Acting · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK · Born December 29, 1937
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.
MovieTheatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
2025
as (Voice)
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023
as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
MovieFellinopolis
2021
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
MovieBoia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019
as Self
MovieMaster of Dark Shadows
2019
as Self
TVCastlevania
2017
as Miranda (voice)
MovieMinutes Past Midnight
2016
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
MovieThe Phantom
2016
as The Widow
MovieLost River
2015
as Belladonna
MovieThe Mill at Calder's End
2015
as The Apparition of the Mill
MovieThe Shutterbug Man
2014
as Narrator
MovieParasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
2014
as Self
MovieLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBehind the Swinging Blade
2014
as Self
MovieHouse of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
2013
as Self
MovieThe Butterfly Room
2012
as Ann
TVA History of Horror
2010
as Self
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
MovieBarbara Steele in Conversation
2009
as Self
MovieThe Boneyard Collection
2008
as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Mario Bava Speaks
2006
as Self
MovieMario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
as Self
MovieItalian Kings Of B
2003
as Self
MovieThe American Nightmare
2000
as Self
MovieThe Capitol Conspiracy
1998
as Agent Oakley
MovieHollywood Rated 'R'
1997
as Self
MovieVampire Cult Queens from Hell
1996
as Barbara
MovieDeep Above
1994
as Mrs. Wagner
MovieDracula in the Movies
1992
as (archive footage)
MovieFear in the Dark
1991
as Self
TVDark Shadows
1991
as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
TVWar and Remembrance
1988
as Elsa MacMahon
TVThe Winds of War
1983
as Mrs. Stoller
MovieBe Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
MovieSilent Scream
1979
as Victoria Engels
MovieThe Key Is in the Door
1978
as Cathy
MoviePiranha
1978
as Dr. Mengers
MoviePretty Baby
1978
as Josephine
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
MovieShivers
1975
as Betts
MovieCaged Heat
1974
as Supt. McQueen
TVNight Gallery
1970
as The Widow Craighill
MovieCiao, Federico!
1970
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MovieStop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970
as Danielle
MovieHoneymoon with a Stranger
1969
as Carla
MovieCurse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as Lavinia Morley
MovieBarbara and Her Furs
1967
as Self
MovieThe She Beast
1966
as Veronica
MovieYoung Törless
1966
as Bozena
MovieAn Angel for Satan
1966
as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
MovieFor Love and Gold
1966
as Teodora
Money
1965
MovieOnce Upon a Tractor
1965
as Lady Clerk
MovieNightmare Castle
1965
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
MovieTerror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
as Cleo Hauff
TVDim Dam Dom
1965
as Self
MovieThe Long Hair of Death
1964
as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
MovieEasy Love
1964
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
MovieThe Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
as Valérie Gasparelli
MovieWhite Voices
1964
as Guilia
MovieThree for a Robbery
1964
as Barbara Sims
MovieLes baisers
1964
as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
MovieThe Maniacs
1964
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
MovieCastle of Blood
1964
as Elisabeth Blackwood
MovieA Sentimental Attempt
1963
as Silvia
MovieThe Ghost
1963
as Margaret Hichcock
MovieThe Hours of Love
1963
as Leila
Movie8½
1963
as Gloria Morin
MovieThe Iron Captain
1962
as Floriana
MovieThe Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
as Cynthia Hichcock
MovieThe Pit and the Pendulum
1961
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
MovieBlack Sunday
1960
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
MovieYour Money or Your Wife
1960
as Juliet Frost
MovieSapphire
1959
as Student
MovieUpstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Mary
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Dolores
MovieThe Heart of a Man
1959
as Girl
MovieThe 39 Steps
1959
as Extra
Look at Life: Saving Face
1959
as Self
MovieBachelor of Hearts
1958
as Fiona
MovieHouseboat
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Phyllis
MovieMary Woronov: Cult Queen
as Self
