Barbara Steele

Career timeline

1. 1937 · Born

   Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

2. 1955 · Screen debut

   Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV)

3. 1963 · Breakthrough

   8½ (Movie)

4. 1988 · First production

   War and Remembrance (TV)

5. 2025 · Latest release

   Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (Movie)

Career in numbers

9 1950s

28 1960s

9 1970s

2 1980s

4 1990s

1 2000s

7 2010s

2 2020s

• Horror21
• Comedy18
• Drama14
• Thriller10
• Mystery8
• Animation4

Highest-rated title Castlevania 2017 8.3 Most popular title 8½ 1963 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Barbara Steele in our catalogue.

Ralph Thomas

2 titles together

Stuart Rosenberg

2 titles together

1. 2025 Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol as (Voice) Movie
2. 2023 Ulalume - A Ballad as Narrator: opening credits (voice) Movie
3. 2017 Castlevania as Miranda (voice) 8.3 TV
4. 2016 Minutes Past Midnight as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End') 4.8 Movie
5. 2015 Lost River as Belladonna 5.7 Movie
6. 2015 The Mill at Calder's End as The Apparition of the Mill Movie
7. 2014 The Shutterbug Man as Narrator Movie
8. 2014 Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage) 6.7 Movie
9. 2012 The Butterfly Room as Ann 5.6 Movie
10. 2008 The Boneyard Collection as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires") Movie
11. 1998 The Capitol Conspiracy as Agent Oakley Movie
12. 1994 Deep Above as Mrs. Wagner Movie
13. 1992 Dracula in the Movies as (archive footage) Movie
14. 1991 Dark Shadows as Dr. Julia Hoffman 7.9 TV
15. 1988 War and Remembrance as Elsa MacMahon 7.8 TV
16. 1983 The Winds of War as Mrs. Stoller 7.3 TV
17. 1979 Silent Scream as Victoria Engels 5.7 Movie
18. 1978 The Key Is in the Door as Cathy Movie
19. 1978 Piranha as Dr. Mengers 5.9 Movie
20. 1978 Pretty Baby as Josephine 7.0 Movie
21. 1978 The Space-Watch Murders Movie
22. 1975 Shivers as Betts 6.3 Movie
23. 1974 Caged Heat as Supt. McQueen 5.2 Movie
24. 1970 Ciao, Federico! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) Movie
25. 1970 Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! as Danielle Movie
26. 1969 Honeymoon with a Stranger as Carla Movie
27. 1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar as Lavinia Morley 5.2 Movie
28. 1966 The She Beast as Veronica 5.0 Movie
29. 1966 Young Törless as Bozena 6.6 Movie
30. 1966 An Angel for Satan as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda 6.4 Movie
31. 1966 For Love and Gold as Teodora 7.7 Movie
32. 1965 Money as Lucky Movie
33. 1965 I Spy as Giana 6.5 TV
34. 1965 Once Upon a Tractor as Lady Clerk Movie
35. 1965 Nightmare Castle as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith 5.3 Movie
36. 1965 Terror-Creatures from the Grave as Cleo Hauff 5.9 Movie
37. 1964 The Long Hair of Death as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein 6.3 Movie
38. 1964 Easy Love as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano") Movie
39. 1964 The Monocle's Sour Laugh as Valérie Gasparelli 5.2 Movie
40. 1964 White Voices as Guilia Movie
41. 1964 Three for a Robbery as Barbara Sims Movie
42. 1964 Les baisers as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir') Movie
43. 1964 The Maniacs as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale") Movie
44. 1964 Castle of Blood as Elisabeth Blackwood 7.0 Movie
45. 1963 A Sentimental Attempt as Silvia Movie
46. 1963 The Ghost as Margaret Hichcock 6.2 Movie
47. 1963 The Hours of Love as Leila Movie
48. 1963 8½ as Gloria Morin 8.1 Movie
49. 1962 The Iron Captain as Floriana Movie
50. 1962 The Horrible Dr. Hichcock as Cynthia Hichcock 5.9 Movie
51. 1961 The Pit and the Pendulum as Elizabeth Barnard Medina 6.8 Movie
52. 1960 Black Sunday as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda 7.4 Movie
53. 1960 Your Money or Your Wife as Juliet Frost Movie
54. 1959 Sapphire as Student (uncredited) 7.0 Movie
55. 1959 Upstairs and Downstairs as Mary Movie
56. 1959 Adventures in Paradise as Dolores TV
57. 1959 The Heart of a Man as Girl (scenes deleted) Movie
58. 1959 The 39 Steps as Extra (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
59. 1958 Bachelor of Hearts as Fiona Movie
60. 1958 Houseboat as (uncredited) 6.4 Movie
61. 1958 Dial 999 as Toni Miller TV
62. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Phyllis 7.8 TV

1. 1988 War and Remembrance 7.8 TV

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