ACTOR

Barbara Steele

1937 - Today

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Barbara Steele (born 29 December 1937) is an English actress and producer, 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 860,245 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Barbara Steele is the 2,262nd most popular actor (down from 2,240th in 2019), the 2,109th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 279th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barbara Steele ranks 2,262 out of 13,578. Before her are John Krasinski, Édith Scob, Frederick Stafford, Gigi Proietti, Marsha Hunt, and Anne Revere. After her are Miriam Margolyes, Zdeněk Svěrák, Chris O'Donnell, Dee Wallace, Vernon Dobtcheff, and Peter Haber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Barbara Steele ranks 215. Before her are Tom Courtenay, Luciano Moggi, Marcian Hoff, Joe Viterelli, Barbara Jones, and Édith Scob. After her are Lluís Martínez Sistach, Tomas Venclova, Tom Stoppard, Klim Churyumov, Miguel Trovoada, and Peter Stein.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Steele ranks 2,109 out of 8,785. Before her are Frank Dicksee (1853), Irvine Welsh (1957), Jane Digby (1807), James Connolly (1868), Anthony Horowitz (1955), and Gregory Winter (1951). After her are Miriam Margolyes (1941), Jodie Whittaker (1982), Peter Hammill (1948), William Bayliss (1860), William Blackstone (1723), and Caratacus (15).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Barbara Steele ranks 279. Before her are Stuart Wilson (1946), Francesca Annis (1945), Tom Courtenay (1937), Frank Finlay (1926), Anthony Dawson (1916), and James Fox (1939). After her are Miriam Margolyes (1941), Jodie Whittaker (1982), Michael Byrne (1943), Samantha Eggar (1939), Stephen Dillane (1957), and John Hannah (1962).

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