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Born:
1932-02-13
Birthplace:
London, England, UK
Credits:
128 Total Roles
Barbara Shelley
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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.
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.
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.
Known For
Doctor Who
Sorasta
Village of the Damned
Anthea Zellaby
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Helen Kent
Quatermass and the Pit
Barbara Judd
EastEnders
Hester Samuels
The Gorgon
Carla Hoffman
The Avengers
Venus Browne
The Avengers
Susan Summers
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The House of Horror - Memories of Bray TV | Herself |
| 2012 | Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness MOVIE | Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent |
| 2010 | A History of Horror TV | Self |
| 2009 | Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story MOVIE | Herself |
| 2008 | Fanex Files: Hammer Films MOVIE | Self |
| 2007 | Cinemassacre's Monster Madness TV | Helen Kent (archive footage) |
| 2007 | British Film Forever TV | Self |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer: Vamp MOVIE | Helen Kent |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer TV | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | The Stranger: More Than a Messiah MOVIE | Charlotte Darton |