From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 ...

During the heyday of Hammer, the Berkshire-based film production company that transformed the horror genre, there were few surer signs of a film’s integrity than Barbara Shelley’s name in the credits.

Barbara Shelley, who has died aged 88 after contracting coronavirus in hospital, was hailed the “Queen of Hammer”, who put the “vamp” into vampire during the golden age of the film studio famous for ...