Barbara Steele
Born 1937 · British actress
Barbara Steele 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 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).
Barbara Steele, in order
- 1958 Bachelor of Hearts: acted · directed by Wolf Rilla
- 1959 Sapphire: acted · directed by Basil Dearden
- 1959 Upstairs and Downstairs: acted · directed by Ralph Thomas
- 1960 Black Sunday: acted · directed by Mario Bava
- 1961 The Pit and the Pendulum: acted · directed by Roger Corman
- 1962 Il capitano di ferro: acted · directed by Sergio Grieco
- 1962 The Horrible Dr. Hichcock: acted · directed by Riccardo Freda
- 1963 8½: acted · directed by Federico Fellini · critics 98%, audiences 91% · streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
- 1963 The Ghost: acted · directed by Riccardo Freda
- 1963 The Hours of Love: acted · directed by Luciano Salce
- 1963 Un tentativo sentimentale: acted · directed by Massimo Franciosa and Pasquale Festa Campanile
- 1964 Amore facile: acted · directed by Gianni Puccini
- 1964 Castle of Blood: acted · directed by Antonio Margheriti and Sergio Corbucci
- 1964 I maniaci: acted · directed by Lucio Fulci
- 1964 Les baisers: acted · directed by Bernard Toublanc-Michel and Bertrand Tavernier
- 1964 The Long Hair of Death: acted · directed by Antonio Margheriti
- 1964 The Monocle Laughs: acted · directed by Georges Lautner
- 1964 White Voices: acted · directed by Massimo Franciosa and Pasquale Festa Campanile
- 1965 I soldi: acted · directed by Gianni Puccini
- 1965 Nightmare Castle: acted · directed by Mario Caiano
- 1965 Terror-Creatures from the Grave: acted · directed by Massimo Pupillo
- 1966 An Angel for Satan: acted · directed by Camillo Mastrocinque
- 1966 For Love and Gold: acted · directed by Mario Monicelli
- 1966 The She Beast: acted · directed by Michael Reeves
- 1966 Young Törless: acted · directed by Volker Schlöndorff
- 1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar: acted · directed by Vernon Sewell
- 1970 Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere!: acted · directed by Giancarlo Cobelli
- 1974 Caged Heat: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme
- 1975 Shivers: acted · directed by David Cronenberg · critics 88%, audiences 58% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Roku Channel
- 1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: acted · directed by Anthony Page
- 1978 Piranha: acted · directed by Joe Dante
- 1978 Pretty Baby: acted · directed by Louis Malle
- 1978 The Key Is in the Door: acted · directed by Yves Boisset
- 1980 Silent Scream: acted · directed by Denny Harris
- 1981 Sois belle et tais-toi: acted · directed by Delphine Seyrig
- 2012 The Butterfly Room: acted · directed by Gionata Zarantonello
- 2014 Lost River: acted · directed by Ryan Gosling