Barbara Shelley
| Barbara Shelley | |
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| Born | 15 August 1933 London, England, UK |
| Other name(s) | Barbara Kowin |
| 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.
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
- Shadow of the Cat (1961)
- Postman's Knock (1962)
[edit] External links
- Barbara Shelley The Barbara Shelley Official Website
- Barbara Shelley at the Internet Movie Database
- Barbara Shelley at HorrorStars
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