Barbara Steele

Q: Filmography

Year Title (Role) 1958 Bachelor of Hearts (Fiona) 1959 Sapphire (Student) 1959 Upstairs and Downstairs (Mary) 1960 Your Money or Your Wife (Juliet Frost) 1960 Black Sunday (Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda) 1961 The Pit and the Pendulum (Elizabeth Barnard Medina) 1962 Il capitano di ferro (Floriana) 1962 The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (Cynthia) 1963 8½ (Gloria Morin) 1963 The Hours of Love (Leila) 1963 The Ghost (Margaret) 1964 The Long Hair of Death (Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein) 1964 I maniaci (Barbara / Signora Brugnoli) 1964 A Sentimental Attempt (Silvia) 1964 Castle of Blood (Elisabeth Blackwood) 1964 White Voices (Giulia) 1965 I soldi (Unknown) 1965 Nightmare Castle (Muriel and Jenny) 1965 Terror-Creatures from the Grave (Cleo Hauff) 1966 L'armata Brancaleone (Teodora) 1966 The She Beast (Veronica) 1966 Young Törless (Bozena) 1966 An Angel for Satan (Harriet Montebruno / Belinda) 1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar (Lavinia Morley) 1974 Caged Heat (Superintendent McQueen) 1975 Shivers (Betts) 1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Idat - Scenes deleted) 1978 Pretty Baby (Josephine) 1978 Piranha (Dr. Mengers) 1979 Silent Scream (Victoria Engels) 2012 The Butterfly Room (Ann ) 2014 Lost River (Grandmother) 2016 Minutes Past Midnight (The Apparition of the Mill)

Known as the "Queen of Horror," Steele appeared in numerous gothic horror films during the 1960s, such as Black Sunday (1960) and The Pit and the Pendulum (1961). Her striking features and haunting performances made her an icon of the genre.

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Year Title (Role)
1958 Bachelor of Hearts (Fiona)
1959 Sapphire (Student)
1959 Upstairs and Downstairs (Mary)
1960 Your Money or Your Wife (Juliet Frost)
1960 Black Sunday (Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda)
1961 The Pit and the Pendulum (Elizabeth Barnard Medina)
1962 Il capitano di ferro (Floriana)
1962 The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (Cynthia)
1963 8½ (Gloria Morin)
1963 The Hours of Love (Leila)
1963 The Ghost (Margaret)
1964 The Long Hair of Death (Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein)
1964 I maniaci (Barbara / Signora Brugnoli)
1964 A Sentimental Attempt (Silvia)
1964 Castle of Blood (Elisabeth Blackwood)
1964 White Voices (Giulia)
1965 I soldi (Unknown)
1965 Nightmare Castle (Muriel and Jenny)
1965 Terror-Creatures from the Grave (Cleo Hauff)
1966 L'armata Brancaleone (Teodora)
1966 The She Beast (Veronica)
1966 Young Törless (Bozena)
1966 An Angel for Satan (Harriet Montebruno / Belinda)
1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar (Lavinia Morley)
1974 Caged Heat (Superintendent McQueen)
1975 Shivers (Betts)
1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Idat - Scenes deleted)
1978 Pretty Baby (Josephine)
1978 Piranha (Dr. Mengers)
1979 Silent Scream (Victoria Engels)
2012 The Butterfly Room (Ann )
2014 Lost River (Grandmother)
2016 Minutes Past Midnight (The Apparition of the Mill)