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Barbara Steele
★ Acting

Barbara Steele

Born 1937 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK · Active 1955–2025

Born in 1937 in England, Barbara Steele emerged as a defining presence in the realm of Italian gothic horror during the 1960s. She is renowned for her dual role as Asa and Katia Vajda in Black Sunday (1960), a landmark film that solidified her status as a scream queen. Her striking performances in The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) and Castle of Blood (1964) further showcase her ability to embody the eerie and the macabre. Steele's work contributes significantly to the cult film landscape, making her a vital part of the conversation around genre cinema.

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The Ghost

The Ghost

1963 ★ 6.2
as Margaret Hichcock

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 is coming back from the dead to haunt them.

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Filmography

87 credits
2020s 3 credits
2023
Ulalume - A Ballad as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
Movie
2021
Fellinopolis as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.2
2010s 14 credits
2019
Movie ★ 9.1
2017
Castlevania as Miranda (voice)
TV ★ 8.3
2016
Minutes Past Midnight as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
Movie ★ 4.8
2016
The Phantom as The Widow
Movie ★ 6.3
2015
The Mill at Calder's End as The Apparition of the Mill
Movie ★ 6.5
2015
Lost River as Belladonna
Movie ★ 5.7
2014
Movie
2014
Movie ★ 6.3
2012
Movie ★ 5.7
2010
TV ★ 7.1
2000s 7 credits
2009
TV ★ 7.3
2008
The Boneyard Collection as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
Movie ★ 5.3
2006
Movie
2004
Movie ★ 6.5
2003
Movie ★ 6.0
2000
Movie ★ 6.8
1990s 9 credits
1998
Movie ★ 4.7
1997
Movie ★ 5.3
1996
Movie
1994
Deep Above as Mrs. Wagner
Movie ★ 10.0
1992
Movie ★ 10.0
1991
Movie ★ 9.0
1991
Dark Shadows as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
TV ★ 7.8
1991
Dark Shadows as Dr. Julia Hoffman
TV ★ 7.8
1991
Dark Shadows as Countess Natalie du Pres
TV ★ 7.8
1980s 3 credits
1988
War and Remembrance as Elsa MacMahon
TV ★ 7.9
1983
The Winds of War as Mrs. Stoller
TV ★ 7.3
1981
Movie ★ 6.1
1970s 10 credits
1979
Silent Scream as Victoria Engels
Movie ★ 5.7
1978
Piranha as Dr. Mengers
Movie ★ 6.0
1978
Pretty Baby as Josephine
Movie ★ 7.0
1978
Movie ★ 4.7
1978
Movie ★ 8.0
1975
Shivers as Betts
Movie ★ 6.4
1974
Caged Heat as Supt. McQueen
Movie ★ 5.1
1970
Movie ★ 7.8
1970
Ciao, Federico! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
1970
Night Gallery as The Widow Craighill
TV ★ 7.8
1960s 29 credits
1969
Movie ★ 7.0
1968
Movie ★ 5.2
1967
Movie
1966
Movie ★ 6.6
1966
The She Beast as Veronica
Movie ★ 4.9
1966
Movie ★ 7.7
1966
An Angel for Satan as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
Movie ★ 6.3
1965
Movie ★ 6.0
1965
Movie ★ 8.0
1965
Once Upon a Tractor as Lady Clerk
Movie ★ 6.0
1965
Nightmare Castle as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
Movie ★ 5.3
1965
TV ★ 8.0
1964
Castle of Blood as Elisabeth Blackwood
Movie ★ 7.1
1964
The Monocle's Sour Laugh as Valérie Gasparelli
Movie ★ 5.4
1964
The Long Hair of Death as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
Movie ★ 6.3
1964
White Voices as Guilia
Movie ★ 4.8
1964
Easy Love as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
Movie ★ 5.0
1964
Les baisers as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
Movie ★ 5.5
1964
Three for a Robbery as Barbara Sims
Movie ★ 10.0
1964
The Maniacs as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
Movie ★ 5.0
1963
as Gloria Morin
Movie ★ 8.1
1963
The Ghost as Margaret Hichcock
Movie ★ 6.2
1963
Movie ★ 6.8
1963
Movie ★ 5.0
1962
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock as Cynthia Hichcock
Movie ★ 5.9
1962
The Iron Captain as Floriana
Movie ★ 7.0
1961
The Pit and the Pendulum as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
Movie ★ 6.9
1960
Black Sunday as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
Movie ★ 7.4
1960
Movie ★ 4.5
1950s 9 credits
1959
Movie ★ 6.3
1959
Sapphire as Student
Movie ★ 7.0
1959
Movie ★ 5.8
1959
Movie ★ 7.0
1959
Movie
1959
TV ★ 6.1
1958
Houseboat as Minor Role (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1958
Movie ★ 5.9
1955
TV ★ 7.8
s 1 credit
Movie
Crew Credits
1980s 2 credits
1988
TV ★ 7.9
1983
The Winds of War Associate Producer
TV ★ 7.3