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Barbara Steele

Acting Born Dec 29, 1937 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Night Gallery

as The Widow Craighill

Castlevania

as Miranda (voice)

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Phyllis
Film

8½

as Gloria Morin

Fantasy Island

as Supt. McQueen
Film

Black Sunday

as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
Film

For Love and Gold

as Teodora

Full filmography

  • Night Gallery (1970) as The Widow Craighill
  • Castlevania (2017) as Miranda (voice)
  • Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009) as Self
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Phyllis
  • Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Dolores
  • War and Remembrance (1988) as Elsa MacMahon
  • Pretty Baby (1978) as Josephine
  • The Winds of War (1983) as Mrs. Stoller
  • 8½ (1963) as Gloria Morin
  • Dark Shadows (1991) as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
  • Dark Shadows (1991) as Dr. Julia Hoffman
  • Dark Shadows (1991) as Countess Natalie du Pres
  • Dim Dam Dom (1965) as Self
  • Piranha (1978) as Dr. Mengers
  • Shivers (1975) as Betts
  • A History of Horror (2010) as Self
  • The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
  • Houseboat (1958) as Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Lost River (2015) as Belladonna
  • Caged Heat (1974) as Supt. McQueen
  • Black Sunday (1960) as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
  • Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) as Lavinia Morley
  • Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981) as Self
  • For Love and Gold (1966) as Teodora