Barbara Steele
Born December 29, 1937 (Age: 88)
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Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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 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.
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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Filmography
The Phantom
2016
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as The Widow
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Age: 78
Lost River
2015
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as Belladonna
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Age: 77
The Butterfly Room
2012
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as Ann
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Age: 74
Barbara Steele in Conversation
2009
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as Self
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Age: 71
No Image
Mario Bava Speaks
2006
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as Self
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Age: 68
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
2004
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as Self
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Age: 66
The American Nightmare
2000
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as Self
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Age: 62
The Capitol Conspiracy
1998
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as Agent Oakley
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Age: 60
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997
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as Self
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Age: 59
Fear in the Dark
1991
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as Self
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Age: 53
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
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as Self
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Age: 43
The Key Is in the Door
1978
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as Cathy
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Age: 40
Piranha
1978
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as Dr. Mengers
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Age: 40
Pretty Baby
1978
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as Josephine
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Age: 40
No Image
The Space-Watch Murders
1978
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as
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Age: 40
Shivers
1975
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as Betts
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Age: 37
Caged Heat
1974
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as Supt. McQueen
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Age: 36
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
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as Carla
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Age: 31
For Love and Gold
1966
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as Teodora
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Age: 28
No Image
Money
1965
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as
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Age: 27
Once Upon a Tractor
1965
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as Lady Clerk
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Age: 27
Nightmare Castle
1965
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as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
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Age: 27
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
1965
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as Cleo Hauff
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Age: 27
The Long Hair of Death
1964
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as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
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Age: 27
Easy Love
1964
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as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
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Age: 26
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
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as Valérie Gasparelli
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Age: 26
White Voices
1964
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as Guilia
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Age: 26
Three for a Robbery
1964
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as Barbara Sims
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Age: 26
Les baisers
1964
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as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
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Age: 26
The Maniacs
1964
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as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
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Age: 26
Castle of Blood
1964
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as Elisabeth Blackwood
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Age: 26
A Sentimental Attempt
1963
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as Silvia
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Age: 25
The Ghost
1963
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as Margaret Hichcock
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Age: 25
The Hours of Love
1963
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as Leila
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Age: 25
8½
1963
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as Gloria Morin
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Age: 25
The Iron Captain
1962
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as Floriana
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Age: 24
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
1962
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as Cynthia Hichcock
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Age: 24
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
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as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
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Age: 23
Black Sunday
1960
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as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
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Age: 22
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
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as Juliet Frost
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Age: 22
Sapphire
1959
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as Student
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Age: 21
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
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as Mary
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Age: 21
The Heart of a Man
1959
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as Girl
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Age: 21
The 39 Steps
1959
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as Extra
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Age: 21
No Image
Look at Life: Saving Face
1959
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as Self
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Age: 21
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
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as Fiona
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Age: 20
Houseboat
1958
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as Minor Role (uncredited)
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Age: 20