Barbara Shelley

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.

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Known For

Crown Court

Madame Veda Bronski

Crown Court

Delia Savage

Doctor Who

Sorasta

The Donna Reed Show

Paulette

The Avengers

Venus

The Avengers

Susan Summers

Blake's 7

Dr. Plaxton

Route 66

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2012	Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness	Self - Original Cast Member / Helen Kent
2008	Fanex Files: Hammer Films	Self
1994	The World of Hammer: Vamp	Helen Kent
1992	The Stranger: More Than a Messiah	Charlotte Darton
1988	Maigret	Louise Maigret
1987	Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood	Helen Kent / Sonia (archive footage)
1987	The Dark Angel	Cousin Monica
1984	Doctor Who: Planet of Fire	Sorasta
1978	The Comedy of Errors	Courtesan
1974	Ghost Story	Matron
1972	A Marriage	Clare
1969	The Spy Killer	Danielle
1967	Quatermass and the Pit	Barbara Judd
1966	Rasputin: The Mad Monk	Sonia
1966	Dracula: Prince of Darkness	Helen Kent
1964	The Gorgon	Carla Hoffman
1964	The Secret of Blood Island	Elaine
1964	Blind Corner	Anne Gregory
1962	Postman's Knock	Jean
1962	Death Trap	Jean Anscomb
1962	Stranglehold	Chris Morrison
1961	The Shadow of the Cat	Beth Venable
1960	Village of the Damned	Anthea Zellaby
1960	A Story of David	Abigail
1959	Bobbikins	Valerie
1959	Deadly Record	Susan Webb
1958	Blood of the Vampire	Madeleine Duval
1958	The Camp on Blood Island	Kate Keiller
1958	The Solitary Child	Harriet
1958	Murder at Site 3	Susan
1957	Cat Girl	Leonora Johnson / Leonora Brandt
1957	The End of the Line	Liliane Crawford
1956	Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge	Baronessa
1956	Lacrime di sposa	Barbara
1956	Nero's Mistress	A Guest at the Villa
1956	Supreme Confession	Bettina
1955	Four of the Thundering Jet
1955	Luna nova
1955	Tragic ballad

Year	TV Show	Role
2013	The House of Horror - Memories of Bray	Herself
2010	A History of Horror	Helen
1989	The Dark Angel	Cousin Monica
1983	By the Sword Divided
1981	Bergerac	Catherine Prescott
1981	The Borgias	Vannozza Canale
1980	Pride and Prejudice	Mrs. Gardiner
1978	Blake's 7	Dr. Plaxton
1975	The Hanged Man	Louisa Galbraith
1975	Oil Strike North
1972	Crown Court	Madame Veda Bronski
1972	Crown Court	Delia Savage
1971	Justice	Aisling Ainsworth
1969	Counterstrike
1967	Man in a Suitcase
1964	Detective
1963	Doctor Who	Sorasta
1963	The Human Jungle	Catherine
1962	The Saint	Valerie North
1962	Suspense
1961	The Avengers	Venus
1961	Hazel	Anna Forti
1961	The Avengers	Susan Summers
1960	Danger Man
1960	Route 66
1959	No Hiding Place
1959	Interpol Calling	Diana
1959	The Third Man
1958	The Donna Reed Show	Paulette
1955	Dixon of Dock Green	Edwina