Barbara Steele

Acting

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.

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Fullname:

Barbara Steele

Date of Birth:

1937-12-29

Country:

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Media of

Barbara Steele

Photos (21)

Filmography of

Barbara Steele

Found 70 movies in total

Ulalume - A Ballad

Narrator: opening credits (voice)

... 2023

Fellinopolis

Self - Actress (archive footage)

... 2021

... 2019

Minutes Past Midnight

The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')

... 2016

The Phantom

The Widow

... 2016

Lost River

Belladonna

... 2015

The Mill at Calder's End

The Apparition of the Mill

... 2015

... 2014

... 2012

The Boneyard Collection

Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

... 2008

... 2006

... 2003

... 2000

The Capitol Conspiracy

Agent Oakley

... 1998

... 1997

Deep Above

Mrs. Wagner

... 1994

... 1991

... 1981

Silent Scream

Victoria Engels

... 1979

... 1978

Piranha

Dr. Mengers

... 1978

Pretty Baby

Josephine

... 1978

Shivers

Betts

... 1975

Caged Heat

Supt. McQueen

... 1974

Ciao, Federico!

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

... 1970

... 1969

... 1968

... 1967

... 1966

An Angel for Satan

Harriet Montebruno / Belinda

... 1966

... 1966

... 1966

... 1965

Once Upon a Tractor

Lady Clerk

... 1965

Nightmare Castle

Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith

... 1965

... 1965

The Long Hair of Death

Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein

... 1964

Easy Love

Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")

... 1964

The Monocle's Sour Laugh

Valérie Gasparelli

... 1964

White Voices

Guilia

... 1964

Three for a Robbery

Barbara Sims

... 1964

Les baisers

Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')

... 1964

The Maniacs

Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")

... 1964

Castle of Blood

Elisabeth Blackwood

... 1964

... 1963

The Ghost

Margaret Hichcock

... 1963

... 1963

Gloria Morin

... 1963

The Iron Captain

Floriana

... 1962

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

Cynthia Hichcock

... 1962

The Pit and the Pendulum

Elizabeth Barnard Medina

... 1961

Black Sunday

Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda

... 1960

... 1960

Sapphire

Student

... 1959

... 1959

... 1959

The 39 Steps

Extra

... 1959

... 1958

Houseboat

Minor Role (uncredited)

... 1958