Acting credits
64
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Barbara Shelley
Acting
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Movies: 36Series: 28
TMDB ID: 101478
IMDb ID: nm0791176
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1932
Died: January 3, 2021
Age: 88
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2012
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.73
Wikidata: Q458290
Also known as
Барбара Шелли
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Barbara Shelley.
8.0
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
as Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
2012 Movie
7.0
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
as Self
2008 Movie
6.0
The World of Hammer: Vamp
as Helen Kent
1994 Movie
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
as Charlotte Darton
1992 Movie
7.0
Maigret
as Louise Maigret
1988 Movie
6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)
1987 Movie
7.5
The Dark Angel
as Cousin Monica
1987 Movie
6.0
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
as Sorasta
1984 Movie
8.8
The Comedy of Errors
as Courtesan
1978 Movie
4.7
Ghost Story
as Matron
1974 Movie
5.0
The Spy Killer
as Danielle
1969 Movie
6.6
Quatermass and the Pit
as Barbara Judd
1967 Movie
5.8
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Sonia
1966 Movie
6.7
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Helen Kent
1966 Movie
The Secret of Blood Island
as Elaine
1964 Movie
6.3
The Gorgon
as Carla Hoffman
1964 Movie
4.2
Blind Corner
as Anne Gregory
1964 Movie
6.5
Death Trap
as Jean Anscomb
1962 Movie
4.3
Postman's Knock
as Jean
1962 Movie
6.8
The Shadow of the Cat
as Beth Venable
1961 Movie
4.2
A Story of David
as Abigail
1960 Movie
7.2
Village of the Damned
as Anthea Zellaby
1960 Movie
4.0
Bobbikins
as Valerie
1959 Movie
5.3
Deadly Record
as Susan Webb
1959 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Barbara Shelley.
6.5
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) • 4 eps
1994 Series
The Stranger
as Charlotte • 1 eps
1991 Series
The Dark Angel
as Cousin Monica • 3 eps
1989 Series
5.0
By the Sword Divided
1 eps
1983 Series
6.7
Bergerac
as Catherine Prescott • 1 eps
1981 Series
8.0
The Borgias
as Vannozza Canale • 10 eps
1981 Series
6.9
Pride and Prejudice
as Mrs Gardiner • 2 eps
1980 Series
Tycoon
as Sarah Vyner • 2 eps
1978 Series
7.3
Blake's 7
as Dr. Plaxton • 1 eps
1978 Series
5.0
Oil Strike North
13 eps
1975 Series
5.4
Crown Court
as Madame Veda Bronski • 3 eps
1972 Series
6.0
Justice
as Aisling Ainsworth • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Man in a Suitcase
1 eps
1967 Series
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Bryn Watson • 1 eps
1964 Series
Detective
1 eps
1964 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
as Sorasta • 1 eps
1963 Series
8.2
The Human Jungle
as Catherine • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.4
The Saint
as Valerie North • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.5
Suspense
as Betty Blair • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.8
Hazel
as Anna Forti • 1 eps
1961 Series
7.7
The Avengers
as Venus • 1 eps
1961 Series
6.3
Route 66
1 eps
1960 Series
7.3
Danger Man
1 eps
1960 Series
6.9
The Third Man
2 eps
1959 Series