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Barbara Steele
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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…
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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.
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Barbara Steele's Filmography
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Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
as (Voice)
No Poster
Ulalume - A Ballad
as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Fellinopolis
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
as Self
Master of Dark Shadows
as Self
Minutes Past Midnight
as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
Lost River
as Belladonna
The Mill at Calder's End
as The Apparition of the Mill
The Shutterbug Man
as Narrator
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
as Self
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Swinging Blade
as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self
The Butterfly Room
as Ann
Barbara Steele in Conversation
as Self
The Boneyard Collection
as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
No Poster
Mario Bava Speaks
as Self
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
as Self
Italian Kings Of B
as Self
The American Nightmare
as Self
The Capitol Conspiracy
as Agent Oakley
Hollywood Rated 'R'
as Self
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell
as Self
Deep Above
as Mrs. Wagner
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
Fear in the Dark
as Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
Silent Scream
as Victoria Engels
The Key Is in the Door
as Cathy
Piranha
as Dr. Mengers
Pretty Baby
as Josephine
No Poster
The Space-Watch Murders
Shivers
as Betts
Caged Heat
as Supt. McQueen
Ciao, Federico!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
as Danielle
Honeymoon with a Stranger
as Carla
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as Lavinia Morley
Barbara and Her Furs
as Self
The She Beast
as Veronica
Young Törless
as Bozena
An Angel for Satan
as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
For Love and Gold
as Teodora
No Poster
Money
as Lucky
Once Upon a Tractor
as Lady Clerk
Nightmare Castle
as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
as Cleo Hauff
The Long Hair of Death
as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
Easy Love
as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as Valérie Gasparelli
White Voices
as Guilia
Three for a Robbery
as Barbara Sims
Les baisers
as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
The Maniacs
as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
Castle of Blood
as Elisabeth Blackwood
A Sentimental Attempt
as Silvia
The Ghost
as Margaret Hichcock
The Hours of Love
as Leila
8½
as Gloria Morin
The Iron Captain
as Floriana
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
as Cynthia Hichcock
The Pit and the Pendulum
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Black Sunday
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
Your Money or Your Wife
as Juliet Frost
Sapphire
as Student (uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Mary
The Heart of a Man
as Girl (scenes deleted)
The 39 Steps
as Extra (uncredited)
No Poster
Look at Life: Saving Face
as Self
Bachelor of Hearts
as Fiona
Houseboat
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
as Self