
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)

Wagon Train
1957
as Caroline Casteel

Dynasty
1981
as Constance Colby

Charlie's Angels
1976
as Toni Blake

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Belle Garrison / Regan Moore / Julie Holman / Leona Butler

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 Elizabeth Mowry / Marian Andres / Maggie Wenley / Dr. Susan Bryce / Stella King / Liz Randall / Ella Cahill / Josephine Little / Harriet Melvane / Amanda Prescott / Fanny Evans / Rachel Harrison / Hazel Wexley / Fran Elick / Maggie McClay / Avis Fleming / Nellie Bly / Paula Manning / Alicia / Amelia Lambert / Louise Forest / Sister Thomas Aquinas / Syd Charing / Chris Mathews / Trixie Callahan / Carolyn Callendar / Cara Lester / Margot LaChelle / Janet Jones / Madge Terry / Self - Host

The Thorn Birds
1983
as Mary Carson

The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Irene Phillips

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)

Double Indemnity
1944
as Phyllis Dietrichson

Titanic
1953
as Julia Sturges

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)

The Purchase Price
1932
as Joan Gordon Gilson

Executive Suite
1954
as Julia O. Tredway

A Lost Lady
1934
as Marian Ormsby Forrester

Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)

The Lady Eve
1941
as Jean Harrington

Annie Oakley
1935
as Annie Oakley

The Furies
1950
as Vance Jeffords

Baby Face
1933
as Lily Powers

Forty Guns
1957
as Jessica Drummond

Meet John Doe
1941
as Ann Mitchell
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self

California
1947
as Lily Bishop

Roustabout
1964
as Maggie Morgan

Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Leona Cotterell Stevenson

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Uncensored
1987
as Self (archive footage)

Variety Girl
1947
as Barbara Stanwyck

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Martha Ivers

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)

Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Elizabeth Lane

Ball of Fire
1941
as Sugarpuss O’Shea

The Secret Bride
1934
as Ruth Vincent

Crime of Passion
1956
as Kathy Ferguson

Clash by Night
1952
as Mae Doyle D'Amato

Walk on the Wild Side
1962
as Jo Courtney

The Letters
1973
as Geraldine Parkington

Trooper Hook
1957
as Cora Sutliff

Union Pacific
1939
as Mollie Monahan

Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self

Jeopardy
1953
as Helen Stilwin

The Violent Men
1955
as Martha Wilkison

The Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Melsa Manton

Red Salute
1935
as Drue Van Allen

Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self

Golden Boy
1939
as Lorna Moon

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)

The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947
as Sally Morton Carroll

Cry Wolf
1947
as Sandra Marshall

My Reputation
1946
as Jessica Drummond

Lady of Burlesque
1943
as Dixie Daisy

A Taste of Evil
1971
as Miriam Jennings

The Lady Gambles
1949
as Joan Phillips Boothe

Stella Dallas
1937
as Stella Dallas

There's Always Tomorrow
1956
as Norma Miller Vale

Warner at War
2008
as (archive footage)

Remember the Night
1940
as Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone

Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
as Sierra Nevada Jones

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
as Megan Davis

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Jessica Drummond (archive footage)

Shopworn
1932
as Kitty Lane

Night Nurse
1931
as Lora Hart

Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Joan Stanley (segment 3)

The Casting Couch
1995

Blowing Wild
1953
as Marina Conway

The Miracle Woman
1931
as Florence Fallon

Forbidden
1932
as Lulu Smith

Dragon by the Tail
1961
as Self - Host/Josephine Little

So Big!
1932
as Selina Peake De Jong

This Is Elvis
1981

Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)

Ladies They Talk About
1933
as Nan Taylor

The Night Walker
1964
as Irene Trent

You Belong to Me
1941
as Helen Hunt

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)

All I Desire
1953
as Naomi Murdoch

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)

These Wilder Years
1956
as Ann Dempster

Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self

This Is My Affair
1937
as Lil Duryea

Ladies of Leisure
1930
as Kay Arnold

Breakfast for Two
1937
as Valentine Ransome

The Maverick Queen
1956
as Kit Banion

The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Lorna Bounty

The Other Love
1947
as Karen Duncan

The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Hannah Sempler Hoyt

Breakdowns of 1944
1944
as Self

The Moonlighter
1953
as Rela

Escape to Burma
1955
as Gwen Moore

The Bride Walks Out
1936
as Carolyn Martin

Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self

Witness to Murder
1954
as Cheryl Draper

The Gay Sisters
1942
as Fiona Gaylord

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
as archive footage

Banjo on My Knee
1936
as Pearl Elliott Holley

No Man of Her Own
1950
as Helen Ferguson

Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945
as Barbara Stanwyck

Illicit
1931
as Anne Vincent

The Plough and the Stars
1936
as Nora Clitheroe

B.F.'s Daughter
1948
as Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett

Gambling Lady
1934
as Jennifer Lady Lee

The Stolen Jools
1931
as Mrs. Frank Fay

The House That Would Not Die
1970
as Ruth Bennett

East Side, West Side
1949
as Jessie Bourne

Ten Cents a Dance
1931
as Barbara O'Neill

Round About Hollywood
1931
as Self

The Woman in Red
1935
as Shelby Barret Wyatt

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)

The Locked Door
1929
as Ann Carter

The Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Sally Warren

The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
as Thelma Jordon

Citizen Jane Fonda
2020

Calhoun
1964
as Abby Rayner

Always Goodbye
1938
as Margot Weston

Internes Can't Take Money
1937
as Janet Haley

His Brother's Wife
1936
as Rita Wilson Claybourne

To Please a Lady
1950
as Regina Forbes

Ever in My Heart
1933
as Mary Archer Wilbrandt

A Message to Garcia
1936
as Raphaelita Maderos

Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
as Nan Taylor (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
as Self

Mexicali Rose
1929
as Mexicali Rose

Broadway Nights
1927
as Showgirl (uncredited)

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1938
as Self

Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947
as Self

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932
as Herself
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
- Double Indemnity (1944) — as Phyllis Dietrichson
- Titanic (1953) — as Julia Sturges
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
- The Purchase Price (1932) — as Joan Gordon Gilson
- Executive Suite (1954) — as Julia O. Tredway
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