Barbara Shelley
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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.
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1809 |
| Birthday | 1932-02-13 |
| Place of Birth | London, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Барбара Шелли, |
1960
Village of the Damned
7.188/491
In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children h...
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Village of the Damned
1967
Quatermass and the Pit
6.6/272
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
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Quatermass and the Pit
1957
Cat Girl
4.864/22
A psychiatrist treats a woman who is convinced that she turns into a killer leopard because of a family curse.
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Cat Girl
1964
The Secret of Blood Island
9/1
Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a...
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The Secret of Blood Island
1966
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
5.82/88
Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan...
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Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1964
The Gorgon
6.374/168
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The per...
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The Gorgon
1961
The Shadow of the Cat
6.814/35
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The...
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The Shadow of the Cat
1956
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
7.6/115
Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.
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Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
6.694/284
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one...
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1958
Blood of the Vampire
5.81/42
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crip...
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Blood of the Vampire
1957
The End of the Line
6.167/6
The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.
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The End of the Line
1964
Blind Corner
4.833/6
Paul Gregory (William Sylvester) is an accomplished composer despite his blindness, and his beautiful wife Anne (Barbara Shelley) seems to be the perf...
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Blind Corner
1974
Ghost Story
5.083/12
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Ghost Story
1958
The Camp on Blood Island
6.682/22
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The Camp on Blood Island
1962
Postman's Knock
4.917/6
Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Inn...
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Postman's Knock
2008
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
7/5
This fascinating documentary tells the story of the talented people behind and in front of the cameras at the Hammer Film Studios. Their prodigious ou...
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Fanex Files: Hammer Films
1958
The Solitary Child
6/5
A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife.
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The Solitary Child
1958
Murder at Site 3
7/1
Sexton Blake tracks down a gang who have stolen secrets from a rocket site.
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Murder at Site 3
1978
The Comedy of Errors
8.6/5
The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together...
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The Comedy of Errors
1962
Death Trap
6.5/2
A young woman commits suicide. Her sister is not ready to let the death go without someone answering a few questions. Namely, was it really suicide, a...
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Death Trap
1959
Bobbikins
6/3
This adventure follows the story of a young navy man, his wife and their baby son, Bobby, also known as Bobbikins. To his surprise, Dad discovers his...
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Bobbikins
1984
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
6/2
A strange signal from Earth draws the TARDIS to the island of Lanzarote, where Turlough rescues a young American girl, Peri, from drowning. Among her...
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Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
1959
Deadly Record
6/7
A young airline pilot wrongly accused of murdering his unfaithful wife searches for the real killer.
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Deadly Record
1988
Maigret
8/3
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Maigret
1955
Four of the Thundering Jet
10/1
In post-war Italy, some pilots of the Air Force, despite the difficulties in which they are forced to operate, manage to form an acrobatic squadron. F...
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Four of the Thundering Jet
1956
Lacrime di sposa
9/1
While working as a restaurant singer to make ends meet, a young man is pushed to pursuing a musical career in spite of his girlfriend's disapproval.
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Lacrime di sposa
1960
A Story of David
5.4/5
Directed by Bob McNaught. King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's a...
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A Story of David
1992
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
6.5/2
The Stranger and Miss Brown visit Majus 17 a intergalactic tourist paradise. However, they soon discover all is not as it seems - as they find decayin...
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The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
1962
Stranglehold
10/1
A movie star is typecast as a ruthless gangster. His troubles begin when he gets reality confused with his job and becomes deluded into believing that...
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Stranglehold
1955
Luna nova
9/1
A young man leaves the countryside and falls for the owner of a nightclub.
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Luna nova
1955
Tragic ballad
8/1
A sailor is accused of the murder of his girlfriend's father.
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Tragic ballad
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4/8
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips fro...
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1994
The World of Hammer: Vamp
6/1
Through the years, Hammer's depiction of female vampires was consistently groundbreaking and always controversial, exploring the fine line between for...
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The World of Hammer: Vamp
2012
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
8/2
Documentary that chronicles the making of the third film in Hammer's Dracula series.
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Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
1969
The Spy Killer
6.5/2
Spy Killer stars Robert Horton as a secret agent turned private eye. Framed for murder, Horton is released, but only after promising that he'll track...
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The Spy Killer
1956
Nero's Mistress
5.742/31
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When A...
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Nero's Mistress
1956
Supreme Confession
8/1
The wife of a conductor with a stormy past agrees to meet a blackmailer in a small hotel.
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Supreme Confession
1987
The Dark Angel
7.5/2
The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress M...
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1972
A Marriage
0/0
A columnist throws a dinner party. One of the guests is his mistress, who is his research assistant. He tells his wife he had been having an affair an...
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Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story
0/0
An all-new 72 minute featurette including interviews with Director/Producer Stephen Weeks, Actors Larry Dann and Murray Melvin, British Horror Icon Ba...
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