Barbara Steele
Barbara Steele (born December 29, 1937 in Birkenhead , Cheshire , England ) is a British film actress .
Life
After working as a photo model and making several small film appearances, Barbara Steele had her breakthrough in 1960 with The Hour when Dracula comes . For the next few years, Steele mainly played leading roles in horror films. She herself was always critical of her horror film image and preferred "serious" films such as Federico Fellini's Eight and Half and Volker Schlöndorff's adaptation of the novel The Young Törless .
In addition to her work in film, she was also seen on television. Since the 1980s she has increasingly worked as a producer of television films and series and is rarely active in front of the camera. Barbara Steele was married to screenwriter James Poe from 1969 to 1978 . They have a son who was born in 1971.
Filmography (selection)
- 1958: With your head through the wall (Bachelor of Hearts)
- 1960: The hour when Dracula comes (La Maschera del demonio)
- 1961: The Pit and the Pendulum (Pit and the Pendulum)
- 1962: The Terrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock (L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock)
- 1963: eight and a half (8½)
- 1963: Hours of Love (Le ore dell'amore)
- 1963: Lo spettro
- 1963: Temptation in love (Un tentativo sentimentale)
- 1964: Danza Macabra
- 1964: I maniaci
- 1964: Les baisers
- 1964: Bright voices (Le voci bianche)
- 1964: Stopover in Düsseldorf (Tre per una rapina)
- 1964: Monocle sees through fully (Le monocle rit jaune)
- 1964: I lunghi capelli della morte
- 1965: 5 tombe per un medium
- 1965: Amanti d'oltretomba
- 1966: The young Törless
- 1966: The incredible adventures of the laudable knight Branca Leone (L'armata Brancaleone)
- 1966: An angel for the devil (Un angelo per Satana)
- 1966: La sorella di Satana
- 1968: The Witch of Count Dracula (Curse of the Crimson Altar)
- 1974: The Prison of the Lost Girls (Caged Heat)
- 1975: Parasite Killer (Shivers)
- 1978: Pretty Baby
- 1978: Piranhas (Piranha)
- 1978: The class teacher (La clé sur la porte)
- 1980: Psychock (The Silent Scream)
- 1983: The Firestorm ( The Winds of War , TV screen divider , episode 3 Cataclysm )
- 1988: Firestorm and Ashes ( War and Remembrance , television twelve-part, episode 1 Part I )
- 1991: Dark Shadows (TV series, 12 episodes)
- 1994: low up
- 1999: Fist of Doom
- 2006: The Boneyard Collection
- 2008: Her Morbid Desires
- 2012: Butterfly Room - Obsessed with Evil (Butterfly Room)
- 2014: Lost River
Web links
- Barbara Steele in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Barbara Steele's Ephemeral Skin: Feminism, Fetishism and Film - Essay by Patricia MacCormack on Sensesofcinema.com
- Barbara Steele at filmreference.com (English)
- Barbara Steele in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ If you write about the horror film, I will murder you - Interview with Barbara Steele in film no. 9, Velber 1967.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Steele, Barbara |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Birkenhead , Cheshire , England , UK |