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Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley

Actor·1932–2021·London, England, UK

13 horror credits

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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.

Actor13 films

The World of Hammer: Vamp

The World of Hammer: Vamp

Helen Kent

1994
The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel

Cousin Monica

1987
Ghost Story

Ghost Story

Matron

1974
Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

Barbara Judd

1967 3.8
Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Sonia

1966 4.0
Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Helen Kent

1966 3.3
The Secret of Blood Island

The Secret of Blood Island

Elaine

1964
The Gorgon

The Gorgon

Carla Hoffman

1964 3.5
The Shadow of the Cat

The Shadow of the Cat

Beth Venable

1961
Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

Anthea Zellaby

1960 3.7
Blood of the Vampire

Blood of the Vampire

Madeleine Duval

1958
The Camp on Blood Island

The Camp on Blood Island

Kate Keiller

1958
Cat Girl

Cat Girl

Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt

1957