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Barbara Steele Biography (1937?-)

Born December 29, 1937 (some sources say December 19, 1938), in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England (some sources say Trenton, Wirrall, England); married JamesPoe (a screenwriter; divorced). Addresses: Contact: c/o 2460 BenedictCanyon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, producer

Birth Details

December 29, 1937?

Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Fiona, Bachelor of Hearts, Rank, 1958
• Mary, Upstairs and Downstairs, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Sapphire, Universal, 1959
• Juliet Frost, Your Money or Your Wife, Ellis, 1960
• Katia Vajda and Princess Asa Vajda, La maschera del demonio (alsoknown as Black Sunday, The Demon's Mask, The Hour When Dracula Comes, House of Fright, The Mask of Satan, Mask of the Demon, Revenge of the Vampire, and Die Stunde wenn Drakula kommt), American International Pictures, 1960
• Elizabeth Barnard Medina, The Pit and the Pendulum (also known asPit and The Pendulum), American International Pictures, 1961
• Cynthia Hichcock, L'orribile segreto del dottor Hichcock (also known as The Frightening Secret of Dr. Hichcock, The Horrible Dr. Hichcock, The Horrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock, Raptus, The Secret of Dr. Hichcock, The Terrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock, and The Terror of Dr. Hichcock), Sigma III, 1962
• L'oeil du monocle (also known as The Eye of the Monocle andThe Monocle), Parkside Productions, 1962
• Gloria Morin, 8 1/2 (also known as Federico Fellini's 8 1/2and Otto e mezzo), Embassy, 1963
• Leila, Le ore dell'amore (also known as The Hours of Love),Cinema V, 1963
• Margaret, Lo spettro (also known as The Ghost, The Spectre, and Lo spettro de Dr. Hichcock), Magna, 1963
• Thelma, "Baiser du soir," Les baisers (also known as I baciand Una voglia matta di donna), Rome Paris, 1963
• Il capitano di ferro (also known as Rampage of Evil), 1963
• Un tentativo sentimentale (also known as A Sentimental Attempt and Amours sans lendemain), Cineriz, 1963
• Elisabeth Blackwood, La danza macabra (also known as Castle ofBlood, The Castle of Terror, Coffin of Terror, Dimensions in Death, Edgar Allan Poe's Castle of Blood, The Long Night of Terror, Tombs of Horror, Tombs of Terror, Danse macabre, La lunga notte de terrore, and Terrore), Woolner Brothers, 1964
• Guilia, Le voci bianche (also known as Counter Tenors, Undercover Rogue, White Voices, I castrati, and Le sex des anges), Rizzoli, 1964
• Helen, I lunghi capelli della morte (also known as The Long Hair of Death), Sinister Cinema, 1964
• Valerie, Le monocle rit jaune (also known as The Monocle, The Monocle's Sour Laugh, and L'ispettore spara a vista), Laetitia Film/Les Films Cocinor/Les Films Marceau/Transinter Films, 1964
• Amore facile, IMA Productions, 1964
• I maniaci (also known as Beautiful Eyes, The Maniacs, and Los mangantes), Rosa, 1964
• Jenny/Muriel, Amanti d'oltretomba (also known as The Faceless Monster, Lovers beyond the Tomb, Lovers from beyond the Tomb, Nightmare Castle, Night of the Doomed, and Orgasmo), Allied Artists, 1965
• I soldi, IMA Productions/M9 Cinematografica, 1965
• Once upon a Tractor, 1965
• Tre per una rapina (also known as Tiempo de violencia), Nueva, 1965
• Bozena, Der junge Toerless (also known as Young Torless andLes desarrois de l'eleve Toerless), Kanawha, 1966
• Cleo Hauff, 5 tombe per un medium (also known as Cemetery of the Living Dead, Coffin of Terror, Five Graves for a Medium, Terror--Creatures from the Grave, Tombs of Horror, and Cinque tombe per un medium), Pacemaker, 1966
• Harriet Montebruno, Un angelo per satana (also known as An Angel for Satan), 1966
• Teodora, L'armata brancaleone (also known as For Love and Gold and La armada brancaleone), Titanus Distribuzione, 1966
• Veronica, La sorella di satana (also known as Revenge of the Blood Beast, Satan's Sister, The She-Beast, Sister of Satan, and Il lago di satana), Sinister Cinema, 1966
• Danielle, Fermate il mondo ... voglio scendere, 1968
• Lavinia Morley, Curse of the Crimson Altar (also known as The Crimson Altar, The Crimson Cult, Curse of the Crimson Cult, The Reincarnation, Spirit of the Dead, and Witch House),Tigon British Film Productions, 1968
• Handicap, Escuela Oficial de Cinematografia, 1968
• Superintendent McQueen, Caged Heat (also known as Caged Females and Renegade Girls), New World, 1974
• Betts, Shivers (also known as Frissions, The Parasite Murders, and They Came from Within), Trans American, 1975
• Idat, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, New World, 1977
• Cathy, La cle sur la porte (also known as The Key Is in the Door), Cineproduction/Societe Francaise de Production, 1978
• Dr. Mengers, Piranha, New World, 1978
• Josephine, Pretty Baby, Paramount, 1978
• Victoria Engels, Silent Scream, American Cinema, 1980
• Portrait of Alicia, Adam Hart i Sahara, Det Danske Filmvaerksted/NB Films, 1990
• Tief oben (also known as Deep Above), Extrafilm, 1994
• Herself, Hollywood Rated "R" (documentary), 1997
• Agent Oakley, The Prophet (also known as The Capitol Conspiracy), Concorde-New Horizons, 1999
• Film Work
• Producer
• Dark Shadows 30th Anniversary Tribute, MPI Home Video, 1996
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Dr. Julia Hoffman/Countess Natalie Dupre, Dark Shadows (also knownas Dark Shadows Revival), NBC, 1991
• Miniseries
• Mrs. Stoller, The Winds of War, ABC, 1983
• Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas party), War and Remembrance, ABC, 1989
• Dr. Julia Hoffman, Dark Shadows, NBC, 1990
• Herself, A-Z of Horror (also known as Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror), BBC, 1997
• Movies
• Carla, Honeymoon with a Stranger, ABC, 1969
• The Space-Watch Murders, 1975
• Specials
• The Making of a Model, ABC, 1988
• Herself, Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance (documentary), BBC, 1998
• Episodic
• "Daughter of Illusion," Adventures in Paradise, ABC, 1960
• "The Tin Badge," Bonanza, NBC, 1961
• "The Man on the Beach," Danger Man, Incorporated Television Company, 1965, broadcast in the United States as Secret Agent, CBS
• "Bridge of Spies," I Spy, NBC, 1966
• Widow Craigill, "The Sins of the Father," Night Gallery, NBC, 1972
• Television Work
• Producer; Miniseries
• (Associate producer) The Winds of War, ABC, 1983
• War and Remembrance, ABC, 1989
• Producer; Specials
• The Making of a Model, ABC, 1988
• (Associate producer) LeTourneau Live (documentary), USA Network, 2000
• Stage Appearances
• Performed in a repertory company, beginning in 1957.