- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 29, 1937
- Place of Birth
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Barbara Steele
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 Th…
Filmography
movieTheatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
2025 · (Voice)
Ulalume - A Ballad
movieUlalume - A Ballad
2023 · Narrator: opening credits (voice)
movieFellinopolis
2021 · Self - Actress (archive footage)
movieBoia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019 · Self
movieMaster of Dark Shadows
2019 · Self
tvCastlevania
2017 · Miranda (voice)
movieMinutes Past Midnight
2016 · The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
movieThe Phantom
2016 · The Widow
movieLost River
2015 · Belladonna
movieThe Mill at Calder's End
2015 · The Apparition of the Mill
movieThe Shutterbug Man
2014 · Narrator
movieParasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
2014 · Self
movieLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieBehind the Swinging Blade
2014 · Self
movieHouse of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013 · Self
movieThe Butterfly Room
2012 · Ann
tvA History of Horror
2010 · Self
tvCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
movieBarbara Steele in Conversation
2009 · Self
movieThe Boneyard Collection
2008 · Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Mario Bava Speaks
movieMario Bava Speaks
2006 · Self
movieMario Bava: Operazione paura
2004 · Self
movieItalian Kings Of B
2003 · Self
movieThe American Nightmare
2000 · Self
movieThe Capitol Conspiracy
1998 · Agent Oakley
movieHollywood Rated 'R'
1997 · Self
movieVampire Cult Queens from Hell
1996 · Barbara
movieDeep Above
1994 · Mrs. Wagner
movieDracula in the Movies
1992 · (archive footage)
movieFear in the Dark
1991 · Self
tvDark Shadows
1991 · Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
tvWar and Remembrance
1988 · Elsa MacMahon, Producer
tvThe Winds of War
1983 · Mrs. Stoller, Associate Producer
movieBe Pretty and Shut Up!
1981 · Self
movieSilent Scream
1979 · Victoria Engels
movieThe Key Is in the Door
1978 · Cathy
moviePiranha
1978 · Dr. Mengers
moviePretty Baby
1978 · Josephine
The Space-Watch Murders
movieThe Space-Watch Murders
1978
movieShivers
1975 · Betts
movieCaged Heat
1974 · Supt. McQueen
tvNight Gallery
1970 · The Widow Craighill
movieCiao, Federico!
1970 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieStop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970 · Danielle
movieHoneymoon with a Stranger
1969 · Carla
movieCurse of the Crimson Altar
1968 · Lavinia Morley
movieBarbara and Her Furs
1967 · Self
movieThe She Beast
1966 · Veronica
movieYoung Törless
1966 · Bozena
movieAn Angel for Satan
1966 · Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
movieFor Love and Gold
1966 · Teodora
Money
movieMoney
1965
movieOnce Upon a Tractor
1965 · Lady Clerk
movieNightmare Castle
1965 · Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
movieTerror-Creatures from the Grave
1965 · Cleo Hauff
tvDim Dam Dom
1965 · Self
movieThe Long Hair of Death
1964 · Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
movieEasy Love
1964 · Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
movieThe Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964 · Valérie Gasparelli
movieWhite Voices
1964 · Guilia
movieThree for a Robbery
1964 · Barbara Sims
movieLes baisers
1964 · Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
movieThe Maniacs
1964 · Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
movieCastle of Blood
1964 · Elisabeth Blackwood
movieA Sentimental Attempt
1963 · Silvia
movieThe Ghost
1963 · Margaret Hichcock
movieThe Hours of Love
1963 · Leila
movie8½
1963 · Gloria Morin
movieThe Iron Captain
1962 · Floriana
movieThe Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962 · Cynthia Hichcock
movieThe Pit and the Pendulum
1961 · Elizabeth Barnard Medina
movieBlack Sunday
1960 · Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
movieYour Money or Your Wife
1960 · Juliet Frost
movieSapphire
1959 · Student
movieUpstairs and Downstairs
1959 · Mary
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959 · Dolores
movieThe Heart of a Man
1959 · Girl
movieThe 39 Steps
1959 · Extra
Look at Life: Saving Face
movieLook at Life: Saving Face
1959 · Self
movieBachelor of Hearts
1958 · Fiona
movieHouseboat
1958 · Minor Role (uncredited)
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Phyllis
movieMary Woronov: Cult Queen
— · Self