Barbara Stanwyck

Born: 1907-07-16 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1990-01-20

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2008

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Various Roles (archive footage)
Warner at War as (archive footage)

2007

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema as Self (archive footage)

2005

Bad Girls Behind Bars as Nan Taylor (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)

1987

Hollywood Uncensored as Self (archive footage)

1985

The Colbys as Constance Colby

1983

The Thorn Birds as Mary Carson

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)

1981

Dynasty as Constance Colby
This Is Elvis

1977

The House That Would Not Die as Ruth Bennett

1976

Charlie's Angels as Toni Blake

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Self (archive footage)
The Letters as Geraldine Parkington

1971

A Taste of Evil as Miriam Jennings

1965

The Big Valley as Victoria Barkley

1964

Calhoun as Abby Rayner
Roustabout as Maggie Morgan
The Night Walker as Irene Trent

1962

Walk on the Wild Side as Jo Courtney

1961

The Dick Powell Show as Irene Phillips
Dragon by the Tail as Self - Host/Josephine Little

1960

The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Ella Cahill

1959

Rawhide as Nora Holloway

1957

Wagon Train as Caroline Casteel
Trooper Hook as Cora Sutliff
Forty Guns as Jessica Drummond

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Julie Holman
Crime of Passion as Kathy Ferguson
These Wilder Years as Ann Dempster
There's Always Tomorrow as Norma Miller Vale
The Maverick Queen as Kit Banion

1955

Escape to Burma as Gwen Moore
The Violent Men as Martha Wilkison

1954

Executive Suite as Julia O. Tredway
Cattle Queen of Montana as Sierra Nevada Jones
Witness to Murder as Cheryl Draper

1953

The Oscars as Self
Titanic as Julia Sturges
Jeopardy as Helen Stilwin
The Moonlighter as Rela
Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host
All I Desire as Naomi Murdoch
General Electric Theater as Lili Parrish
Blowing Wild as Marina Conway

1952

Clash by Night as Mae Doyle D'Amato

1951

The Man with a Cloak as Lorna Bounty

1950

The Furies as Vance Jeffords
No Man of Her Own as Helen Ferguson
To Please a Lady as Regina Forbes

1949

The File on Thelma Jordon as Thelma Jordon
East Side, West Side as Jessie Bourne
The Lady Gambles as Joan Phillips Boothe

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number as Leona Cotterell Stevenson
B.F.'s Daughter as Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett

1947

Cry Wolf as Sandra Marshall
California as Lily Bishop
The Other Love as Karen Duncan
The Two Mrs. Carrolls as Sally Morton Carroll
Variety Girl as Barbara Stanwyck
Performers arrive in Hampshire as Self

1946

My Reputation as Jessica Drummond
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Martha Ivers
The Bride Wore Boots as Sally Warren

1945

Christmas in Connecticut as Elizabeth Lane
Hollywood Victory Caravan as Barbara Stanwyck

1944

Hollywood Canteen as Self
Double Indemnity as Phyllis Dietrichson
Breakdowns of 1944 as Self

1943

Flesh and Fantasy as Joan Stanley (segment 3)
Lady of Burlesque as Dixie Daisy

1942

Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
The Gay Sisters as Fiona Gaylord

1941

Ball of Fire as Sugarpuss O’Shea
Meet John Doe as Ann Mitchell
The Great Man's Lady as Hannah Sempler Hoyt
You Belong to Me as Helen Hunt
The Lady Eve as Jean Harrington

1940

Remember the Night as Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone

1939

Golden Boy as Lorna Moon
Union Pacific as Mollie Monahan

1938

Always Goodbye as Margot Weston
The Mad Miss Manton as Melsa Manton
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 as Self
Hollywood Goes to Town as Self

1937

Stella Dallas as Stella Dallas
Breakfast for Two as Valentine Ransome
This Is My Affair as Lil Duryea
Internes Can't Take Money as Janet Haley

1936

The Plough and the Stars as Nora Clitheroe
Banjo on My Knee as Pearl Elliott Holley
A Message to Garcia as Raphaelita Maderos
His Brother's Wife as Rita Wilson Claybourne
The Bride Walks Out as Carolyn Martin

1935

Annie Oakley as Annie Oakley
Red Salute as Drue Van Allen
The Woman in Red as Shelby Barret Wyatt
Things You Never See on the Screen as Self

1934

A Lost Lady as Marian Ormsby Forrester
The Secret Bride as Ruth Vincent
Gambling Lady as Jennifer Lady Lee

1933

Baby Face as Lily Powers
Ladies They Talk About as Nan Taylor
Ever in My Heart as Mary Archer Wilbrandt

1932

So Big! as Selina Peake De Jong
The Bitter Tea of General Yen as Megan Davis
The Purchase Price as Joan Gordon Gilson
Forbidden as Lulu Smith
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) as Herself
Shopworn as Kitty Lane

1931

Illicit as Anne Vincent
Night Nurse as Lora Hart
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) as Self
The Stolen Jools as Mrs. Frank Fay
Ten Cents a Dance as Barbara O'Neill
The Miracle Woman as Florence Fallon
Round About Hollywood as Self

1930

Ladies of Leisure as Kay Arnold

1929

Mexicali Rose as Mexicali Rose
The Locked Door as Ann Carter