Cast & creator
Barbara Steele
Best known for Night Gallery, Celebrity Ghost Stories, Adventures in Paradise
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.
Also known as: 芭芭拉·斯蒂尔, Барбара Стіл, Barbara Steel
72
film credits
16
television credits
86
1955–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (88)
Showing 88 of 88 credits
Night Gallery
The Widow Craighill
1970
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Adventures in Paradise
Dolores
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Phyllis
1955
I Spy
Giana
1965
Castlevania
Miranda (voice)
2017
War and Remembrance
Elsa MacMahon
1988War and Remembrance
Producer
1988
Pretty Baby
Josephine
1978
The Winds of War
Mrs. Stoller
1983The Winds of War
Associate Producer
1983
Dark Shadows
Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
1991Dark Shadows
Dr. Julia Hoffman
1991Dark Shadows
Countess Natalie du Pres
1991
Dim Dam Dom
Self
1965
8½
Gloria Morin
1963
Caged Heat
Supt. McQueen
1974
A History of Horror
Self
2010
Piranha
Dr. Mengers
1978
Lost River
Belladonna
2015
The Pit and the Pendulum
Elizabeth Barnard Medina
1961
Black Sunday
Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
1960
Houseboat
Minor Role (uncredited)
1958
Sapphire
Student (uncredited)
1959
Shivers
Betts
1975
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Lavinia Morley
1968
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
2014
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
1981
The American Nightmare
Self
2000
The 39 Steps
Extra (uncredited)
1959
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
1992
Master of Dark Shadows
Self
2019
Nightmare Castle
Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
1965
For Love and Gold
Teodora
1966
Italian Kings Of B
Self
2003
The Long Hair of Death
Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
1964
Silent Scream
Victoria Engels
1979
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock
Cynthia Hichcock
1962
The Butterfly Room
Ann
2012
Dial 999
Toni Miller
1958
Young Törless
Bozena
1966
An Angel for Satan
Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
1966
Once Upon a Tractor
Lady Clerk
1965
Fear in the Dark
Self
1991
Terror-Creatures from the Grave
Cleo Hauff
1965
The She Beast
Veronica
1966
Deep Above
Mrs. Wagner
1994
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Carla
1969
Minutes Past Midnight
The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
2016
Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Self
2004
Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol
(Voice)
2025
The Boneyard Collection
Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2008
Fellinopolis
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self
1997
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Valérie Gasparelli
1964
Three for a Robbery
Barbara Sims
1964
Upstairs and Downstairs
Mary
1959
The Maniacs
Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
1964
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
Self
2013
The Ghost
Margaret Hichcock
1963
The Hours of Love
Leila
1963
Mary Woronov: Cult Queen
Self
The Key Is in the Door
Cathy
1978
Bachelor of Hearts
Fiona
1958
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Self
2014
The Heart of a Man
Girl (scenes deleted)
1959
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
Danielle
1970
Vampire Cult Queens from Hell
Self
1996
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Self
2019
Behind the Swinging Blade
Self
2014
The Capitol Conspiracy
Agent Oakley
1998
Your Money or Your Wife
Juliet Frost
1960
White Voices
Guilia
1964
Castle of Blood
Elisabeth Blackwood
1964
Ciao, Federico!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1970
The Iron Captain
Floriana
1962Look at Life: Saving Face
Self
1959The Space-Watch Murders
1978
Barbara Steele in Conversation
Self
2009
Barbara and Her Furs
Self
1967Money
Lucky
1965
The Mill at Calder's End
The Apparition of the Mill
2015
A Sentimental Attempt
Silvia
1963
Les baisers
Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
1964
Easy Love
Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
1964
The Shutterbug Man
Narrator
2014Mario Bava Speaks
Self
2006Ulalume - A Ballad
Narrator: opening credits (voice)
2023