Barbara Stanwyck
Known for Acting · 132 credits
- Born
- 1907-07-16
- Died
- 1990-01-20
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Ruby Catherine Stevens
Biography
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress. A film and television star, she was known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence and was a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra. After a short stint as a stage actress, she made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning to television. Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award four times, and won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. She was the recipient of honorary lifetime awards from the Motion Picture Academy, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Golden Globes, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Screen Actors Guild, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is ranked as the eleventh greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
Known For
TV Shows (14)
Dynasty
1981
as Constance Colby
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Toni Blake
Wagon Train
1957
as Caroline Casteel
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Julie Holman / Leona Butler / Regan Moore / Belle Garrison
Rawhide
1959
as Nora Holloway
The Big Valley
1965
as Victoria Barkley
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Colbys
1985
as Constance Colby
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Ella Cahill / Josephine Little / Maggie Wenley / Stella King / Liz Randall / Marian Andres / Elizabeth Mowry / Dr. Susan Bryce / Janet Jones / Harriet Melvane / Amanda Prescott / Madge Terry / Fran Elick / Fanny Evans / Avis Fleming / Nellie Bly / Trixie Callahan / Paula Manning / Rachel Harrison / Hazel Wexley / Alicia / Syd Charing / Chris Mathews / Margot LaChelle / Louise Forest / Sister Thomas Aquinas / Maggie McClay / Amelia Lambert / Carolyn Callendar / Cara Lester / Self - Host
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Irene Phillips
The Thorn Birds
1983
as Mary Carson
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Self - Guest Host
General Electric Theater
1953
as Lili Parrish
Movies (118)
Titanic
1953
as Julia Sturges
Double Indemnity
1944
as Phyllis Dietrichson
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Baby Face
1933
as Lily Powers
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Roustabout
1964
as Maggie Morgan
The Lady Eve
1941
as Jean Harrington
Executive Suite
1954
as Julia O. Tredway
Union Pacific
1939
as Mollie Monahan
The Furies
1950
as Vance Jeffords
Meet John Doe
1941
as Ann Mitchell
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Leona Cotterell Stevenson
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Elizabeth Lane
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Martha Ivers
Ball of Fire
1941
as Sugarpuss O’Shea
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Annie Oakley
1935
as Annie Oakley
Clash by Night
1952
as Mae Doyle D'Amato
California
1947
as Lily Bishop
The Violent Men
1955
as Martha Wilkison
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Forty Guns
1957
as Jessica Drummond
Red Salute
1935
as Drue Van Allen
Crime of Passion
1956
as Kathy Ferguson
A Lost Lady
1934
as Marian Ormsby Forrester
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
as Jo Courtney
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Melsa Manton
The Purchase Price
1932
as Joan Gordon Gilson
Trooper Hook
1957
as Cora Sutliff
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947
as Sally Morton Carroll
The Other Love
1947
as Karen Duncan
Stella Dallas
1937
as Stella Dallas
The Secret Bride
1934
as Ruth Vincent
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Joan Stanley (segment 3)
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
Jeopardy
1953
as Helen Stilwin
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Cry Wolf
1947
as Sandra Marshall
The Night Walker
1964
as Irene Trent
Night Nurse
1931
as Lora Hart
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Remember the Night
1940
as Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
as Norma Miller Vale
Variety Girl
1947
as Barbara Stanwyck
My Reputation
1946
as Jessica Drummond
The Lady Gambles
1949
as Joan Phillips Boothe
Golden Boy
1939
as Lorna Moon
Lady of Burlesque
1943
as Dixie Daisy
The Letters
1973
as Geraldine Parkington
Shopworn
1932
as Kitty Lane
You Belong to Me
1941
as Helen Hunt
Forbidden
1932
as Lulu Smith
This Is Elvis
1981
So Big!
1932
as Selina Peake De Jong
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
Ladies They Talk About
1933
as Nan Taylor
Blowing Wild
1953
as Marina Conway
All I Desire
1953
as Naomi Murdoch
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
as archive footage
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
This Is My Affair
1937
as Lil Duryea
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Fiona Gaylord
No Man of Her Own
1950
as Helen Ferguson
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
as Sierra Nevada Jones
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
as Megan Davis
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
as Thelma Jordon
The Plough and the Stars
1936
as Nora Clitheroe
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)
The Miracle Woman
1931
as Florence Fallon
Breakfast for Two
1937
as Valentine Ransome
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945
as Barbara Stanwyck
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
A Taste of Evil
1971
as Miriam Jennings
The Maverick Queen
1956
as Kit Banion
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Lorna Bounty
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Dragon by the Tail
1961
as Self - Host/Josephine Little
These Wilder Years
1956
as Ann Dempster
The Woman in Red
1935
as Shelby Barret Wyatt
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Illicit
1931
as Anne Vincent
The Moonlighter
1953
as Rela
East Side, West Side
1949
as Jessie Bourne
The House That Would Not Die
1970
as Ruth Bennett
Witness to Murder
1954
as Cheryl Draper
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
as Janet Haley
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Mrs. Frank Fay
Gambling Lady
1934
as Jennifer Lady Lee
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Hannah Sempler Hoyt
Ladies of Leisure
1930
as Kay Arnold
Escape to Burma
1955
as Gwen Moore
Always Goodbye
1938
as Margot Weston
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Sally Warren
Breakdowns of 1944
1944
as Self
Warner at War
2008
as (archive footage)
Banjo on My Knee
1936
as Pearl Elliott Holley
Round About Hollywood
1931
as Self
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
B.F.'s Daughter
1948
as Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
The Bride Walks Out
1936
as Carolyn Martin
The Locked Door
1929
as Ann Carter
His Brother's Wife
1936
as Rita Wilson Claybourne
Calhoun
1964
as Abby Rayner
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
as Barbara O'Neill
To Please a Lady
1950
as Regina Forbes
Ever in My Heart
1933
as Mary Archer Wilbrandt
Mexicali Rose
1929
as Mexicali Rose
The Casting Couch
1995
A Message to Garcia
1936
as Raphaelita Maderos
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
as Nan Taylor (archive footage)
Broadway Nights
1927
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1938
as Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
as Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
as Herself
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947
as Self
About Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress. A film and television star, she was known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence and was a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra. After a short stint as a stage actress, she made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning to television. Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award four times, and won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. She was the recipient of… With 132 credits spanning from 1927 to 2020, Barbara Stanwyck has appeared in 118 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Barbara Stanwyck Movies
- Titanic (1953) — as Julia Sturges
- Double Indemnity (1944) — as Phyllis Dietrichson
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
- Baby Face (1933) — as Lily Powers
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989) — as Self
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