6.1
6.1
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
6.0
6.0
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
6.0
6.0
Piranha
1978
as Dr. Mengers
5.9
5.9
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
as Cleo Hauff
5.8
5.8
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
as Cynthia Hichcock
5.7
5.7
Lost River
2015
as Belladonna
5.7
5.7
The Butterfly Room
2012
as Ann
5.7
5.7
Silent Scream
1979
as Victoria Engels
5.6
5.6
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
as Fiona
5.6
5.6
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Mary
5.5
5.5
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
2014
as Self
5.5
5.5
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970
as Danielle
5.4
5.4
Nightmare Castle
1965
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
5.3
5.3
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
as Valérie Gasparelli
5.3
5.3
The Boneyard Collection
2008
as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
5.2
5.2
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as Lavinia Morley
5.0
5.0
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
as Lady Clerk
5.0
5.0
Caged Heat
1974
as Supt. McQueen
4.9
4.9
Revenge of The Blood Beast
1966
as Veronica
4.8
4.8
Minutes Past Midnight
2016
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
4.8
4.8
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
as Self
4.7
4.7
The Maniacs
1964
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
4.5
4.5
White Voices
1964
as Guilia
4.5
4.5
The Key Is in the Door
1978
as Cathy
4.4
4.4
The Hours of Love
1963
as Leila
4.3
4.3
The Capitol Conspiracy
1998
as Agent Oakley
4.0
4.0
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
as Juliet Frost
2.0
2.0
Easy Love
1964
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
Three for a Robbery
1964
as Barbara Sims
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
Les baisers
1964
as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
Money
1965
Barbara Steele in Conversation
2009
as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
as Self
The Iron Captain
1962
as Floriana
Barbara and Her Furs
1967
as Self
Behind the Swinging Blade
2014
as Self
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
TBA
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023
as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Mario Bava Speaks
2006
as Self
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
2025
as (Voice)
Look at Life: Saving Face
1959
as Self
Deep Above
1994
as Mrs. Wagner
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