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Barbara Steele

Acting
1937-12-29
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
Known For 80 titles
The Butterfly Room (2012) subtitle poster
The Butterfly Room
2012 Movie
as Ann
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The 39 Steps (1959) subtitle poster
The 39 Steps
1959 Movie
as Extra
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) subtitle poster
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961 Movie
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
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Fellinopolis (2021) subtitle poster
Fellinopolis
2021 Movie
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
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Silent Scream (1979) subtitle poster
Silent Scream
1979 Movie
as Victoria Engels
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Castle of Blood (1964) subtitle poster
Castle of Blood
1964 Movie
as Elisabeth Blackwood
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Sapphire (1959) subtitle poster
Sapphire
1959 Movie
as Student
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Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) subtitle poster
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968 Movie
as Lavinia Morley
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Young Törless (1966) subtitle poster
Young Törless
1966 Movie
as Bozena
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The Capitol Conspiracy (1998) subtitle poster
The Capitol Conspiracy
1998 Movie
as Agent Oakley
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The She Beast (1966) subtitle poster
The She Beast
1966 Movie
as Veronica
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Nightmare Castle (1965) subtitle poster
Nightmare Castle
1965 Movie
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
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Easy Love (1964) subtitle poster
Easy Love
1964 Movie
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
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Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) subtitle poster
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959 Movie
as Mary
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Master of Dark Shadows (2019) subtitle poster
Master of Dark Shadows
2019 Movie
as Self
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Fear in the Dark (1991) subtitle poster
Fear in the Dark
1991 Movie
as Self
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Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004) subtitle poster
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004 Movie
as Self
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The Maniacs (1964) subtitle poster
The Maniacs
1964 Movie
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
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Bachelor of Hearts (1958) subtitle poster
Bachelor of Hearts
1958 Movie
as Fiona
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Once Upon a Tractor (1965) subtitle poster
Once Upon a Tractor
1965 Movie
as Lady Clerk
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Ciao, Federico! (1970) subtitle poster
Ciao, Federico!
1970 Movie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013) subtitle poster
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013 Movie
as Self
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Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969) subtitle poster
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969 Movie
as Carla
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Minutes Past Midnight (2016) subtitle poster
Minutes Past Midnight
2016 Movie
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
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