Barbara Shelley, Hammer Horror and ‘Doctor Who’ actress, dead at 88

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COVID-19 in hospital, though “it wasn’t the COVID that took her”.Shelley, who was hailed as the ‘technicolour queen of Hammer’ and remembered as an early horror icon, starred in a number of Hammer Horror films across the 1950s and 60s including Dracula and The Gorgon.Announcing the news, Bowington said: “She really was Hammer’s number one leading lady and the technicolour queen of Hammer. On screen she could be quietly evil.

Barbara Shelley, best known for her numerous appearances in Hammer Horror titles across the 1950s and 1960s, has died. She was 88.

Also Read: Larry King Moved Out of ICU Following COVID-19 Hospitalization (Report)She also starred alongside Christopher Lee in the 1966 movie “Dracula: Prince of Darkness,” directed by Terence Fisher. With that role, Shelley helped launch Hammer Horror’s productions into the pop culture lexicon and came to be known as the “Queen of Hammer.”In 1984, Shelley joined the 21st season of BBC’s intergalactic sci-fi series “Dr.

Barbara Shelley, a renowned British horror movie actress and Doctor Who star, has died at the age of 88 after contracting coronavirus.

Dracula: Prince of Darkness and Village of the Damned, has died at the age of 88. According to reports, she had contracted COVID-19 while in hospital, but it was not the cause of death.

BARBARA Shelley, the actress hailed as the "Queen of Hammer," has died at the age of 88. The actress was the star of 1950s and 1960s Hammer Horror films including The Gorgon, Dracula: Prince Of Darkness, and Rasputin: The Mad Monk.