---
name: "Barbara Steele"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barbara-steele"
fi1m_id: "barbara-steele"
imdb_id: "nm0824489"
tmdb_id: 5685
wikidata_id: "Q266240"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 December 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:44:51.274219+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barbara Steele

## Identity

Barbara Steele

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barbara-steele
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barbara-steele
- **IMDb ID:** nm0824489
- **TMDB ID:** 5685
- **Wikidata ID:** Q266240
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Steele, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5685

Actor. Born 29 December 1937 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 December 1937, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1960–1963
- **Also known as:** 芭芭拉·斯蒂尔, Барбара Стіл, Barbara Steel
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Steele, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5685

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*8½*](https://film.one/film/812.md) (91)

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## Biography

Barbara Steele is an English actress and producer. Born on 29 December 1937 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, she studied art at Chelsea College of Arts and the University of Paris before beginning her career on stage and as a model. Her feature film debut was in *Bachelor of Hearts* (1958).

She is known for roles in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s, including the dual role of Asa and Katia Vajda in *Black Sunday* (1960) and Elizabeth Barnard Medina in *The Pit and the Pendulum* (1961). She appeared as Gloria Morin in Federico Fellini's *8½* (1963). Later credits include *Shivers* (1975), *Piranha* (1978), *Pretty Baby* (1978) and *Lost River* (2015), as well as a voice role in *Castlevania* (2017). Steele produced the miniseries *War and Remembrance* (1988–89), for which she shared a Primetime Emmy Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *8½* (1963), Fi1m 91, as Gloria Morin — [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol* (2025), as (Voice)
- *Ulalume - A Ballad* (2023), as Narrator: opening credits (voice)
- *Castlevania* (2017), series, as Miranda (voice)
- *Minutes Past Midnight* (2016), as The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
- *The Phantom* (2016), as The Widow
- *Lost River* (2015), as Belladonna
- *The Mill at Calder's End* (2015), as The Apparition of the Mill
- *The Shutterbug Man* (2014), as Narrator
- *The Butterfly Room* (2012), as Ann
- *The Boneyard Collection* (2008), as Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
- *The Capitol Conspiracy* (1998), as Agent Oakley
- *Vampire Cult Queens from Hell* (1996), as Barbara
- *Deep Above* (1994), as Mrs. Wagner
- *Dracula in the Movies* (1992), as (archive footage)
- *Dark Shadows* (1991), series, as Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres, Dr. Julia Hoffman, Countess Natalie du Pres
- *War and Remembrance* (1988), series, as Elsa MacMahon · Producer
- *The Winds of War* (1983), series, as Mrs. Stoller · Associate Producer
- *Silent Scream* (1979), as Victoria Engels
- *The Key Is in the Door* (1978), as Cathy
- *Piranha* (1978), as Dr. Mengers
- *Pretty Baby* (1978), as Josephine
- *The Space-Watch Murders* (1978), Actor
- *Shivers* (1975), as Betts
- *Caged Heat* (1974), as Supt. McQueen
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as The Widow Craighill
- *Ciao, Federico!* (1970), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- *Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!* (1970), as Danielle
- *Honeymoon with a Stranger* (1969), as Carla
- *Curse of the Crimson Altar* (1968), as Lavinia Morley
- *The She Beast* (1966), as Veronica
- *Young Törless* (1966), as Bozena
- *An Angel for Satan* (1966), as Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
- *For Love and Gold* (1966), as Teodora
- *Money* (1965), Actor
- *Once Upon a Tractor* (1965), as Lady Clerk
- *Nightmare Castle* (1965), as Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith
- *Terror-Creatures from the Grave* (1965), as Cleo Hauff
- *The Long Hair of Death* (1964), as Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
- *Easy Love* (1964), as Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
- *The Monocle's Sour Laugh* (1964), as Valérie Gasparelli
- *White Voices* (1964), as Guilia
- *Three for a Robbery* (1964), as Barbara Sims
- *Les baisers* (1964), as Thelma (Episode 3: 'Baiser du soir')
- *The Maniacs* (1964), as Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
- *Castle of Blood* (1964), as Elisabeth Blackwood
- *A Sentimental Attempt* (1963), as Silvia
- *The Ghost* (1963), as Margaret Hichcock
- *The Hours of Love* (1963), as Leila
- *8½* (1963), as Gloria Morin — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)
- *The Iron Captain* (1962), as Floriana
- *The Horrible Dr. Hichcock* (1962), as Cynthia Hichcock
- *The Pit and the Pendulum* (1961), as Elizabeth Barnard Medina
- *Black Sunday* (1960), as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
- *Your Money or Your Wife* (1960), as Juliet Frost
- *Sapphire* (1959), as Student
- *Upstairs and Downstairs* (1959), as Mary
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Dolores
- *The Heart of a Man* (1959), as Girl
- *The 39 Steps* (1959), as Extra
- *Bachelor of Hearts* (1958), as Fiona
- *Houseboat* (1958), as Minor Role (uncredited)
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Phyllis

## Gallery

- ![Barbara Steele in a 1965 publicity photo](https://film.one/media/person/59978/gallery-4047bf6a6017.png) Barbara Steele in a 1965 publicity photo — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Barbara_Steele_publicity_photo_1965.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Barbara Steele in una scena del film italiano I lunghi capelli della morte (1964)](https://film.one/media/person/59978/gallery-66bc0f3c03c2.png) Barbara Steele in una scena del film italiano I lunghi capelli della morte (1964) — Antonio Margheriti (director), Riccardo Pallottini (cinematographer), Cinegai (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/I_lunghi_capelli_della_morte_%281964%29_Barbara_Steele.png/1280px-I_lunghi_capelli_della_morte_%281964%29_Barbara_Steele.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barbara Steele in una scena del film italiano I lunghi capelli della morte (1964)](https://film.one/media/person/59978/gallery-6e7fbd3aff68.png) Barbara Steele in una scena del film italiano I lunghi capelli della morte (1964) — Antonio Margheriti (director), Riccardo Pallottini (cinematographer), Cinegai (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/I_lunghi_capelli_della_morte_%281964%29_Barbara_Steele_%282%29.png/1280px-I_lunghi_capelli_della_morte_%281964%29_Barbara_Steele_%282%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![American poster for Italian movie La maschera del demonio (1961)](https://film.one/media/person/59978/gallery-0584d5ced946.jpg) American poster for Italian movie La maschera del demonio (1961) — American International Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/La_maschera_del_demonio_poster_USA.jpg/1280px-La_maschera_del_demonio_poster_USA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barbara Steele](https://film.one/media/person/59978/gallery-54e74ee220c9.jpg) Barbara Steele — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Steele](https://film.one/media/person/59978/gallery-c5033a7a70ec.jpg) Barbara Steele — Image via TMDB
- ![Barbara Steele](https://film.one/media/person/59978/gallery-7aabdf2672f4.jpg) Barbara Steele — Image via TMDB
- ![Poster for the film The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film) (1961).](https://film.one/media/person/59978/gallery-99b5ee55a73e.jpg) Poster for the film The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film) (1961). — Reynold Brown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/The_Pit_and_the_Pendulum_%281961_film%29_poster.jpg/1280px-The_Pit_and_the_Pendulum_%281961_film%29_poster.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barbara Steele](https://film.one/media/person/59978/gallery-7c90f6aa7bef.jpg) Barbara Steele — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Time Machine Award 2012: Time Machine Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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