Barbara Shelley
| Barbara Shelley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 August 1933 Dubious: Discuss London, England, UK |
| Other names | Barbara Kowin also known as "The First Leading Lady Of British Horror" |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1953-1992 |
Barbara Shelley (born 15 August 1933) 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.[1][2]
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
- Bobbikins (1959)
- Shadow of the Cat (1961)
- Postman's Knock (1962)
- Blind Corner (1963)
- Quatermass and the Pit (1967); US title "Five Million Years to Earth" (1968)
[edit] References
- ^ Clarke, Donald. "Mark Gatiss’s History of Horror". Irish Times.com. http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/screenwriter/2010/11/02/mark-gatisss-history-of-horror/. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ "A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss – Home Counties Horror Ep 2/3". BBC. 2010-10-18. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2010/wk42/mon.shtml#mon_horror.
[edit] External links
- Barbara Shelley at the Internet Movie Database
- Barbara Shelley at HorrorStars
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