Barbara Steele
Born December 29, 1937 (Age: 88)
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Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Biography
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 The Butterfly Room (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's Lost River (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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 The Butterfly Room (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's Lost River (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Steele, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Lost River
2015
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as Belladonna
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Age: 77
The Butterfly Room
2012
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as Ann
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Age: 74
No Image
Mario Bava Speaks
2006
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as Self
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Age: 68
The American Nightmare
2000
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as Self
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Age: 62
Piranha
1978
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as Dr. Mengers
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Age: 40
Pretty Baby
1978
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as Josephine
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Age: 40
Shivers
1975
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as Betts
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Age: 37
For Love and Gold
1966
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as Teodora
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Age: 28
The Pit and the Pendulum
1961
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as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
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Age: 23
Your Money or Your Wife
1960
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as Juliet Frost
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Age: 22
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
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as Mary
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Age: 21
Sapphire
1959
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as Student
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Age: 21
The Heart of a Man
1959
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as Girl
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Age: 21
The 39 Steps
1959
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as Extra
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Age: 21
No Image
Look at Life: Saving Face
1959
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as Self
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Age: 21
Houseboat
1958
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as Minor Role (uncredited)
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Age: 20