Barbara Steele
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 (83 titles)
MovieTheatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
(Voice) · 2025
Ulalume - A Ballad
Narrator: opening credits (voice) · 2023
6.2MovieFellinopolis
Self - Actress (archive footage) · 2021
7.3MovieBoia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Self · 2019
9.1MovieMaster of Dark Shadows
Self · 2019
8.3ShowCastlevania
Miranda (voice) · 2017
4.8MovieMinutes Past Midnight
The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End') · 2016
6.3MovieThe Phantom
The Widow · 2016
5.7MovieLost River
Belladonna · 2015
6.5MovieThe Mill at Calder's End
The Apparition of the Mill · 2015
6.3MovieThe Shutterbug Man
Narrator · 2014
5.5MovieParasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Self · 2014
6.6MovieLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage) · 2014
MovieBehind the Swinging Blade
Self · 2014
MovieHouse of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self · 2013
5.7MovieThe Butterfly Room
Ann · 2012
7.1ShowA History of Horror
Self · 2010
7.3ShowCelebrity Ghost Stories
Self · 2009
MovieBarbara Steele in Conversation
Self · 2009
5.3MovieThe Boneyard Collection
Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires") · 2008
Mario Bava Speaks
Self · 2006
6.5MovieMario Bava: Operazione paura
Self · 2004
6.0MovieItalian Kings Of B
Self · 2003
6.8MovieThe American Nightmare
Self · 2000
4.5MovieThe Capitol Conspiracy
Agent Oakley · 1998
5.3MovieHollywood Rated 'R'
Self · 1997
MovieVampire Cult Queens from Hell
Barbara · 1996
10.0MovieDeep Above
Mrs. Wagner · 1994
10.0MovieDracula in the Movies
(archive footage) · 1992
9.0MovieFear in the Dark
Self · 1991