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Barbara Steele

1937 - Today

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Barbara Steele (born 29 December 1937) is an English film actress known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. She has been referred to as the "Queen of All Scream Queens" and "Britain's first lady of horror". She played the dual role of Asa and Katia Vajda in Mario Bava's landmark film Black Sunday (1960), and starred in The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Horrible Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Steele has received more than 754,187 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Barbara Steele is the 2,243rd most popular actor (down from 2,194th in 2019), the 2,114th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,165th in 2019) and the 291st most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barbara Steele ranks 2,243 out of 9,996Before her are Virginia Madsen, Mildred Natwick, Robert Montgomery, Zeudi Araya, Helena Rojo, and Milo Ventimiglia. After her are Geneviève Page, Melissa Sue Anderson, Renée Taylor, Cherry Jones, Adile Naşit, and Josh Holloway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Barbara Steele ranks 195Before her are Tomas Venclova, Mikheil Meskhi, Armin Hary, Lorraine Gary, Antonio Rattín, and Erich Ribbeck. After her are Eero Mäntyranta, Edita Piekha, Colin Renfrew, Otto Pfister, Yukio Endo, and Valentin Rasputin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Steele ranks 2,114 out of 7,765Before her are Richard Wilson (1714), William Aiton (1731), Guy Edwards (1942), Mark Williams (1959), Thomas Wright (1711), and John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462). After her are William Blackstone (1723), Tommy Taylor (1932), Walter Pater (1839), Charles Wesley (1707), Joseph Fiennes (1970), and Ouida (1839).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Barbara Steele ranks 291Before her are John Thaw (1942), Albert Austin (1881), Paul Freeman (1943), June Whitfield (1925), James Purefoy (1964), and Mark Williams (1959). After her are Joseph Fiennes (1970), Tom Hollander (1967), George Arliss (1868), Stephen Dillane (1957), Maurice Evans (1901), and Robert Brown (1921).

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