Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

1937-12-29 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK 69 Credits

Biography

Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England) is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), now hailed as a classic. Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Ghost, directed by Riccardo Freda and Roger Corman's 1961 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Pit and the Pendul...

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Ulalume - A Ballad

2023

as Narrator: opening credits (voice)

Acting

Dreamlike animation brings Poe’s unforgettable poem to life, with desolate, macabre, and volcanic imagery.

Fellinopolis

Fellinopolis

2021

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his ...

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta

2019

as Sé stessa

8.5
Acting
Master of Dark Shadows

Master of Dark Shadows

2019

as Self

9.1
Acting

Revealing the fascinating impact of the ground-breaking Gothic drama Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes storie...

Minutes Past Midnight

Minutes Past Midnight

2016

as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')

4.9
Acting

As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth. Demons, cannibals, killers, ghosts and monsters swarm the world in these tales of the super...

The Phantom

The Phantom

2016

as The Widow

6.3
Acting

An enigmatic stranger, a couple who no longer exist, danger in the shadows and the key to it all - The new Ford Edge. Mads Mikkelsen and screen legend...

Lost River

Lost River

2015

as Belladonna

5.7
Acting

Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld while her teenage son, Bones, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. B...

The Mill at Calder's End

The Mill at Calder's End

2015

as The Apparition of the Mill

6.5
Acting

In the remote village of Calder's End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his ...

The Shutterbug Man

The Shutterbug Man

2014

as Narrator

6.3
Acting

The Shutterbug Man tells the tale of a very twisted man, whose only passion in life is taking pictures. This passion takes him to terrible and wicked ...

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'

2014

as Self

5.5
Acting

"Parasite Memories" is a brand new retrospective piece on the film produced by High Rising Productions with lively contribution from effects artist Jo...

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Acting

The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big scr...

Behind the Swinging Blade

Behind the Swinging Blade

2014

as Self

Acting

Filmed exclusively for Arrow Video in 2013, this documentary looks at the making of The Pit and the Pendulum and features producer and director Roger ...

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!

2013

as Self

Acting

Documentary on the making and impact of "House of Wax".

The Butterfly Room

The Butterfly Room

2012

as Ann

5.8
Acting

A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly inn...

Barbara Steele in Conversation

Barbara Steele in Conversation

2009

as Self

Acting

A documentary revolving around an extended interview with Barbara Steele, in which she recounts the many facets of her career.

The Boneyard Collection

The Boneyard Collection

2008

as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

5.3
Acting

A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock ba...

Mario Bava Speaks

2006

as Self

Acting
Mario Bava: Operazione paura

Mario Bava: Operazione paura

2004

as Self

6.0
Acting

Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the italian director Mario Bava

Italian Kings Of B

Italian Kings Of B

2003

as Self

6.0
Acting

Documentary on Italian genre cinema.

The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare

2000

as Self

7.0
Acting

An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

The Capitol Conspiracy

The Capitol Conspiracy

1998

as Agent Oakley

4.6
Acting

Martial arts star Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action/suspense story. A child is recruited to take part in a secret government experiment whi...

Hollywood Rated 'R'

Hollywood Rated 'R'

1997

as Self

5.1
Acting

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman's sci-fi and horror monster movies, 1960s beach mo...

Deep Above

Deep Above

1994

as Mrs. Wagner

Acting

In the 16th century, young men put themselves in great danger to look for mysterious crystals in a tunnel in the Styrian Erzberg. Some of them never r...

Fear in the Dark

Fear in the Dark

1991

as Self

10.0
Acting

A short documentary on the history of the horror film narrated by Christopher Lee.

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981

as Self

6.3
Acting

The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which ...

Silent Scream

Silent Scream

1979

as Victoria Engels

5.7
Acting

Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic, ...

The Key Is in the Door

1978

as Cathy

4.7
Acting

Marie (Annie Girardot) teaches high school and has a 16-year-old daughter in her class. Divorced some years previously, she has some vague egalitarian...

Piranha

Piranha

1978

as Dr. Mengers

6.0
Acting

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidently released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

1978

as Josephine

7.0
Acting

Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-...

The Space-Watch Murders

1978

Acting

A spaceship lands safely on a distant planet but all on-board have been slain except for one female crew member.

Shivers

Shivers

1975

as Betts

6.4
Acting

When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's ...

Caged Heat

Caged Heat

1974

as Supt. McQueen

4.9
Acting

A young woman is convicted on drug offenses and sent to a women's penitentiary run by a repressed and oppressive female warden. When the prison's sadi...

Ciao, Federico!

Ciao, Federico!

1970

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."

Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!

1970

as Danielle

5.5
Acting

Young protesters live together in a commune in Milano. One has a ventriloquist ability and is signed by national TV becoming a superstar in commercial...

Honeymoon with a Stranger

Honeymoon with a Stranger

1969

as Carla

6.5
Acting

While on honeymoon with her husband in Spain, a woman wakes up one morning to find he has disappeared. After reporting it to the police, a man shows u...

Curse of the Crimson Altar

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968

as Lavinia Morley

5.3
Acting

When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming, an...

Barbara and Her Furs

Barbara and Her Furs

1967

as Self

Acting

Short film for the french TV program "Dim Dam Dom". A love letter to Barbara Steele and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs.

Young Törless

Young Törless

1966

as Bozena

6.7
Acting

At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing...

An Angel for Satan

An Angel for Satan

1966

as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda

6.3
Acting

At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious ...

Revenge of The Blood Beast

Revenge of The Blood Beast

1966

as Veronica

4.9
Acting

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th...

For Love and Gold

For Love and Gold

1966

as Teodora

7.7
Acting

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia, a province in the south of Italy. They elect a ...

Money

1965

Acting

On the theme "money is the driving force that drives man to commit follies to conquer them", this film presents a series of episodes.

Once Upon a Tractor

Once Upon a Tractor

1965

as Lady Clerk

5.0
Acting

Alan Bates and Diane Cilento play an odd couple fleeing across fictitious European countries with NYC and the UN as their destination. A short film di...

Nightmare Castle

Nightmare Castle

1965

as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith

5.4
Acting

A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Years later, the count remarries...

Terror-Creatures from the Grave

Terror-Creatures from the Grave

1965

as Cleo Hauff

5.9
Acting

An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was ...

The Long Hair of Death

The Long Hair of Death

1964

as Helen Rochefort / Mary

6.4
Acting

In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lie...

Easy Love

Easy Love

1964

as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")

2.0
Acting

Five episodes: A professor decides to murder her husband to win a woman. A hotelier seduces a boarder. A man convinces a friend to marry his lover, so...

The Monocle's Sour Laugh

The Monocle's Sour Laugh

1964

as Valérie Gasparelli

5.3
Acting

A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear aircraft carrier.

White Voices

White Voices

1964

as Guilia

5.0
Acting

In 18th-century Rome, a young man in a choir of castrati falls for the beautiful wife of a powerful aristocrat.

Three for a Robbery

Three for a Robbery

1964

as Barbara Sims

Acting

Gerhard is a young technical in Düsseldorf who works in a factory of security devices for banks. In agreement with Nicola, Mario and Hans, they prepar...

Les baisers

Les baisers

1964

as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')

Acting

A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already well known directors with a commercial draw, allowed five new young direct...

The Maniacs

The Maniacs

1964

as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")

5.0
Acting

An anthology of brief comic sketches based on manias, mainly sexual, featuring several figures of Italian society.

Castle of Blood

Castle of Blood

1964

as Elisabeth Blackwood

7.1
Acting

When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengean...

A Sentimental Attempt

A Sentimental Attempt

1963

as Silvia

6.5
Acting

Carla and Dino, both in a matrimonail crisis, fall in love. But life will not help this love story.

The Ghost

The Ghost

1963

as Margaret Hichcock

6.0
Acting

A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he...

The Hours of Love

The Hours of Love

1963

as Leila

5.0
Acting

In "The Hours of Love," Gianni and Marietta's spark ignites as passionate lovers, yet dims in their marriage. Seeking rekindling, they dare to step ou...

8½

1963

as Gloria Morin

8.1
Acting

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious...

The Iron Captain

The Iron Captain

1962

as Floriana

Acting

After his village is burned down, Captain Furio sets out for revenge.

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

1962

as Cynthia Hichcock

5.9
Acting

In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from...

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum

1961

as Elizabeth Barnard Medina

6.8
Acting

In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of...

Black Sunday

Black Sunday

1960

as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda

7.4
Acting

A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the wit...

Your Money or Your Wife

Your Money or Your Wife

1960

as Juliet Frost

4.0
Acting

Newly wed couple Gay and Pel Butterworth are forced to take in some strange paying guests when their inheritance proves troublesome, but all is not as...

Sapphire

Sapphire

1959

as Student

7.0
Acting

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspec...

Upstairs and Downstairs

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959

as Mary

5.6
Acting

On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-...

The Heart of a Man

The Heart of a Man

1959

as Girl

Acting

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tri...

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

1959

as Extra

6.2
Acting

In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.

Bachelor of Hearts

Bachelor of Hearts

1958

as Fiona

5.6
Acting

A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.

Houseboat

Houseboat

1958

as Minor Role (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

Mary Woronov: Cult Queen

N/A

Acting

The documentary explores the enigma of actress and artist Mary Woronov and chronicles her colorful career trajectory as a ground breaking female perfo...