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Barbara Shelley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) is an English film and television actress. She is now retired, but 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Shelley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​


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Born:
Feb 13, 1932 In London, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
55
First Appeared:
In the movie Tragic ballad 1955-01-01
Latest Project:
Series The House of Horror - Memories of Bray 2013-10-04
Known For
Poster of The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
Poster of Blind Corner
Poster of The Solitary Child
Poster of Blood of the Vampire
Filmography
Series The House of Horror - Memories of Bray Herself 2013-10-04
Movie Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent 2012-04-30
Series A History of Horror Helen 2010-10-11
Movie Fanex Files: Hammer Films Self 2008-02-08
Movie The World of Hammer: Vamp Helen Kent 1994-09-01
Movie The Stranger: More Than a Messiah Charlotte Darton 1992-01-01
Movie Maigret Louise Maigret 1988-02-22
Movie The Dark Angel Cousin Monica 1987-02-01
Movie Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage) 1987-06-26
Movie Doctor Who: Planet of Fire Sorasta 1984-02-23
Series By the Sword Divided Unknown 1983-10-16
Series The Borgias Vannozza Canale 1981-10-14
Series Bergerac Unknown 1981-10-18
Series Pride and Prejudice Mrs. Gardiner 1980-01-13
Series Blake's 7 Dr. Plaxton 1978-01-02
Movie The Comedy of Errors Courtesan 1978-10-17
Series The Hanged Man Unknown 1975-02-15
Series Oil Strike North 1975-08-26
Movie Ghost Story Matron 1974-03-19
Movie The Spy Killer Danielle 1969-11-11
Series Man in a Suitcase Unknown 1967-09-27
Movie Quatermass and the Pit Barbara Judd 1967-11-09
Movie Rasputin: The Mad Monk Sonia 1966-03-06
Movie Dracula: Prince of Darkness Helen Kent 1966-01-09
Movie Blind Corner Anne Gregory 1964-01-01
Movie The Secret of Blood Island Elaine 1964-12-01
Movie The Gorgon Carla Hoffman 1964-10-18
Series Doctor Who Unknown 1963-11-23
Movie Stranglehold Chris Morrison 1962-01-01
Movie Postman's Knock Jean 1962-02-22
Movie Death Trap 1962-10-01
Series The Saint Unknown 1962-10-04
Series The Avengers Unknown 1961-01-07
Movie The Shadow of the Cat Beth Venable 1961-05-01
Movie Village of the Damned Anthea Zellaby 1960-06-16
Series Danger Man Unknown 1960-09-11
Series Route 66 Unknown 1960-10-07
Movie A Story of David Abigail 1960-12-01
Movie Bobbikins Valerie 1959-07-28
Movie Deadly Record Susan Webb 1959-06-01
Series No Hiding Place Unknown 1959-09-16
Series The Third Man Unknown 1959-10-02
Movie The Camp on Blood Island Kate Keiller 1958-04-15
Movie Blood of the Vampire Madeleine Duval 1958-08-25
Movie The Solitary Child 1958-12-09
Series The Donna Reed Show Unknown 1958-09-24
Movie Cat Girl Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt 1957-09-01
Movie The End of the Line Liliane Crawford 1957-12-01
Movie Nero's Mistress 1956-09-13
Movie Lacrime di sposa Barbara 1956-02-02
Movie Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge Baronessa 1956-12-21
Movie Tragic ballad 1955-01-01
Movie Luna nova 1955-05-11
Series Dixon of Dock Green Unknown 1955-07-09
Movie Four of the Thundering Jet 1955-12-30