Cast

Barbara Steele

1937

Active years (films on this site)

1960–1975

Genres

HorrorDramaSci-Fi

Schools and movements

Horror and the UncannyCanadian CinemaItalian Neorealism and AfterNew German Cinema

Directors worked with

Mario Bava1 filmFederico Fellini1 filmVolker Schlöndorff1 filmDavid Cronenberg1 film

Biography

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).

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Awards and honours

International

• Time Machine Award 2012

4 films on this site

1. Black Sunday 1960 · Mario Bava · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
2. 8½ 1963 · Federico Fellini · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
3. Young Törless 1966 · Volker Schlöndorff · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
4. Shivers 1975 · David Cronenberg · IMDb 6.3 · Cast