Barbara Steele
Acting
Born December 29, 1937 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Night Gallery
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Adventures in Paradise
Castlevania
War and Remembrance
Dim Dam Dom
8½
The Winds of War
Pretty Baby
Dark Shadows
Piranha
Sapphire
A History of Horror
Black Sunday
The Pit and the Pendulum
Shivers
Caged Heat
Houseboat
For Love and Gold
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Lost River
The Butterfly Room
The Boneyard Collection
The She Beast
Young Törless
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Minutes Past Midnight
White Voices
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
The 39 Steps
Dracula in the Movies
Silent Scream
Deep Above
The American Nightmare
Castle of Blood
Fellinopolis
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Nightmare Castle