---
name: "Melissa Stribling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melissa-stribling"
fi1m_id: "melissa-stribling"
imdb_id: "nm0834320"
tmdb_id: 70794
wikidata_id: "Q6812888"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 November 1926"
died: "22 March 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:49:56.063977+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."
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# Melissa Stribling

## Identity

Melissa Stribling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melissa-stribling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melissa-stribling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0834320
- **TMDB ID:** 70794
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6812888
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Stribling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812888, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834320/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70794

Actor. Born 7 November 1926 in Gourock, Scotland, UK. Died 22 March 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 November 1926, Gourock, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 22 March 1992
- **Also known as:** Melissa Stribling Smith
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Stribling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812888, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834320/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70794

## Biography

Melissa Stribling (7 November 1926 – 22 March 1992) was a Scottish film and television actress. Born Melissa Stribling Smith in Gourock, she began her professional career in 1948 with repertory companies, including a season at the Grand Theatre, Croydon. Her screen debut came the same year in the film *The First Gentleman*.

She is best known for playing Mina Holmwood in the Hammer Films production *Dracula* (1958), opposite Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Other film roles include Peggy in *The League of Gentlemen* (1960) and appearances in *The Persuaders!* (1971) and *The New Avengers* (1976). Her final screen role was in *Paris by Night* (1988).

Stribling was married to film director Basil Dearden; their son James Dearden is a screenwriter and director.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dracula* (1958), Fi1m 81, as Mina Holmwood — [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-1958.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Paris by Night* (1989), as Lady Boeing
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, as Sally Manderson
- *Whose Child Am I?* (1976), as Charlotte Randall
- *Confessions of a Window Cleaner* (1974), as Mrs. Villiers
- *Mission: Monte Carlo* (1974), as Lisa (archive footage)
- *No Exit* (1972), series, as Helen Foster
- *Crucible of Terror* (1972), as Joanna Brent
- *The Passenger* (1971), series, as Evelyn Walker
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as Lisa Koestler
- *It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling* (1971), series, as Dodo
- *Only When I Larf* (1968), as Diana
- *Journey Into Darkness* (1968), as Helen Ames
- *Road to St. Tropez* (1966), as Woman
- *The Secret Partner* (1961), as Helen Standish
- *The League of Gentlemen* (1960), as Peggy
- *The Adventures of William Tell* (1958), series, as Countess von Markheim
- *Dracula* (1958), as Mina Holmwood — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-1958.md)
- *The Safecracker* (1958), as Angela
- *Murder Reported* (1957), as Amanda North
- *Destination Death* (1956), as Helen Challoner
- *Behind the Headlines* (1956), as Mary Carrick
- *Out of the Clouds* (1955), as Jean Osmond
- *Noose for a Lady* (1953), as Vanessa Lane
- *Decameron Nights* (1953), as Chica en pueblo
- *Ghost Ship* (1952), as Party Girl (Vera)
- *Crow Hollow* (1952), as Diana Wilson
- *Wide Boy* (1952), as Caroline
- *The First Gentleman* (1948), as Lady Conyngham

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