Barbara Shelley, best known for her numerous appearances in Hammer Horror titles across the 1950s and 1960s, has died. She was 88.
The actress died from underlying conditions on Monday after contracting COVID-19, her agent revealed. Shelley starred in some of the best known horror titles from Brit production house Hammer, including The Gorgon, Dracula: Prince Of Darkness, Rasputin: The Mad Monk and Quatermass And The Pit, appearing alongside other icons of the genre such as Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
Her regular appearance as the glamorous gothic leading lady in these films helped earn her the nickname the 'Queen of Hammer'. "Hammer was like a family, a very talented family...
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