The undeniable cult status of British actress Barbara Steele says much about the peculiar status of women... (Learn more)
Top Projects: Dark Shadows, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance (View All)
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Barbara Steele’s Milestones
| Studied to become a painter | |
| 1957 | Joined an acting repertory company |
| 1958 | Feature acting debut, a one line bit part as a student in the British comedy "Bachelor of Hearts" |
| 1960 | Debut in starring role, "Black Sunday/Mask of Satan/La Maschera Del Demonio", an Italian film about witchcraft; first horror role; directorial debut for Mario Bava (released in US in 1961) |
| 1961 | US film debut, Roger Corman's "The Pit and the Pendulum"; voice dubbed by another actress |
| 1962 | Answered an open casting call and won a role in Federico Fellini's "8 1/2"; played the small but memorable role of mistress of one of the protagonist's friends; Fellini reportedly wanted her for more scenes but she was committed to leaving Rome for a starring role in "The Horrible Dr. Hitchcock"; one of the rare early films in which her voice was not dubbed |
| 1966 | Acted in Volker Schlondorff's "Young Torless", a French-West German co-production; played what was reportedly her favorite film role--a prostitute visited by a boarding school student |
| 1969 | US TV acting debut, "Honeymoon With a Stranger", an ABC mystery TV-movie |
| 1974 | Starred as a sadistic, repressed lesbian warden in Jonathan Demme's directorial debut "Caged Heat", a slightly superior exploitation flick |
| 1975 | Played a small memorable role in "They Came From Within/Shivers/Frissons", an early horror feature from Canadian writer-director David Cronenberg |
| 1977 | Rare mainstream Hollywood supporting role in "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden"; most of her footage was cut from the final version of the film |
| 1978 | Played Dr. Mengers, a military officer, in Joe Dante's "Piranha" (scripted by John Sayles) |
| 1978 | Played one of the New Orleans prostitutes in Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby" |
| 1980 | Last film role, "Silent Scream"; played mute family member kept in attic |
| 1980 | Retired from features after the death of her ex-husband, screenwriter James Poe |
| 1983 | US TV producing debut, served as an associate producer on the hugely successful ABC epic miniseries "The Winds of War" (also acted); first collaboration with producer-writer-director Dan Curtis |
| 1989 | Served as producer of the epic sequel miniseries "War and Remembrance" (also acted) |
| 1991 | Reprised the role of Julia Hoffman for the short-lived series revival of "Dark Shadows" |
| 1991 | Starred as Dr. Julia Hoffman on Dan Curtis' NBC miniseries revival of the 1960s ABC supernatural soap opera "Dark Shadows" |
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