Name
Barbara Shelley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1932-02-13
Deathday
2021-01-03 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1960 Village of the Damned as Anthea Zellaby
- 1967 Quatermass and the Pit as Barbara Judd
- 1957 Cat Girl as Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt
- 1964 The Gorgon as Carla Hoffman
- 1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Sonia
- 1964 The Secret of Blood Island as Elaine
- 1961 The Shadow of the Cat as Beth Venable
- 1956 Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge as Baronessa
- 1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Helen Kent
- 1958 Blood of the Vampire as Madeleine Duval
- 1957 The End of the Line as Liliane Crawford
- 1964 Blind Corner as Anne Gregory
- 1974 Ghost Story as Matron
- 1958 The Camp on Blood Island as Kate Keiller
- 1962 Postman's Knock as Jean
- 2008 Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self
- 1958 The Solitary Child as Harriet
- 1958 Murder at Site 3 as Susan
- 1978 The Comedy of Errors as Courtesan
- 1962 Death Trap as Jean Anscomb
- 1959 Bobbikins as Valerie
- 1984 Doctor Who: Planet of Fire as Sorasta
- 1959 Deadly Record as Susan Webb
- 1988 Maigret as Louise Maigret
- 1955 Four of the Thundering Jet
- 1956 Lacrime di sposa as Barbara
- 1960 A Story of David as Abigail
- 1992 The Stranger: More Than a Messiah as Charlotte Darton
- 1962 Stranglehold as Chris Morrison
- 1955 Luna nova
- 1955 Tragic ballad
- 1987 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)
- 1994 The World of Hammer: Vamp as Helen Kent
- 2012 Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
- 1969 The Spy Killer as Danielle
- 1956 Nero's Mistress as A Guest at the Villa
- 1956 Supreme Confession as Bettina
- 1987 The Dark Angel as Cousin Monica
- 1972 A Marriage as Clare
- 2009 Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story as Herself
- 1953 Mantrap as Fashion show commentator
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Gina Scarlotti
- 1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Catherine Prescott
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 4 episodes ) as Sorasta
- 1960 Route 66 ( 1 episode )
- 1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Venus
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Valerie North
- 1955 Dixon of Dock Green ( 1 episode ) as Edwina
- 1975 The Hanged Man ( 1 episode ) as Louisa Galbraith
- 1975 Oil Strike North ( 13 episodes )
- 1959 No Hiding Place ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 Interpol Calling ( 1 episode ) as Diana
- 1967 Man in a Suitcase ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Detective ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Third Man ( 2 episodes )
- 1961 Hazel ( 1 episode ) as Anna Forti
- 1989 The Dark Angel ( 3 episodes ) as Cousin Monica
- 1963 The Human Jungle ( 1 episode ) as Catherine
- 1978 Blake's 7 ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Plaxton
- 1971 Justice ( 1 episode ) as Aisling Ainsworth
- 1981 The Borgias ( 10 episodes ) as Vannozza Canale
- 2013 The House of Horror - Memories of Bray ( 5 episodes ) as Herself
- 1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Susan Summers
- 1972 Crown Court ( 3 episodes ) as Madame Veda Bronski
- 1972 Crown Court ( 3 episodes ) as Delia Savage
- 1958 The Donna Reed Show ( 1 episode ) as Paulette
- 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Bryn Watson
- 1978 Tycoon ( 2 episodes ) as Sarah Vyner
- 1994 The World of Hammer ( 4 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1991 The Stranger ( 1 episode ) as Charlotte
- 1980 Pride and Prejudice ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs Gardiner
- 1962 Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Betty Blair
- 1965 The Troubleshooters ( 1 episode ) as Lita Perez
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Louise Goddard
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Clare
- 1978 People Like Us ( 13 episodes ) as Esther Frith
- 1964 Rupert of Hentzau ( 6 episodes ) as Queen Flavia
- 1974 John Halifax, Gentleman ( 5 episodes ) as Lady Caroline
- 1969 Counterstrike ( 1 episode ) as Elaine Pinot
- 2010 A History of Horror ( 3 episodes ) as Self
