October 11, 2019
Halloween is coming soon and the timing for today's featured celebrity has never been better. She's the scream queen and horror icon that can look both evil and alluring all at the same time - it's Barbara Steele!
She's an accomplished actress and producer who's work I've always admired; from Roger Corman's
, Steele is an icon through and through. Let's see what if Steele has been doing anything sinister as of late.
Oh, before we get to it... in a recent issue of Celebrity Nooz,
sections of this particular newsletter. I know that many will not be happy about this news, but WATN needs to get a little trimmed down as it were. I sorry about this, truly, I am. I wish we could keep it, but it is what it is. I hope this doesn't sour your Where Are They Now reading experience and you stay with us as we go forward. Today's issue does include the FINAL time they will be included so please enjoy.
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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Kate Nelligan: She appeared in "Eye of the Needle", "Frankie and Johnny", "The Prince Of Tides", "The Cider House Rules" and other movies
Pam Grier: Star of the 1970s so-called "blaxploitation" movies "Coffy" and "Foxy Brown", later in her career she starred in the movie "Jackie Brown"
Jeanette MacDonald: She and Nelson Eddy were one of the most popular singing and acting duos in the movies, they appeared together in "Naughty Marietta", "Rose Marie" and other films in the 1930s and 1940s
(Answer at the bottom)
Barbara Steele
Learn More About Barbara Steele on Celebrity Nooz
BIRTH DATE: December 29, 1937 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
BIRTH NAME: Barbara Steele
NICKNAMES: The Queen of All Scream Queens
CLAIM TO FAME: Barbara Steele is a British actress and producer. She is best known for starring in Italian Gothic horror films of the 1960s, most notably in Mario Bava's Black Sunday (1960), where she played the dual role of Princess Katia and Princess Asa Vajda.
FAMILY LIFE: Steele was married to American screenwriter James Poe. They were married in 1969 and divorced in 1978. They have one child, a son named Jonathan Jackson Poe, born on August 11, 1970 in Los Angeles.
INFO: Steele studied art at the Chelsea Art School and in Paris at the Sorbonne.
Got sick of being typecast in horror movies.
Was semi-retired from acting, and soon took to producing projects.
Steele served as associate producer of the 1983 TV mini-series, The Winds of War, and was a producer for its 1988 sequel, War and Remembrance, for which she shared the 1989 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special with executive producer Dan Curtis.
TRIVIA: She was the original female lead to Elvis Presley in Flaming Star (1960). She walked off the picture after an argument with director Don Siegel.
She was reportedly the last person to be signed as a contract player by the J. Arthur Rank Organization.
Invited her friend, actress Jane Wald, to the United States during the 1960s. Upon visiting the 20th Century-Fox commissary, she was discovered by an independent producer.
Steele was slightly injured by Vincent Price while filming her last scene from Pit and the Pendulum (1961) when he quite aggressively grabbed her by her throat - she shrugged it off because the scene came off so real.
The role of Alice LeBlanc in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) was written by James Poe--her husband--specifically for her, but the part went to Susannah York instead.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW: It's rumored that Steele is part of the cast of the zombie movie called Z Dead End, which is currently filming.
CREDITS:
2016 Minutes Past Midnight...The Apparition of the Mill (segment 'The Mill At Calder's End')
2016 Le Fantôme (Short)...The Widow
2015 The Mill at Calder's End (Short)...The Apparition of the Mill
2014 The Shutterbug Man (Short) (voice)
2014 Lost River...Grandma
2012 The Butterfly Room...Ann
2008 The Boneyard Collection...Vanessa Peabody (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2008 Her Morbid Desires (Video)...Vanessa Peabody
1999 Prophet (Video)...Agent Oakley
1994 Tief oben...Mrs. Wagner
1991 Dark Shadows (TV Series)...Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
- Episode #1.12 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
- Episode #1.11 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
- Episode #1.10 (1991) ... Countess Natalie du Pres
- Episode #1.9 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
- Episode #1.8 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
- Episode #1.7 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman / Countess Natalie du Pres
- Episode #1.6 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman
- Episode #1.5 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman
- Episode #1.4 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman
- Episode #1.3 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman
- Episode #1.2 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman
- Episode #1.1 (1991) ... Dr. Julia Hoffman
1988 War and Remembrance (TV Mini-Series)...Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party)
- Part I (1988) ... Elsa MacMahon (Singapore Christmas Party)
1983 The Winds of War (TV Mini-Series)...Mrs. Stoller
- Cataclysm (1983) ... Mrs. Stoller
1979 The Silent Scream...Victoria Engels
1978 The Key Is in the Door...Cathy
1978 Piranha...Dr. Mengers
1978 Pretty Baby...Josephine
1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden...Idat (scenes deleted)
1976 Fellini's Casanova...Venetian alchemist (scenes deleted)
1975 The Space-Watch Murders (TV Movie)
1975 Shivers...Betts
1974 Caged Heat...Supt. McQueen
1972 Night Gallery (TV Series)...The Widow Craighill (segment "The Sins of the Fathers")
- The Sins of the Fathers/You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore (1972) ... The Widow Craighill (segment "The Sins of the Fathers")
1970 Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere!...Danielle (as Barbara Steel)
1969 Honeymoon with a Stranger (TV Movie)...Carla
1968 Handicap (Short)
1968 La amante estelar (Short)
1968 The Crimson Cult...Lavinia Morley
1966 I Spy (TV Series)...Giana
- Bridge of Spies (1966) ... Giana
1966 An Angel for Satan...Harriet Montebruno / Belinda
1966 She Beast...Veronica
1966 For Love and Gold...Teodora
1966 Young Törless...Bozena
1965 The Doctor and the Devil
1965 Secret Agent (TV Series)...Cleo
- The Man on the Beach (1965) ... Cleo
1965 I soldi
1965 Once Upon a Tractor (Short)...Lady Clerk
1965 Nightmare Castle...Muriel Arrowsmith / Jenny Arrowsmith (as Barbara Steel)
1965 Terror-Creatures from the Grave...Cleo Hauff
1965 The Long Hair of Death...Helen Karnstein / Mary Karnstein
1964 Amore facile...Contessa Bardi-Stucchi (segment "Divorzio italo-americano")
1964 The Monocle...Valérie
1964 Tre per una rapina...Barbara Sims / Germany: Anna
1964 Castle of Blood...Elisabeth Blackwood
1964 White Voices...Guilia
1964 Les baisers...Thelma (episode 3 "Baiser du soir")
1964 I maniaci...Barbara (segment "l'hobby") / Brugnoli's Wife (segment "la cambiale")
1963 Un tentativo sentimentale...Silvia
1963 The Ghost...Margaret Hichcock
1963 The Hours of Love...Leila
1963 8 1/2...Gloria Morin
1962 Il capitano di ferro...Floriana
1962 The Horrible Dr. Hichcock...Cinzia Hichcock
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)...Phyllis
- Beta Delta Gamma (1961) ... Phyllis
1961 Pit and the Pendulum...Elizabeth Barnard Medina
1960 Flaming Star...Roslyn Pierce (scenes deleted)
1960 Adventures in Paradise (TV Series)...Dolores
- Daughter of Illusion (1960) ... Dolores
1960 Black Sunday...Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda (as Barbara Steel)
1960 Your Money or Your Wife...Juliet
1959 Upstairs and Downstairs...Mary
1959 The Heart of a Man...Girl (scenes deleted)
1959 Sapphire...Student (uncredited)
1959 The 39 Steps...Extra (uncredited)
1958 Bachelor of Hearts...Fiona
1958 Houseboat...Minor Role (uncredited)
1958 Dial 999 (TV Series)...Toni Miller
- Missing Persons (1958) ... Toni Miller
To see Then & Now pictures of Barbara Steele, visit: Celebrity Nooz
--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Kate Nelligan - ALIVE
Born: 03/16/1950
Pam Grier - ALIVE
Born: 05/26/1949
Jeanette MacDonald - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 06/18/1903 Died: 01/14/1965
WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
10/9
Satnarine Sharma, 76, Trinidadian judge, Chief Justice (2002-2008).
Jan Szyszko, 75, Polish forester, Minister of Environment (1997-1999; 2005-2007; 2015-2018).
10/8
Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro, 95, Spanish scuba diver.
Carlos Celdran, 46, Filipino artist, heart attack.
Molly Duncan, 74, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band), cancer.
Georgette Elgey, 90, French journalist and historian.
Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, 95, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (1986-2004), complications from pneumonia.
Roland Janson [sv], 80, Swedish actor (Sällskapsresan, Rederiet).
Ryan Nicholson, 47, Canadian film director (Gutterballs) and visual effects artist (The Predator, Blade: Trinity), cancer.
Talaat Zakaria, 58, Egyptian actor (Call Mama, Aabu Ali, Sayed the Romantic).
10/7
Ovide Alakannuark, 80, Canadian politician, MLA (1999-2004).
Harvey Benge, 75, New Zealand photographer.
Warren William Eginton, 95, American judge (District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1979-1992).
Barry Jackson, 82, English rugby union player (Broughton Park, Lancashire, national team).
Janusz Kondratiuk [pl], 76, Polish film director.
Neale Lavis, 89, Australian equestrian, Olympic champion (1960).
Tony Mulhearn, 80, British political campaigner, lung disease.
Ulick O'Connor, 90, Irish writer.
Pepe Oneto, 77, Spanish journalist (Cambio 16) and writer.
Eugène Saccomano, 83, French journalist.
Wilson Sutherland, 84, British mathematician.
Ella Vogelaar, 69, Dutch politician and trade union leader, Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration (2007-2008), suicide.
10/6
Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Al Zamil, 77, Saudi Arabian businessman, Chairman of Saudi International Petrochemical Company (since 2004).
Ginger Baker, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer (Cream, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force), subject of Beware of Mr. Baker.
Eugeniy Bushmin [ru], 61, Russian politician.
Ciaran Carson, 70, Northern Irish poet.
Vlasta Chramostová, 92, Czech actress (The Trap, The Cassandra Cat, The Cremator).
Seán Clohessy, 87, Irish hurler (Tullaroan, Kilkenny).
Ezequiel Esperón, 23, Argentine footballer (Grêmio, Atlante), fall.
Leroy Fuller, 90, Canadian restaurateur (Earl's, JOEY).
Joseph Gourmelon [fr], 81, French politician, Deputy (1981-1993).
Florian Janny [de], 24, Austrian ice hockey player (Black Wings Linz, Kitzbühel), shot.
Larry Junstrom, 70, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special).
Masaichi Kaneda, 86, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Kokutetsu Swallows, Yomiuri Giants) and manager (Lotte Orions), sepsis.
Marina Kuklina [uk], 33, Ukrainian actress.
Martin Lauer, 82, German athlete, Olympic champion (1960).
Eddie Lumsden, 83, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons, Manly Sea Eagles, national team).
John Mbiti, 87, Kenyan-born Swiss scholar.
Samvel Mnatsyan, 29, Russian ice hockey player (Barys Astana, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Admiral Vladivostok), cancer.
Bernard Muna, 79, Cameroonian politician, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1997-2001), heart disease.
Karen Pendleton, 73, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), heart attack.
David Petel, 98, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1959-1969).
Richard Pfeiffer, 70, American LGBT advocate, director of Chicago Gay Pride Parade (since 1974), cancer.
José Sámano [es], 76, Spanish stage and film producer (Retrato de Familia, Ogro, Esquilache).
Rip Taylor, 88, American actor (The $1.98 Beauty Show, Chatterbox, Down to Earth) and comedian.
10/5
Andy Etchebarren, 76, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers).
Amalia Fuentes, 79, Filipino actress (Rodora, My Only Love, Kahit Isang Saglit).
Marcello Giordani, 56, Italian operatic tenor, heart attack.
Tony Hoar, 87, British cyclist, cancer.
Henry Keizer, 58, Dutch businessman and politician, Chairman of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (2014-2017).
Blaine Lindgren, 80, American sprinter, Olympic silver medallist (1964).
Roger Mayorga, 73, Nicaraguan footballer (Motagua, national team), heart attack.
Sally Soames, 82, English photographer.
Philippe Vandevelde, 62, Belgian comics writer (Le Petit Spirou, Soda, Spirou et Fantasio).
10/4
Ed Ackerson, 54, American singer-songwriter, musician (Polara, Antenna) and record producer, cancer.
Glen Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae musician and record producer.
Diahann Carroll, 84, American actress (Julia, Dynasty, Claudine), Tony winner (1962), cancer.
Bryce Gaudry, 76, Australian politician, MLA (1991-2007), pancreatic cancer.
Tony Mabesa, 84, Filipino actor (Heatseeker, Small Voices, She's the One).
Satya Priya Mahathero, 89, Bangladeshi Buddhist monk and social worker.
Bill McKnight, 79, Canadian politician, MP (1979-1993).
Bob Tufts, 63, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants), multiple myeloma.
Zhang Guobao, 74, Chinese politician, Director of the National Energy Administration (2007-2011).
Zhang Siying, 94, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
10/3
Márta Balogh, 76, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965).
John Buchanan, 88, Canadian politician, MLA (1967-1990) and Premier of Nova Scotia (1978-1990).
Rami Danon [he], 76, Israeli actor (Beyond the Walls, The Smile of the Lamb, Live and Become), writer and director.
Lewis Dauber, 70, American actor, liver cancer.
Diogo Freitas do Amaral, 78, Portuguese politician, Acting Prime Minister (1980-1981), Minister of National Defence (1981-1983) and Foreign Affairs (1980-1981 and 2005-2006).
Philip Gips, 88, American graphic designer and film poster artist (Alien, Rosemary's Baby, Downhill Racer).
Coluthur Gopalan, 100, Indian nutritionist.
Hu Yamei, 96, Chinese physician and leukemia researcher, President of Beijing Children's Hospital (1982-1989).
Stephen J. Lukasik, 88, American physicist, respiratory failure.
Hussein Adel Madani, Iraqi cartoonist and political activist, shot.
Ignacio Noguer Carmona, 88, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadix (1976-1990) and Huelva (1993-2006).
Roger Taillibert, 93, French architect (Parc des Princes, Olympic Stadium Montreal), complications from a fall.
Alberto Testa, 96, Italian dancer and choreographer.
10/2
Bill Bidwill, 88, American football team owner (Arizona Cardinals).
Custom Made, 34, American eventing horse, Olympic gold medallist (2000).
Tiny Hill, 92, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, Counties, national team) and selector.
Giya Kancheli, 84, Georgian composer (Unusual Exhibition, Don't Grieve, Mimino).
Jafar Kashani, 74, Iranian footballer (Shahin, Persepolis, national team), heart attack.
John Kirby, 79, American attorney, namesake of Kirby, myelodysplastic syndrome.
Paul LeBlanc, 73, Canadian makeup artist (Amadeus, No Country for Old Men, Big Fish), Oscar winner (1985).
Barrie Masters, 63, English singer (Eddie and the Hot Rods).
Beth Palmer, 67, American bridge player.
Isaac Promise, 31, Nigerian footballer (Gençlerbirligi, Antalyaspor, national team), Olympic silver medallist (2008), heart failure.
Jan Seelen, 80, Dutch footballer (VVV-Venlo, Ajax, Vitesse).
Hanno Selg, 87, Estonian modern pentathlete, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
Kim Shattuck, 56, American singer, songwriter and musician (The Muffs, The Pandoras, Pixies), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Morten Stützer, 57, Danish guitarist (Artillery).
Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, 87, Indian nephrologist.
Matthew Wong, 35, Canadian painter, suicide.
Alan Zaslove, 91, American animation director and producer (Darkwing Duck, Aladdin, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers).
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