Barbara Steele

Actor

Born: December 29, 1937 (age 88)
From: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

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…

Filmography (73)

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (2025)
(Voice)
Ulalume - A Ballad
Ulalume - A Ballad (2023)
Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Fellinopolis (2021)
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta (2019)
Self
Master of Dark Shadows (2019)
Self
Minutes Past Midnight (2016)
The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
The Phantom (2016)
The Widow
Lost River (2015)
Belladonna
The Mill at Calder's End (2015)
The Apparition of the Mill
The Shutterbug Man (2014)
Narrator
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers' (2014)
Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Swinging Blade (2014)
Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! (2013)
Self
The Butterfly Room (2012)
Ann
Barbara Steele in Conversation (2009)
Self
The Boneyard Collection (2008)
Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Mario Bava Speaks
Mario Bava Speaks (2006)
Self
Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004)
Self
Italian Kings Of B (2003)
Self
The American Nightmare (2000)
Self
The Capitol Conspiracy (1998)
Agent Oakley
Hollywood Rated 'R' (1997)
Self
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell (1996)
Barbara
Deep Above (1994)
Mrs. Wagner
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
(archive footage)
Fear in the Dark (1991)
Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
Self
Silent Scream (1979)
Victoria Engels
The Key Is in the Door (1978)
Cathy