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Barbara Steele

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1937Born, Birkenhead

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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…

Known for

8½Gloria Morin

CastlevaniaMiranda (voice)

PiranhaDr. Mengers

ShiversBetts

Lost RiverBelladonna

Filmography

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2025Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol(Voice)Movie

2023Ulalume - A BalladNarrator: opening credits (voice)Movie

2017CastlevaniaMiranda (voice) · 3 episodesShow

2016Minutes Past MidnightThe Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')Movie

2015Lost RiverBelladonnaMovie

2015The Mill at Calder's EndThe Apparition of the MillMovie

2014The Shutterbug ManNarratorMovie

2012The Butterfly RoomAnnMovie

2008The Boneyard CollectionVanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")Movie

1998The Capitol ConspiracyAgent OakleyMovie

1994Deep AboveMrs. WagnerMovie

1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)Movie

1991Dark ShadowsDr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres, Dr. Julia Hoffman, Countess Natalie du Pres · 6 episodesShow

1988War and RemembranceElsa MacMahon · 1 episodeShow

1983The Winds of WarMrs. Stoller · 1 episodeShow

1979Silent ScreamVictoria EngelsMovie

1978The Key Is in the DoorCathyMovie

1978PiranhaDr. MengersMovie

1978Pretty BabyJosephineMovie

1978The Space-Watch MurdersMovie

1975ShiversBettsMovie

1974Caged HeatSupt. McQueenMovie

1970Night GalleryThe Widow Craighill · 1 episodeShow

1970Ciao, Federico!Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Movie

1970Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!DanielleMovie

1969Honeymoon with a StrangerCarlaMovie

1968Curse of the Crimson AltarLavinia MorleyMovie

1966The She BeastVeronicaMovie

1966Young TörlessBozenaMovie

1966An Angel for SatanHarriet Montebruno / BelindaMovie

1966For Love and GoldTeodoraMovie

1965MoneyLuckyMovie

1965I SpyGiana · 1 episodeShow

1965Once Upon a TractorLady ClerkMovie

1965Nightmare CastleMuriel Arrowsmith / Jenny ArrowsmithMovie

1965Terror-Creatures from the GraveCleo HauffMovie

1964The Long Hair of DeathHelen Karnstein / Mary KarnsteinMovie

1964Easy LoveContessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")Movie

1964The Monocle's Sour LaughValérie GasparelliMovie

1964White VoicesGuiliaMovie

1964Three for a RobberyBarbara SimsMovie

1964Les baisersThelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')Movie

1964The ManiacsBarbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")Movie

1964Castle of BloodElisabeth BlackwoodMovie

1963A Sentimental AttemptSilviaMovie

1963The GhostMargaret HichcockMovie

1963The Hours of LoveLeilaMovie

19638½Gloria MorinMovie

1962The Iron CaptainFlorianaMovie

1962The Horrible Dr. HichcockCynthia HichcockMovie

1961The Pit and the PendulumElizabeth Barnard MedinaMovie

1960Black SundayPrincess Asa Vajda / Katia VajdaMovie

1960Your Money or Your WifeJuliet FrostMovie

1959SapphireStudent (uncredited)Movie

1959Upstairs and DownstairsMaryMovie

1959Adventures in ParadiseDolores · 1 episodeShow

1959The Heart of a ManGirl (scenes deleted)Movie

1959The 39 StepsExtra (uncredited)Movie

1958Bachelor of HeartsFionaMovie

1958HouseboatMinor Role (uncredited)Movie

1958Dial 999Toni Miller · 1 episodeShow

1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsPhyllis · 1 episodeShow

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