Barbara Steele
Known for: Acting
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 The Butterfly Room (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's Lost River (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
Night Gallery
The Widow Craighill
1970
Series
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Series
Adventures in Paradise
Dolores
1959
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Phyllis
1955
Series
Castlevania
Miranda (voice)
2017
Series
War and Remembrance
Elsa MacMahon
1988
Film
Pretty Baby
Josephine
1978
Series
Dim Dam Dom
Self
1965
Series
The Winds of War
Mrs. Stoller
1983
Series
Dark Shadows
Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
1991
Series
Dark Shadows
Dr. Julia Hoffman
1991
Series
Dark Shadows
Countess Natalie du Pres
1991
Film
8½
Gloria Morin
1963
Film
Piranha
Dr. Mengers
1978
Film
Houseboat
Minor Role (uncredited)
1958
Film
Lost River
Belladonna
2015
Series
A History of Horror
Self
2010
Film
For Love and Gold
Teodora
1966
Film
The Pit and the Pendulum
Elizabeth Barnard Medina
1961
Film
Shivers
Betts
1975
Film
Caged Heat
Supt. McQueen
1974
Film
Black Sunday
Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
1960
Film
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Silent Scream
Victoria Engels
1979
Film
The Butterfly Room
Ann
2012
Film
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Lavinia Morley
1968
Film
The 39 Steps
Extra
1959
Film
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
1981
Film
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
(Voice)
2025
Film
Upstairs and Downstairs
Mary
1959
Film
The American Nightmare
Self
2000
Film
The Maniacs
Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
1964
Film
Sapphire
Student
1959
Film
The Boneyard Collection
Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2008
Film
Castle of Blood
Elisabeth Blackwood
1964
Film
The Ghost
Margaret Hichcock
1963
Film
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
2013
Film
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Self
Film
Nightmare Castle
Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
1965
Film
The She Beast
Veronica
1966
Film
Italian Kings Of B
Self
2003
Film
Master of Dark Shadows
Self
2019
Film
Ciao, Federico!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970
Film
Young Törless
Bozena
1966
Film
Fellinopolis
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
Film
An Angel for Satan
Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
1966
Film
The Capitol Conspiracy
Agent Oakley
1998
Film
Minutes Past Midnight
The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
2016
Film
Once Upon a Tractor
Lady Clerk
1965
Film
The Long Hair of Death
Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
1964
Film
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Film
The Phantom
The Widow
2016
Film
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Cynthia Hichcock
1962
Film
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self
1997
Film
The Mill at Calder's End
The Apparition of the Mill
2015
Film
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
Cleo Hauff
1965
Film
The Key Is in the Door
Cathy
1978
Film
The Hours of Love
Leila
1963
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
Film
The Heart of a Man
Girl
1959
Film
White Voices
Guilia
1964
Film
Les baisers
Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
1964
Film
Easy Love
Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
1964
Film
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Valérie Gasparelli
1964
Film
Fear in the Dark
Self
1991
Film
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Self
2004
Film
Three for a Robbery
Barbara Sims
1964
Money
1965
Film
Bachelor of Hearts
Fiona
1958
Film
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Carla
1969
Film
A Sentimental Attempt
Silvia
1963
Ulalume - A Ballad
Narrator: opening credits (voice)
2023
Film
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Self
2019
Film
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
Danielle
1970
Film
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell
Barbara
1996
Film
The Iron Captain
Floriana
1962
Film
Your Money or Your Wife
Juliet Frost
1960
Film
Deep Above
Mrs. Wagner
1994
Film
Barbara Steele in Conversation
Self
2009
Film
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Self
2014
Film
Barbara and Her Furs
Self
1967
Film
Behind the Swinging Blade
Self
2014
Film
The Shutterbug Man
Narrator
2014
Mario Bava Speaks
Self
2006
Look at Life: Saving Face
Self
1959