Barbara Steele
Known for
Acting
Born
December 29, 1937 (age 88)
Birthplace
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 Piranha and Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (both 1978), and appeared on television in the 1991 TV series...
Best known work
8½
1963
Castlevania
2017
Piranha
1978
Shivers
1975
Lost River
2015
Black Sunday
1960
Pretty Baby
1978
For Love and Gold
1966
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955Filmography
TBA
Mary Woronov: Cult Queenas Self
2025
2023
Ulalume - A Balladas Narrator: opening credits (voice)
2021
Fellinopolisas Self - Actress (archive footage)
2019
2019
Master of Dark Shadowsas Self
2017
2016
Minutes Past Midnightas The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
2015
Lost Riveras Belladonna
2015
The Mill at Calder's Endas The Apparition of the Mill
2014
The Shutterbug Manas Narrator
2014
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreauas Self (archive footage)
2014
Behind the Swinging Bladeas Self
2013
2012
The Butterfly Roomas Ann
2010
2009
2009
2008
The Boneyard Collectionas Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2006
Mario Bava Speaksas Self
2004
Mario Bava: Operazione pauraas Self
2003
Italian Kings Of Bas Self
2000
The American Nightmareas Self
1998
The Capitol Conspiracyas Agent Oakley