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Barbara Steele

Acting · Born December 29, 1937 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

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).

Movies with Barbara Steele

• Pretty Baby (1978) — Josephine
• 8½ (1963) — Gloria Morin
• Caged Heat (1974) — Supt. McQueen
• Piranha (1978) — Dr. Mengers
• Lost River (2015) — Belladonna
• The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) — Elizabeth Barnard Medina
• Shivers (1975) — Betts
• Houseboat (1958) — Minor Role (uncredited)
• Black Sunday (1960) — Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
• The 39 Steps (1959) — Extra (uncredited)
• Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981) — Self
• Sapphire (1959) — Student (uncredited)

TV shows with Barbara Steele

• Dark Shadows (1991) — Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres