Barbara Steele

About

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...

Known for

Night GallerySeries • 1970Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955CastlevaniaSeries • 2017Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959I SpySeries • 1965War and RemembranceSeries • 1988Pretty BabyMovie • 1978The Winds of WarSeries • 19838½Movie • 1963Dark ShadowsSeries • 1991The Pit and the PendulumMovie • 1961PiranhaMovie • 1978Black SundayMovie • 1960ShiversMovie • 1975Caged HeatMovie • 1974HouseboatMovie • 1958Lost RiverMovie • 2015For Love and GoldMovie • 1966The She BeastMovie • 1966The Butterfly RoomMovie • 2012SapphireMovie • 1959The Horrible Dr. HichcockMovie • 1962Castle of BloodMovie • 1964The Long Hair of DeathMovie • 1964