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Barbara Shelley
Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley

ActingBorn February 13, 1932Died January 3, 2021 (age 88)London, England, UK

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) was an English film and television actress. She was at her busiest in the late 1950s (Blood of the Vampire) and 1960s when she became Hammer Horror's number one female star, with The Gorgon (1964), Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966), and Quatermass and the Pit (1967) among her credits. Although she is known as a scream queen, in fact her most famous scream (in the aforementioned Dracula film) was dubbed by co-star Suzan Farmer. She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960) and in the 1984 Doctor Who serial Planet of Fire. In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Shelley about her career at Hammer Films for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror. She died on 3 January 2021, at the age of 88. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Shelley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Filmography

2012
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness

as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent

Movie
1994Movie
1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1992Movie
1991
The Stranger

as Charlotte

TV
1989
The Dark Angel

as Cousin Monica

TV
1988
Maigret

as Louise Maigret

Movie
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)

Movie
1987
The Dark Angel

as Cousin Monica

Movie
1984Movie
1981
Bergerac

as Catherine Prescott

TV
1981
The Borgias

as Vannozza Canale

TV
1980
Pride and Prejudice

as Mrs Gardiner

TV
1978Movie
1978
Tycoon

as Sarah Vyner

TV
1978
People Like Us

as Esther Frith

TV
1978
Blake's 7

as Dr. Plaxton

TV
1975
The Hanged Man

as Louisa Galbraith

TV
1974
Ghost Story

as Matron

Movie
1972
Crown Court

as Madame Veda Bronski

TV
1972
Crown Court

as Delia Savage

TV
1972
A Marriage

as Clare

Movie
1971
Justice

as Aisling Ainsworth

TV
1969
The Spy Killer

as Danielle

Movie
1967
Quatermass and the Pit

as Barbara Judd

Movie
1966Movie
1966Movie
1965
The Troubleshooters

as Lita Perez

TV
1964Movie
1964
The Gorgon

as Carla Hoffman

Movie
1964TV
1964TV
1964
Blind Corner

as Anne Gregory

Movie
1963
Doctor Who

as Sorasta

TV
1963
The Human Jungle

as Catherine

TV
1962
The Saint

as Valerie North

TV
1962
Death Trap

as Jean Anscomb

Movie
1962
Suspense

as Betty Blair

TV
1962Movie
1962
Stranglehold

as Chris Morrison

Movie
1961
Hazel

as Anna Forti

TV
1961
The Shadow of the Cat

as Beth Venable

Movie
1961
The Avengers

as Venus

TV
1961
The Avengers

as Susan Summers

TV
1960Movie
1960TV
1960
Danger Man

as Gina Scarlotti

TV
1960
Danger Man

as Louise Goddard

TV
1960
Village of the Damned

as Anthea Zellaby

Movie
1959TV
1959
Bobbikins

as Valerie

Movie
1959
Deadly Record

as Susan Webb

Movie
1958Movie
1958TV
1958
Blood of the Vampire

as Madeleine Duval

Movie
1958Movie
1958Movie
1957
The End of the Line

as Liliane Crawford

Movie
1957
Cat Girl

as Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt

Movie
1956Movie
1956Movie
1956
Nero's Mistress

as A Guest at the Villa

Movie
1956Movie
1955TV
1955Movie
1955Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 13, 1932
Day of DeathJanuary 3, 2021
Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
Popularity0.6