Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley in Dracula, Prince of Darkness

Barbara Shelley (1932 - 2021)

Film Deaths

• Cat Girl (The Cat-Woman) (1957) [Leonora Brandt a.k.a. Mrs. Richard Johnson]: Reportedly run over by a car while in her panther form; her body is shown afterwards lying partially under the car, after resuming her human-form in death. (I haven't seen this movie, myself) (Thanks to Ezeckial)

• The Gorgon (1964) [Carla Hoffman]: Decapitated by Christopher Lee while in her monstrous Gorgon form (played by Prudence Hyman), her head then changes back into it's normal human form. (Thanks to Garrett)

• Dracula, Prince of Darkness (The Bloody Scream of Dracula; Disciple of Dracula; Revenge of Dracula) (1966) [Helen Kent]: Bitten on the throat and drained of blood by Christopher Lee; we only see Christopher covering her with his cape as he corners her. She later returns to life as a vampire and dies once again when Andrew Keir drives a wooden stake through her heart. (Thanks to Garrett)

• Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) [Sonia]: Commits suicide by slitting her wrist while under the hypnotic influence of Christopher Lee. (Thanks to Garrett)

TV Deaths

• Blake's 7: Stardrive (1981) [Dr. Plaxton]: Reportedly killed by a power surge when she activates the Stardrive. (Paul Darrow had arranged for the stardrive to activate as soon as she made the final connection, reasoning that she couldn't have gotten to safety anyway) (Thanks to Garrett)

Gallery

Barbara Shelley in Cat Girl

Barbara Shelley in Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Barbara Shelley in Blake's 7: Stardrive

The Gorgon's severed head (prop) in The Gorgon