Barbara Shelley
Known for Acting · 74 credits
- Born
- 1932-02-13
- Died
- 2021-01-03
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Барбара Шелли
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.
Known For
TV Shows (34)
Doctor Who
1963
as Sorasta
The Avengers
1961
as Venus / Susan Summers
Crown Court
1972
as Madame Veda Bronski / Delia Savage
The Saint
1962
as Valerie North
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Paulette
Bergerac
1981
as Catherine Prescott
Route 66
1960
Hazel
1961
as Anna Forti
No Hiding Place
1959
Danger Man
1960
as Gina Scarlotti / Louise Goddard
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Bryn Watson
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Clare
Blake's 7
1978
as Dr. Plaxton
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Lita Perez
Justice
1971
as Aisling Ainsworth
The Third Man
1959
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Edwina
Interpol Calling
1959
as Diana
The Human Jungle
1963
as Catherine
Detective
1964
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Suspense
1962
as Betty Blair
People Like Us
1978
as Esther Frith
Pride and Prejudice
1980
as Mrs Gardiner
The Borgias
1981
as Vannozza Canale
The Hanged Man
1975
as Louisa Galbraith
By the Sword Divided
1983
Counterstrike
1969
Oil Strike North
1975
The Dark Angel
1989
as Cousin Monica
Tycoon
1978
as Sarah Vyner
The House of Horror - Memories of Bray
2013
as Herself
The Stranger
1991
as Charlotte
Movies (40)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
as Helen Kent
Village of the Damned
1960
as Anthea Zellaby
Quatermass and the Pit
1967
as Barbara Judd
The Gorgon
1964
as Carla Hoffman
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
as Kate Keiller
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)
Nero's Mistress
1956
as A Guest at the Villa
Cat Girl
1957
as Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt
Maigret
1988
as Louise Maigret
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
as Sonia
The Shadow of the Cat
1961
as Beth Venable
The Dark Angel
1987
as Cousin Monica
Bobbikins
1959
as Valerie
Blood of the Vampire
1958
as Madeleine Duval
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1956
as Baronessa
Death Trap
1962
as Jean Anscomb
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
1984
as Sorasta
The Comedy of Errors
1978
as Courtesan
The Secret of Blood Island
1964
as Elaine
The End of the Line
1957
as Liliane Crawford
Deadly Record
1959
as Susan Webb
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
as Self
Four of the Thundering Jet
1955
Blind Corner
1964
as Anne Gregory
The Spy Killer
1969
as Danielle
Postman's Knock
1962
as Jean
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
2009
as Herself
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
Ghost Story
1974
as Matron
A Marriage
1972
as Clare
A Story of David
1960
as Abigail
Tragic ballad
1955
The Solitary Child
1958
as Harriet
Stranglehold
1962
as Chris Morrison
Lacrime di sposa
1956
as Barbara
The World of Hammer: Vamp
1994
as Helen Kent
Murder at Site 3
1958
as Susan
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
1992
as Charlotte Darton
Supreme Confession
1956
as Bettina
Luna nova
1955
About Barbara Shelley
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… With 74 credits spanning from 1955 to 2013, Barbara Shelley has appeared in 40 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular Barbara Shelley Movies
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) — as Helen Kent
- Village of the Damned (1960) — as Anthea Zellaby
- Quatermass and the Pit (1967) — as Barbara Judd
- The Gorgon (1964) — as Carla Hoffman
- The Camp on Blood Island (1958) — as Kate Keiller
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