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Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley (born 13 February 1932) 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.

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Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012)

Documentary that chronicles the making of the third film in Hammer's Dracula series. ...

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Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story (2009)

An all-new 72 minute featurette including interviews with Director/Producer Stephen Weeks, Actors Larry Dann and Murray Melvin, British Horror Icon Barbara Shelley, and composer Ron Geesin. ...

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Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008)

This fascinating documentary tells the story of the talented people behind and in front of the cameras at the Hammer Film Studios. Their prodigious output made household names of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, arguably the greatest fright duo since Lug ...

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The World of Hammer: Vamp (1994)

Through the years, Hammer's depiction of female vampires was consistently groundbreaking and always controversial, exploring the fine line between forbidden desire and the curse of the undead. This TV production contains only recycled clips with the only n ...

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The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead (1994)

Explore Hammer's greatest legacy with clips from such classic films as The Horror of Dracula, Brides of Dracula, Dracula - Prince of Darkness, Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, Scars of Dracula, Kiss of the Vampire and more. ...

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The Stranger: More Than a Messiah (1992)

The Stranger and Miss Brown visit Majus 17 a intergalactic tourist paradise. However, they soon discover all is not as it seems - as they find decaying corpses in the woods and bathers are being swallowed by an angry sea. ...

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Maigret (1988)

Jules Maigret, a meticulous Parisian police detective, is a famous literary character. In this film adaptation of his stories, he's trying to solve a murder of a friend, a P.I. who was looking into an industrialist and his family. ...

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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these fi ...

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The Dark Angel (1987)

The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu's influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress Maud Ruthyn's troubles begin when her father hires a new governess. Madame De La Rougierre (played with con ...

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Doctor Who: Planet of Fire (1984)

A strange signal from Earth draws the TARDIS to the island of Lanzarote, where Turlough rescues a young American girl, Peri, from drowning. Among her possessions is an artefact bearing an alien symbol - the same triangular mark that Turlough has branded in ...

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The Comedy of Errors (1978)

The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together by circumstance. ...

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Ghost Story (1974)

Several old college friends converge at a mansion, ostensibly for a pleasant reunion. Larry Dann, the most easygoing of the bunch, comes to the conclusion that all is not well in the old dark house. For one thing, he's run across several people whom he's n ...

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The Spy Killer (1969)

Spy Killer stars Robert Horton as a secret agent turned private eye. Framed for murder, Horton is released, but only after promising that he'll track down a book containing a list of government agents who are operating covertly in Red China. ...

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Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around. ...

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Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)

Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his power over the beautiful women who serve at the Tsar's palace. ...

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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and satura ...

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The Secret of Blood Island (1964)

Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a youthful prisoner, until her escape can be effected. The costs of keeping her identity secret fall on all ...

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The Gorgon (1964)

In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her ...

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Blind Corner (1964)

Paul Gregory (William Sylvester) is an accomplished composer despite his blindness, and his beautiful wife Anne (Barbara Shelley) seems to be the perfect supporting wife. But unknown to Paul, she is having a passionate affair with Ricky (Alexander Davion), ...

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Death Trap (1962)

A young woman commits suicide. Her sister is not ready to let the death go without someone answering a few questions. Namely, was it really suicide, and where is the large amount of money her sister withdrew from the bank the day before her death. ...

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Postman's Knock (1962)

Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers ...

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Stranglehold (1962)

A movie star is typecast as a ruthless gangster. His troubles begin when he gets reality confused with his job and becomes deluded into believing that he really is a mobster. ...

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The Shadow of the Cat (1961)

Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific ...

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A Story of David (1960)

Directed by Bob McNaught. King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's armies. Now Saul, egged on by his Edomite counselor Doeg, attempts to have David killed. Saul's son, and Da ...

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Village of the Damned (1960)

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other. ...

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Bobbikins (1959)

This adventure follows the story of a young navy man, his wife and their baby son, Bobby, also known as Bobbikins. To his surprise, Dad discovers his son talks, not baby-talk or gibberish but has adult conversations with his father only. Bobbikins learns s ...

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Deadly Record (1959)

A young airline pilot wrongly accused of murdering his unfaithful wife searches for the real killer. ...

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The Solitary Child (1958)

A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife. ...

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Blood of the Vampire (1958)

A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a vampire, conducts blood deficiency resea ...

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The Camp on Blood Island (1958)

Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing dram ...

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Murder at Site 3 (1958)

Sexton Blake tracks down a gang who have stolen secrets from a rocket site. ...

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The End of the Line (1957)

The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder. ...

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Cat Girl (1957)

A psychiatrist treats a woman who is convinced that she turns into a killer leopard because of a family curse. ...

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Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956)

Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa. ...

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Supreme Confession (1956)

The wife of a conductor with a stormy past agrees to meet a blackmailer in a small hotel. ...

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Nero's Mistress (1956)

On seaside holiday, Nero, Poppea, Seneca and their friends and family prepare a great show where Nero will star. When his mother Agrippina arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she's asking for trouble. Many attempts ...

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Lacrime di sposa (1956)

While working as a restaurant singer to make ends meet, a young man is pushed to pursuing a musical career in spite of his girlfriend's disapproval. ...

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Four of the Thundering Jet (1955)

In post-war Italy, some pilots of the Air Force, despite the difficulties in which they are forced to operate, manage to form an acrobatic squadron. From the dedication of these men will be born the "Frecce Tricolori", the Italian Air Force's acrobatic squ ...

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Luna nova (1955)

A young man leaves the countryside and falls for the owner of a nightclub. ...

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Tragic ballad (1955)

A sailor is accused of the murder of his girlfriend's father. ...

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