Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

ActorProducer Dec 29 (age 88) Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK 1955–2025 (70 year career)
6.2 avg rating

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 …

Known For

Filmography

Acting (81)

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Movies (72)

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol

2025

as (Voice)

Ulalume - A Ballad

Ulalume - A Ballad

2023

as Narrator: opening credits (voice)

Fellinopolis

Fellinopolis

2021

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

6.5
Master of Dark Shadows

Master of Dark Shadows

2019

as Self

9.1
Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties

Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties

2019

as Self

8.5
The Phantom

The Phantom

2016

as The Widow

6.3
Minutes Past Midnight

Minutes Past Midnight

2016

as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')

4.8
Lost River

Lost River

2015

as Belladonna

5.7
The Mill at Calder's End

The Mill at Calder's End

2015

as The Apparition of the Mill

6.5
The Shutterbug Man

The Shutterbug Man

2014

as Narrator

6.3
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Behind the Swinging Blade

Behind the Swinging Blade

2014

as Self

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

2014

as Self

5.5
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

2013

as Self

The Butterfly Room

The Butterfly Room

2012

as Ann

5.7
Barbara Steele in Conversation

Barbara Steele in Conversation

2009

as Self

The Boneyard Collection

The Boneyard Collection

2008

as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

5.3
Mario Bava Speaks

Mario Bava Speaks

2006

as Self

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

2004

as Self

6.0
Italian Kings Of B

Italian Kings Of B

2003

as Self

6.0
The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare

2000

as Self

6.7
The Capitol Conspiracy

The Capitol Conspiracy

1998

as Agent Oakley

4.3
Hollywood Rated 'R'

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997

as Self

4.8
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell

Vampire Cult Queens from Hell

1996

as Barbara

Deep Above

Deep Above

1994

as Mrs. Wagner

Fear in the Dark

Fear in the Dark

1991

as Self

10.0
Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981

as Self

6.1
Silent Scream

Silent Scream

1979

as Victoria Engels

5.7
The Space-Watch Murders

The Space-Watch Murders

1978
Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

1978

as Josephine

7.0
Piranha

Piranha

1978

as Dr. Mengers

6.0
The Key Is in the Door

The Key Is in the Door

1978

as Cathy

4.5
Shivers

Shivers

1975

as Betts

6.4
Caged Heat

Caged Heat

1974

as Supt. McQueen

5.0
Ciao, Federico!

Ciao, Federico!

1970

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.8
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

1970

as Danielle

5.5
Honeymoon with a Stranger

Honeymoon with a Stranger

1969

as Carla

6.7
Curse of the Crimson Altar

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968

as Lavinia Morley

5.2
Barbara and Her Furs

Barbara and Her Furs

1967

as Self

Young Törless

Young Törless

1966

as Bozena

6.6
For Love and Gold

For Love and Gold

1966

as Teodora

7.7
The She Beast

The She Beast

1966

as Veronica

4.9
An Angel for Satan

An Angel for Satan

1966

as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda

6.2
Money

Money

1965
Nightmare Castle

Nightmare Castle

1965

as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith

5.3
Terror-Creatures from the Grave

Terror-Creatures from the Grave

1965

as Cleo Hauff

5.9
Once Upon a Tractor

Once Upon a Tractor

1965

as Lady Clerk

5.0
Castle of Blood

Castle of Blood

1964

as Elisabeth Blackwood

7.1
The Long Hair of Death

The Long Hair of Death

1964

as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein

6.3
Les baisers

Les baisers

1964

as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')

3.0
White Voices

White Voices

1964

as Guilia

4.5
The Monocle's Sour Laugh

The Monocle's Sour Laugh

1964

as Valérie Gasparelli

5.3
The Maniacs

The Maniacs

1964

as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")

4.7
Easy Love

Easy Love

1964

as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")

2.0
Three for a Robbery

Three for a Robbery

1964

as Barbara Sims

8½

1963

as Gloria Morin

8.1
A Sentimental Attempt

A Sentimental Attempt

1963

as Silvia

6.5
The Ghost

The Ghost

1963

as Margaret Hichcock

6.1
The Hours of Love

The Hours of Love

1963

as Leila

4.4
The Iron Captain

The Iron Captain

1962

as Floriana

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

1962

as Cynthia Hichcock

5.9
The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

1961

as Elizabeth Barnard Medina

6.9
Black Sunday

Black Sunday

1960

as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda

7.4
Your Money or Your Wife

Your Money or Your Wife

1960

as Juliet Frost

4.0
Sapphire

Sapphire

1959

as Student

7.0
The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

1959

as Extra

6.2
Upstairs and Downstairs

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959

as Mary

5.6
Look at Life: Saving Face

Look at Life: Saving Face

1959

as Self

The Heart of a Man

The Heart of a Man

1959

as Girl

Bachelor of Hearts

Bachelor of Hearts

1958

as Fiona

5.6
Houseboat

Houseboat

1958

as Minor Role (uncredited)

6.4
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

as Self