Barbara Stanwyck

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

Dynasty

Charlie's Angels

Wagon Train

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Big Valley

All Movies (118)

• Citizen Jane Fonda2020
• Warner at War2008 · as (archive footage)
• Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood2008 · as Various Roles (archive footage)
• Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bad Girls Behind Bars2005 · as Nan Taylor (archive footage)
• Complicated Women2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller2002 · as Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
• Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Casting Couch1995
• Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989 · as Self
• Hollywood Uncensored1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend1986 · as archive footage
• Showbiz Goes to War1982 · as (archive footage)
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982 · as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
• This Is Elvis1981
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Letters1973 · as Geraldine Parkington
• The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor1973 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Taste of Evil1971 · as Miriam Jennings
• The House That Would Not Die1970 · as Ruth Bennett
• The Night Walker1964 · as Irene Trent
• Roustabout1964 · as Maggie Morgan
• Calhoun1964 · as Abby Rayner
• Walk on the Wild Side1962 · as Jo Courtney
• Dragon by the Tail1961 · as Self - Host/Josephine Little
• Forty Guns1957 · as Jessica Drummond
• Trooper Hook1957 · as Cora Sutliff
• Crime of Passion1956 · as Kathy Ferguson
• These Wilder Years1956 · as Ann Dempster
• The Maverick Queen1956 · as Kit Banion
• There's Always Tomorrow1956 · as Norma Miller Vale
• Escape to Burma1955 · as Gwen Moore
• The Violent Men1955 · as Martha Wilkison
• Cattle Queen of Montana1954 · as Sierra Nevada Jones
• Executive Suite1954 · as Julia O. Tredway
• Witness to Murder1954 · as Cheryl Draper
• Blowing Wild1953 · as Marina Conway
• The Moonlighter1953 · as Rela
• All I Desire1953 · as Naomi Murdoch
• Titanic1953 · as Julia Sturges
• Jeopardy1953 · as Helen Stilwin
• Clash by Night1952 · as Mae Doyle D'Amato
• The Man with a Cloak1951 · as Lorna Bounty
• To Please a Lady1950 · as Regina Forbes
• The Furies1950 · as Vance Jeffords
• No Man of Her Own1950 · as Helen Ferguson
• East Side, West Side1949 · as Jessie Bourne
• The File on Thelma Jordon1949 · as Thelma Jordon
• The Lady Gambles1949 · as Joan Phillips Boothe
• Sorry, Wrong Number1948 · as Leona Cotterell Stevenson
• B.F.'s Daughter1948 · as Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
• Performers Arrive in Hampshire1947 · as Self
• Variety Girl1947 · as Barbara Stanwyck
• Cry Wolf1947 · as Sandra Marshall
• The Other Love1947 · as Karen Duncan
• The Two Mrs. Carrolls1947 · as Sally Morton Carroll
• California1947 · as Lily Bishop
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers1946 · as Martha Ivers
• The Bride Wore Boots1946 · as Sally Warren
• My Reputation1946 · as Jessica Drummond
• Hollywood Victory Caravan1945 · as Barbara Stanwyck
• Christmas in Connecticut1945 · as Elizabeth Lane
• Breakdowns of 19441944 · as Self
• Hollywood Canteen1944 · as Self
• Double Indemnity1944 · as Phyllis Dietrichson
• Flesh and Fantasy1943 · as Joan Stanley (segment 3)
• Lady of Burlesque1943 · as Dixie Daisy
• Breakdowns of 19421942 · as Self
• The Gay Sisters1942 · as Fiona Gaylord
• Ball of Fire1941 · as Sugarpuss O’Shea
• The Great Man's Lady1941 · as Hannah Sempler Hoyt
• You Belong to Me1941 · as Helen Hunt
• Meet John Doe1941 · as Ann Mitchell
• The Lady Eve1941 · as Jean Harrington
• Remember the Night1940 · as Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone
• Golden Boy1939 · as Lorna Moon
• Union Pacific1939 · as Mollie Monahan
• The Mad Miss Manton1938 · as Melsa Manton
• Hollywood Goes to Town1938 · as Self
• Always Goodbye1938 · as Margot Weston
• Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 61938 · as Self
• Breakfast for Two1937 · as Valentine Ransome
• Stella Dallas1937 · as Stella Dallas
• This Is My Affair1937 · as Lil Duryea
• Internes Can't Take Money1937 · as Janet Haley
• The Plough and the Stars1936 · as Nora Clitheroe
• Banjo on My Knee1936 · as Pearl Elliott Holley
• His Brother's Wife1936 · as Rita Wilson Claybourne
• The Bride Walks Out1936 · as Carolyn Martin
• A Message to Garcia1936 · as Raphaelita Maderos
• Things You Never See on the Screen1935 · as Self
• Annie Oakley1935 · as Annie Oakley
• Red Salute1935 · as Drue Van Allen
• The Woman in Red1935 · as Shelby Barret Wyatt
• The Secret Bride1934 · as Ruth Vincent
• A Lost Lady1934 · as Marian Ormsby Forrester
• Gambling Lady1934 · as Jennifer Lady Lee
• Ever in My Heart1933 · as Mary Archer Wilbrandt
• Baby Face1933 · as Lily Powers
• Ladies They Talk About1933 · as Nan Taylor
• The Bitter Tea of General Yen1932 · as Megan Davis
• The Purchase Price1932 · as Joan Gordon Gilson
• Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)1932 · as Herself
• So Big!1932 · as Selina Peake De Jong
• Shopworn1932 · as Kitty Lane
• Forbidden1932 · as Lulu Smith
• The Miracle Woman1931 · as Florence Fallon
• Night Nurse1931 · as Lora Hart
• Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)1931 · as Self
• Round About Hollywood1931 · as Self
• The Stolen Jools1931 · as Mrs. Frank Fay
• Illicit1931 · as Anne Vincent
• Ten Cents a Dance1931 · as Barbara O'Neill
• Ladies of Leisure1930 · as Kay Arnold
• Mexicali Rose1929 · as Mexicali Rose
• The Locked Door1929 · as Ann Carter
• Broadway Nights1927 · as Showgirl (uncredited)

All TV Shows (47)

• The Colbys1985 · as Constance Colby
• The Thorn Birds1983 · as Mary Carson
• Dynasty1981 · as Constance Colby
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Toni Blake
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• The Big Valley1965 · as Victoria Barkley
• The Dick Powell Show1961 · as Irene Phillips
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Stella King
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Elizabeth Mowry
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Josephine Little
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Liz Randall
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Ella Cahill
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Dr. Susan Bryce
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Marian Andres
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Maggie Wenley
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Janet Jones
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Harriet Melvane
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Paula Manning
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Trixie Callahan
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Rachel Harrison
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Avis Fleming
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Fran Elick
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Madge Terry
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Amanda Prescott
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Hazel Wexley
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Fanny Evans
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Nellie Bly
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Louise Forest
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Maggie McClay
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Chris Mathews
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Syd Charing
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Margot LaChelle
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Amelia Lambert
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Alicia
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Cara Lester
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Sister Thomas Aquinas
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Carolyn Callendar
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Self - Host
• Rawhide1959 · as Nora Holloway
• Wagon Train1957 · as Caroline Casteel
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Belle Garrison
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Julie Holman
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Regan Moore
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Leona Butler
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Self - Guest Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Lili Parrish