Barbara Steele
Biography
Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England) is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), now hailed as a classic.
Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Ghost, directed by Riccardo Freda and Roger Corman's 1961 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Pit and the Pendulum. She guested on various British television shows including the spy drama Danger Man starring Patrick McGoohan. In 2010, she was a guest star in the Dark Shadows audio drama The Night Whispers.
In 2010, actor-writer Mark Gatiss interviewed Steele about her role in Black Sunday (1960) for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror.
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Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1937-12-29
Place of birth
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Images
Cast
8½
1963
8.10
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
5.10
Piranha
1978
5.95
The 39 Steps
1959
6.20
Pretty Baby
1978
7.00
Black Sunday
1960
7.44
Shivers
1975
6.39
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
5.30
Silent Scream
1979
5.70
The Capitol Conspiracy
1998
4.60
Castle of Blood
1964
7.10
The Ghost
1963
6.00
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
5.90
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
5.90
Sapphire
1959
6.97
Young Törless
1966
6.60
Caged Heat
1974
4.86
The Key Is in the Door
1978
4.70
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
5.30
The Long Hair of Death
1964
6.40
The American Nightmare
2000
7.00
The Butterfly Room
2012
5.81
The She Beast
1966
4.90
Houseboat
1958
6.30
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
5.60
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
5.60
A Sentimental Attempt
1963
6.50
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
6.50
The Hours of Love
1963
5.00
Behind the Swinging Blade
2014
0.00
Fellinopolis
2021
6.47
The Heart of a Man
1959
0.00
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
6.30
White Voices
1964
5.00
Easy Love
1964
2.00
The Shutterbug Man
2014
6.30
The Mill at Calder's End
2015
6.50
Lost River
2015
5.74
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
4.00
Les baisers
1964
0.00
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
0.00
Ulalume - A Ballad
2023
0.00
Fear in the Dark
1991
10.00
Money
1965
0.00
The Iron Captain
1962
0.00
Deep Above
1994
0.00
Minutes Past Midnight
2016
4.86
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
5.00
Barbara and Her Furs
1967
0.00
Three for a Robbery
1964
0.00
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
6.85
For Love and Gold
1966
7.70
Master of Dark Shadows
2019
9.12
Barbara Steele in Conversation
2009
0.00
An Angel for Satan
1966
6.30
Nightmare Castle
1965
5.40
The Boneyard Collection
2008
5.33
The Maniacs
1964
5.00
Ciao, Federico!
1970
6.80
The Phantom
2016
6.30
Italian Kings Of B
2003
6.00
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
6.00
