Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele
Steele in a 1965 publicity photo
Born	(1937-12-29) 29 December 1937 (age 86) Birkenhead, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1958–present
Spouse	James Poe ​ ​ (m. 1969; div. 1978)​
Children	1

Barbara Steele (born 29 December 1937)^[1] is an English film actress known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. She has been referred to as the "Queen of All Scream Queens"^[2] and "Britain's first lady of horror".^[3] She played the dual role of Asa and Katia Vajda in Mario Bava's landmark film Black Sunday (1960), and starred in The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962), The Long Hair of Death (1964), and Castle of Blood (1964).

Additionally, Steele had supporting roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963), David Cronenberg's Shivers (1975), Joe Dante's Piranha and Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (both 1978), and appeared on television in the 1991 TV series Dark Shadows. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for producing the American television miniseries War and Remembrance (1988–1989). Steele appeared in several films in the 2010s, including a lead role in The Butterfly Room (2012) and supporting role in Ryan Gosling's Lost River (2014).