I'm best known as THE FEMALE CENOBITE in the classic cult horror movie 'HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II' by Clive Barker. I've performed in cabaret in Bangkok; appeared in the Bollywood blockbuster, 'JANBAZZ' (being the first classically trained robotic mime artist to perform in a Bollywood movie) and was a vicious mugger in 'DEATH WISH III'. I've also robotically mimed with British TV legends Morecambe & Wise and the famous TV hand puppet 'Sooty'.
In the early 1980's, I danced professionally at the top nightclubs of New York City, London, and Amsterdam with the mime/dance/music group, SHOCK, which spawned the duo, Tik and Tok. SHOCK supported such artists as Gary Numan, Ultravox and Adam & the Ants and released two singles on RCA Records: 'Angel Face' and 'Dynamo Beat'.
While working as a television presenter, I wrote the scripts for all of the programs that I appeared in, which include: 'The American Hot 100' (Skytrax TV); 'The Morning Show' and 'Supersonic' (Music Box TV); 'The Small Screen', a film review program for London Weekend Television; 'Hold Tight' a music show for Granada Television as well as a live music program, 'The Gig', for London Weekend Television. I also presented the movie history program, 'Sprockets' which is still sporadically shown on various free-to-view channels (such as The Horror Movie Channel) on Sky Television UK.
Over the years, I've interviewed such pop personalties as Cliff Richard, Iggy Pop, The Sisters of Mercy, Pepsi & Shirley, Roger Taylor of Queen, John Lydon (the Sex Pistol's Johnny Rotten), The B52's, Lisa Stansfield and Black as well as actors Nicholas Cage and Hugh Grant.
I've also worked as a film critic for the prestigious Film Review Annual; as an assistant casting director for the BBC production of 'The Buddha of Suburbia'; and as a casting director for numerous commercials for British television as well as for MTV's London production of 'The Real World'.
As a song writer, I've worked with Tim Dry (Tik from Tik and Tok) and Richard James Burgess & John Walters (Landscape).
I've finished my first crime novel, 'The Venus Complex', and I'm now working on my second book.
(Screenshot from Barbie's 'Phantom Lady' video reprinted through kind permission of the director, David Rose. Main Photograph by Tim Dry.)
I'll be appearing at the Rock and Shock (Worchester, Mass) & Screamfest (Orlando) Horror Conventions in October 2008.
Watch the video pitch for Barbie's book 'The Venus Complex' on the Meet the Author Web Site:
BARBIE'S OFFICIAL WEB SITE:
Barbie's Other Myspace Web Sites: REAL FEMALE CENOBITE
. . . and BARBIE WILDE MUSIC
Music video of 'Phantom Lady' (directed by David Rose):
More Wilde and Shock videos are available at Youtube:
