12/29/1937
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK:
Barbara Steele ist eine englische Schauspielerin und Produzentin, bekannt für ihre Hauptrollen in italienischen Gothic-Horrorfilmen der 1960er Jahre. Sie wurde als „Königin aller Scream Queens“ und „Großbritanniens First Lady des Horrors“ bezeichnet. In Mario Bavas wegweisendem Film „Die Stunde, wenn Dracula kommt“ (1960) spielte sie die Doppelrolle der Asa und Katia Vajda und war in Filmen wie „Das Pendel des Todes“ (1961), „Das schreckliche Geheimnis des Dr. Hichcock“ (1962), „Der Todesfluch der brennenden Hexe“ (1964) und „Castle of Blood“ (1964) zu sehen. Darüber hinaus hatte Steele Nebenrollen in Federico Fellinis „8½“ (1963), David Cronenbergs „Shivers“ (1975), Joe Dantes „Piranha“ und Louis Malles „Pretty Baby“ (beide 1978) und wirkte 1991 in der Fernsehserie „Dark Shadows“ mit. Sie gewann einen Primetime Emmy Award für die Produktion der amerikanischen Fernsehminiserie „Feuersturm und Asche“ (1988–89). Steele wirkte in den 2010er Jahren in mehreren Filmen mit, darunter in einer Hauptrolle in „The Butterfly Room“ (2012) und in einer Nebenrolle in Ryan Goslings „Lost River“ (2014).
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Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (2025) as (Voice) |
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Ulalume - A Ballad (2023) as Narrator: opening credits (voice) |
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Fellinopolis (2021) as Self - Actress (archive footage) |
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Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta (2019) as Self |
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Master of Dark Shadows (2019) as Self |
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Minutes Past Midnight (2016) as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End') |
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Le Fantôme (2016) as The Widow |
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Lost River (2015) as Belladonna |
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The Mill at Calder's End (2015) as The Apparition of the Mill |
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The Shutterbug Man (2014) as Narrator |
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Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' (2014) as Self |
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) as Self (archive footage) |
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Behind the Swinging Blade (2014) as Self |
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House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013) as Self |
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The Butterfly Room (2012) as Ann |
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Barbara Steele in Conversation (2009) as Self |
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The Boneyard Collection (2008) as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires") |
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Mario Bava Speaks (2006) as Self |
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Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004) as Self |
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Italian Kings Of B (2003) as Self |
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The American Nightmare (2000) as Self |
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The Capitol Conspiracy (1998) as Agent Oakley |
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Les deniers du culte (1997) as Self |
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Vampire Cult Queens from Hell (1996) as Barbara |
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Tief oben (1994) as Mrs. Wagner |
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Dracula in the Movies (1992) as |
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Fear in the Dark (1991) as Self |
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Sois belle et tais-toi ! (1981) as Self |
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Silent Scream (1979) as Victoria Engels |
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La clé sur la porte (1978) as Cathy |
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Piranha (1978) as Dr. Mengers |
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Pretty Baby (1978) as Josephine |
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The Space-Watch Murders (1978) as |
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Shivers (1975) as Betts |
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Caged Heat (1974) as Supt. McQueen |
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Ciao, Federico! (1970) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (1970) as Danielle |
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Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969) as Carla |
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Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) as Lavinia Morley |
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Barbara et ses fourrures (1967) as Self |
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The She Beast (1966) as Veronica |
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Der junge Törless (1966) as Bozena |
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Un angelo per Satana (1966) as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda |
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L'armata Brancaleone (1966) as Teodora |
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I soldi (1965) as |
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Once Upon a Tractor (1965) as Lady Clerk |
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Amanti d'oltretomba (1965) as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith |
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5 tombe per un medium (1965) as Cleo Hauff |
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I lunghi capelli della morte (1964) as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein |
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Amore facile (1964) as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano") |
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Le monocle rit jaune (1964) as Valérie Gasparelli |
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Le voci bianche (1964) as Guilia |
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Tre per una rapina (1964) as Barbara Sims |
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Les baisers (1964) as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir') |
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I maniaci (1964) as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale") |
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Danza macabra (1964) as Elisabeth Blackwood |
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Un tentativo sentimentale (1963) as Silvia |
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Lo spettro (1963) as Margaret Hichcock |
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Le ore dell'amore (1963) as Leila |
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8½ (1963) as Gloria Morin |
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Il capitano di ferro (1962) as Floriana |
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L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock (1962) as Cynthia Hichcock |
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) as Elizabeth Barnard Medina |
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La maschera del demonio (1960) as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda |
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Your Money or Your Wife (1960) as Juliet Frost |
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Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) as Mary |
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Sapphire (1959) as Student |
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The Heart of a Man (1959) as Girl |
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The 39 Steps (1959) as Extra |
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Look at Life: Saving Face (1959) as Self |
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Bachelor of Hearts (1958) as Fiona |
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Houseboat (1958) as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Mary Woronov: Cult Queen () as Self |