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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.
The roles that explain the career.
25 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage) | Film |
| 1987 | The Dark Angel | Cousin Monica | Film |
| 1981 | The Borgias | Vannozza Canale | TV |
| 1978 | People Like Us | Esther Frith | TV |
| 1978 | The Comedy of Errors | Courtesan | Film |
| 1975 | Oil Strike North | TV | |
| 1974 | Ghost Story | Matron | Film |
| 1974 | John Halifax, Gentleman | Lady Caroline | TV |
| 1967 | Quatermass and the Pit | Barbara Judd | Film |
| 1966 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Helen Kent | Film |
| 1966 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Sonia | Film |
| 1964 | The Secret of Blood Island | Elaine | Film |
| 1964 | Blind Corner | Anne Gregory | Film |
| 1964 | The Gorgon | Carla Hoffman | Film |
| 1964 | Rupert of Hentzau | Queen Flavia | TV |
| 1962 | Postman's Knock | Jean | Film |
| 1961 | The Shadow of the Cat | Beth Venable | Film |
| 1960 | Village of the Damned | Anthea Zellaby | Film |
| 1960 | A Story of David | Abigail | Film |
| 1958 | Blood of the Vampire | Madeleine Duval | Film |
| 1958 | The Camp on Blood Island | Kate Keiller | Film |
| 1957 | Cat Girl | Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt | Film |
| 1957 | The End of the Line | Liliane Crawford | Film |
| 1956 | Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge | Baronessa | Film |
| 1956 | Nero's Mistress | A Guest at the Villa | Film |
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