Actor
Barbara Steele
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). 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).
Notable work
8.18½ (1963)
as Gloria Morin
8.3Castlevania (2017)
as Miranda (voice)
6Piranha (1978)
as Dr. Mengers
6.4Shivers (1975)
as Betts
5.7Lost River (2015)
as Belladonna
7.4Black Sunday (1960)
as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
7.7For Love and Gold (1966)
as Teodora
6.9The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
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