Barbara Shelley

Born: 1932-02-13

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. ​


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Village of the Damned

as Anthea Zellaby
Released: 1960-06-16

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Released: 1966-01-09

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Quatermass and the Pit

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Released: 1967-11-09

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The Gorgon

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Released: 1964-10-18

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as Baronessa
Released: 1956-12-21

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as Sonia
Released: 1966-03-06

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Blood of the Vampire

as Madeleine Duval
Released: 1958-08-25

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as Beth Venable
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Released: 1956-09-13

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as Kate Keiller
Released: 1958-04-15

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Released: 1957-12-01

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as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
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as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)
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as Sorasta
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as Self
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as Matron
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as Anne Gregory
Released: 1964-01-01

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as Barbara
Released: 1956-02-02

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as Helen Kent
Released: 1994-08-19

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as uncredited
Released: 1958-12-09

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as uncredited
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as Sorasta
First aired: 1963-11-23

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as Venus
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as Susan Summers
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as Valerie North
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as Madame Veda Bronski
First aired: 1972-10-11

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as Delia Savage
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as Catherine Prescott
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The Donna Reed Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-24

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as Anna Forti
First aired: 1961-09-28

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as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-07

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as Dr. Plaxton
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as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

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as Aisling Ainsworth
First aired: 1971-10-08

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Danger Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-11

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as Diana
First aired: 1959-09-13

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The Third Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-02

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Man in a Suitcase

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-27

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The Hanged Man

as Louisa Galbraith
First aired: 1975-02-15

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Edwina
First aired: 1955-07-09

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The Human Jungle

as Catherine
First aired: 1963-03-30

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Detective

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-03-30

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The Borgias

as Vannozza Canale
First aired: 1981-10-14

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as Mrs. Gardiner
First aired: 1980-01-13

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Oil Strike North

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-08-26

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Suspense

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-04-30

Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.

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By the Sword Divided

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-16

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The Dark Angel

as Cousin Monica
First aired: 1989-01-04

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A History of Horror

as Helen
First aired: 2010-10-11

Mark Gatiss examines the history of the horror film, from classic Hollywood monsters to Hammer's...

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