Barbara Shelley
Barbara Shelley (born Barbara Kowin ; born February 13, 1932 in London ; † January 4, 2021 ) was a British actress .
Life
Shelley started out as a photo model and got her first small film roles in the early 1950s, initially in Italy. In 1956 she returned to England. She became known in 1957 with the low-budget film The Nights of the Strangler . In the following years she established herself as a star of British horror cinema.
In the classic The Village of the Damned , she played the mother of a boy endowed with supernatural powers. In the 1960s it was used several times in the Hammer films , which specialize in horror scenarios . After that Shelley was still often represented in television productions. Her work includes more than 100 productions, the last time she appeared in a short film in 1992.
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: Nero's great nights (Mio figlio Nerone)
- 1957: The Cat Girl
- 1957: The great sin (Suprema confessione)
- 1957: The yellow Hell (The Camp on Blood Iceland)
- 1958: Blood of the Vampire (Blood of the Vampire)
- 1960: David and King Saul (A Soty of David)
- 1960: Village of the Damned (Village of the Damned)
- 1961: Shadow of a cat (The Shadow of the Cat)
- 1962: Chandelier in uniform (Postman's Knock)
- 1962: Death Came Faster Than Money (Death Trap)
- 1963: Death is a coincidence (BLind Corner)
- 1964: The Burning Eyes of Bartimore Castle (The Gorgon)
- 1964: The Secret of Blood Island
- 1965: Blood for Dracula (Dracula: Prince of Darkness)
- 1966: Rasputin - The Mad Monk (Rasputin: The Mad Monk)
- 1967: The Green Blood of Demons (Quatermass and the Pit)
- 1969: Secret Agent John Smith: Blackmailed into Espionage (The Spy Killer)
- 1969: Paul Temple (TV series, 1 episode)
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . Seventh volume R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin , Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 296 f.
Web links
- Barbara Shelley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Barbara Shelley in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Actress Barbara Shelley has died. In: tvmovie.de . January 4, 2021, accessed January 5, 2021 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shelley, Barbara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kowin, Barbara (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 2021 |