Barbara Shelley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 13, 1932
- Died
- January 3, 2021
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness 2012
as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story 2009
as Herself
Fanex Files: Hammer Films 2008
as Self
The World of Hammer: Vamp 1994
as Helen Kent
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah 1992
as Charlotte Darton
Maigret 1988
as Louise Maigret
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood 1987
as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)
The Dark Angel 1987
as Cousin Monica
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire 1984
as Sorasta
The Comedy of Errors 1978
as Courtesan
Ghost Story 1974
as Matron
- A Marriage
A Marriage 1972
as Clare
The Spy Killer 1969
as Danielle
Quatermass and the Pit 1967
as Barbara Judd
Rasputin: The Mad Monk 1966
as Sonia
Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1966
as Helen Kent
The Secret of Blood Island 1964
as Elaine
The Gorgon 1964
as Carla Hoffman
Blind Corner 1964
as Anne Gregory
Death Trap 1962
as Jean Anscomb
Postman's Knock 1962
as Jean
- Stranglehold
Stranglehold 1962
as Chris Morrison
The Shadow of the Cat 1961
as Beth Venable
A Story of David 1960
as Abigail
Village of the Damned 1960
as Anthea Zellaby
Bobbikins 1959
as Valerie
Deadly Record 1959
as Susan Webb
The Solitary Child 1958
as Harriet
Blood of the Vampire 1958
as Madeleine Duval
The Camp on Blood Island 1958
as Kate Keiller
- Murder at Site 3
Murder at Site 3 1958
as Susan
The End of the Line 1957
as Liliane Crawford
Cat Girl 1957
as Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge 1956
as Baronessa
Supreme Confession 1956
as Bettina
Nero's Mistress 1956
as A Guest at the Villa
Lacrime di sposa 1956
as Barbara
Four of the Thundering Jet 1955
Actor
Destinazione Piovarolo 1955
Actor
Luna nova 1955
as Amira
Motivo in maschera 1955
Actor
Tragic ballad 1955
as Betty Mason
Mantrap 1953
as Fashion show commentator
Credits from TMDB.