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Barbara Shelley
Biography:
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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.
She also appeared in Village of the Damned (1960) and in the 1984 Doctor Who serial Planet of Fire.
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Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent | 2012-04-30 |
Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self | 2008-02-08 |
The World of Hammer: Vamp as Helen Kent | 1994-09-01 |
The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead as Helen Kent | 1994-08-19 |
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah as Charlotte Darton | 1992-01-01 |
Maigret as Louise Maigret | 1988-02-22 |
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage) | 1987-06-26 |
The Dark Angel as Cousin Monica | 1987-02-01 |
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire as Sorasta | 1984-02-23 |
The Comedy of Errors as Courtesan | 1978-10-17 |
Ghost Story as Matron | 1974-03-19 |
The Spy Killer as Danielle | 1969-11-11 |
Quatermass and the Pit as Barbara Judd | 1967-11-09 |
Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Sonia | 1966-03-06 |
Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Helen Kent | 1966-01-09 |
The Secret of Blood Island as Elaine | 1964-12-01 |
The Gorgon as Carla Hoffman | 1964-10-18 |
Blind Corner as Anne Gregory | 1964-01-01 |
Death Trap | 1962-10-01 |
Postman's Knock as Jean | 1962-02-22 |
Stranglehold as Chris Morrison | 1962-01-01 |
The Shadow of the Cat as Beth Venable | 1961-05-01 |
A Story of David as Abigail | 1960-12-01 |
Village of the Damned as Anthea Zellaby | 1960-06-16 |
Bobbikins as Valerie | 1959-07-28 |
Deadly Record as Susan Webb | 1959-06-01 |
The Solitary Child | 1958-12-09 |
Blood of the Vampire as Madeleine Duval | 1958-08-25 |
The Camp on Blood Island as Kate Keiller | 1958-04-15 |
Murder at Site 3 as Susan | 1958-01-01 |
The End of the Line as Liliane Crawford | 1957-12-01 |
Cat Girl as Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt | 1957-09-01 |
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge as Baronessa | 1956-12-21 |
Supreme Confession as Bettina | 1956-10-11 |
Nero's Mistress | 1956-09-13 |
Lacrime di sposa as Barbara | 1956-02-02 |
Four of the Thundering Jet | 1955-12-30 |
Luna nova | 1955-05-11 |
Tragic ballad | 1955-01-01 |