Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Acting
Born Jul 16, 1907
From Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died Jan 20, 1990

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

Filmography — Acting

Double Indemnity
8.1
1944

Double Indemnity

Phyllis Dietrichson

The Night Walker
6.6
1964

The Night Walker

Irene Trent

Titanic
6.6
1953

Titanic

Julia Sturges

Baby Face
7.2
1933

Baby Face

Lily Powers

The Lady Eve
7.2
1941

The Lady Eve

Jean Harrington

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
7.1
1946

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Martha Ivers

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.7
1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)

Clash by Night
6.7
1952

Clash by Night

Mae Doyle D'Amato

The Furies
7.1
1950

The Furies

Vance Jeffords

Walk on the Wild Side
6.5
1962

Walk on the Wild Side

Jo Courtney

Union Pacific
6.6
1939

Union Pacific

Mollie Monahan

California
6.8
1947

California

Lily Bishop

Sorry, Wrong Number
6.8
1948

Sorry, Wrong Number

Leona Cotterell Stevenson

Stella Dallas
6.9
1937

Stella Dallas

Stella Dallas

Roustabout
6.0
1964

Roustabout

Maggie Morgan

Golden Boy
6.5
1939

Golden Boy

Lorna Moon

Meet John Doe
7.3
1941

Meet John Doe

Ann Mitchell

Christmas in Connecticut
7.0
1945

Christmas in Connecticut

Elizabeth Lane

Ball of Fire
7.4
1941

Ball of Fire

Sugarpuss O’Shea

Hollywood Canteen
7.3
1944

Hollywood Canteen

Self

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.3
2007

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Self (archive footage)

The Lady Gambles
6.0
1949

The Lady Gambles

Joan Phillips Boothe

The Violent Men
6.4
1955

The Violent Men

Martha Wilkison

Remember the Night
7.3
1940

Remember the Night

Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone

Cry Wolf
5.9
1947

Cry Wolf

Sandra Marshall

Executive Suite
7.0
1954

Executive Suite

Julia O. Tredway

No Man of Her Own
6.9
1950

No Man of Her Own

Helen Ferguson

There's Always Tomorrow
7.2
1956

There's Always Tomorrow

Norma Miller Vale

Crime of Passion
6.1
1956

Crime of Passion

Kathy Ferguson

Variety Girl
6.1
1947

Variety Girl

Barbara Stanwyck

Night Nurse
6.7
1931

Night Nurse

Lora Hart

You Belong to Me
5.9
1941

You Belong to Me

Helen Hunt

This Is Elvis
7.0
1981

This Is Elvis

Forty Guns
6.6
1957

Forty Guns

Jessica Drummond

The Maverick Queen
5.5
1956

The Maverick Queen

Kit Banion

The File on Thelma Jordon
6.5
1949

The File on Thelma Jordon

Thelma Jordon

The Two Mrs. Carrolls
6.4
1947

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

Sally Morton Carroll

Lady of Burlesque
5.3
1943

Lady of Burlesque

Dixie Daisy

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
7.5
1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

archive footage

Showbiz Goes to War
10.0
1982

Showbiz Goes to War

(archive footage)

Ladies of Leisure
6.1
1930

Ladies of Leisure

Kay Arnold

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
7.5
1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Self (archive footage)

Jeopardy
6.6
1953

Jeopardy

Helen Stilwin

The Miracle Woman
6.7
1931

The Miracle Woman

Florence Fallon

The Gay Sisters
6.5
1942

The Gay Sisters

Fiona Gaylord

Cattle Queen of Montana
5.6
1954

Cattle Queen of Montana

Sierra Nevada Jones

My Reputation
7.1
1946

My Reputation

Jessica Drummond

The Stolen Jools
5.6
1931

The Stolen Jools

Mrs. Frank Fay

1989

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Self

The Mad Miss Manton
6.4
1938

The Mad Miss Manton

Melsa Manton

So Big!
5.6
1932

So Big!

Selina Peake De Jong

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
6.2
1932

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Megan Davis

Breakdowns of 1942
6.0
1942

Breakdowns of 1942

Self

Trooper Hook
6.8
1957

Trooper Hook

Cora Sutliff

Calhoun
6.0
1964

Calhoun

Abby Rayner

Gambling Lady
6.2
1934

Gambling Lady

Jennifer Lady Lee

Witness to Murder
6.3
1954

Witness to Murder

Cheryl Draper

The Locked Door
5.9
1929

The Locked Door

Ann Carter

Forbidden
6.5
1932

Forbidden

Lulu Smith

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.1
1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

Breakfast for Two
5.6
1937

Breakfast for Two

Valentine Ransome

A Taste of Evil
5.9
1971

A Taste of Evil

Miriam Jennings

The Great Man's Lady
6.3
1941

The Great Man's Lady

Hannah Sempler Hoyt

Hollywood Goes to Town
7.0
1938

Hollywood Goes to Town

Self

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
5.7
1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Uncensored
5.1
1987

Hollywood Uncensored

Self (archive footage)

Complicated Women
6.7
2003

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

Illicit
5.6
1931

Illicit

Anne Vincent

Flesh and Fantasy
7.0
1943

Flesh and Fantasy

Joan Stanley (segment 3)

East Side, West Side
7.0
1949

East Side, West Side

Jessie Bourne

Blowing Wild
5.9
1953

Blowing Wild

Marina Conway

Warner at War
7.0
2008

Warner at War

(archive footage)

The Letters
6.2
1973

The Letters

Geraldine Parkington

Annie Oakley
6.3
1935

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

The House That Would Not Die
5.7
1970

The House That Would Not Die

Ruth Bennett

The Other Love
6.0
1947

The Other Love

Karen Duncan

A Message to Garcia
4.8
1936

A Message to Garcia

Raphaelita Maderos

The Woman in Red
6.0
1935

The Woman in Red

Shelby Barret Wyatt

Shopworn
6.5
1932

Shopworn

Kitty Lane

The Purchase Price
6.5
1932

The Purchase Price

Joan Gordon Gilson

The Bride Wore Boots
5.9
1946

The Bride Wore Boots

Sally Warren

Ladies They Talk About
6.1
1933

Ladies They Talk About

Nan Taylor

The Man with a Cloak
6.9
1951

The Man with a Cloak

Lorna Bounty

These Wilder Years
6.3
1956

These Wilder Years

Ann Dempster

This Is My Affair
7.3
1937

This Is My Affair

Lil Duryea

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
6.0
1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

Self (archive footage)

Always Goodbye
6.8
1938

Always Goodbye

Margot Weston

All I Desire
6.9
1953

All I Desire

Naomi Murdoch

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
5.8
2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Jessica Drummond (archive footage)

The Bride Walks Out
5.1
1936

The Bride Walks Out

Carolyn Martin

Red Salute
5.6
1935

Red Salute

Drue Van Allen

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1938

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

Self

The Plough and the Stars
5.8
1936

The Plough and the Stars

Nora Clitheroe

Things You Never See on the Screen
5.0
1935

Things You Never See on the Screen

Self

Escape to Burma
5.9
1955

Escape to Burma

Gwen Moore

To Please a Lady
6.3
1950

To Please a Lady

Regina Forbes

Breakdowns of 1944
6.5
1944

Breakdowns of 1944

Self

Internes Can't Take Money
6.3
1937

Internes Can't Take Money

Janet Haley

A Lost Lady
5.6
1934

A Lost Lady

Marian Ormsby Forrester

Round About Hollywood
6.0
1931

Round About Hollywood

Self

The Secret Bride
5.9
1934

The Secret Bride

Ruth Vincent

The Moonlighter
5.7
1953

The Moonlighter

Rela

Ten Cents a Dance
6.7
1931

Ten Cents a Dance

Barbara O'Neill

His Brother's Wife
5.6
1936

His Brother's Wife

Rita Wilson Claybourne

Banjo on My Knee
5.5
1936

Banjo on My Knee

Pearl Elliott Holley

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
6.1
2008

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Various Roles (archive footage)

Hollywood Victory Caravan
5.2
1945

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Barbara Stanwyck

Citizen Jane Fonda
7.8
2020

Citizen Jane Fonda

Mexicali Rose
5.2
1929

Mexicali Rose

Mexicali Rose

Bad Girls Behind Bars
0.5
2005

Bad Girls Behind Bars

Nan Taylor (archive footage)

B.F.'s Daughter
6.3
1948

B.F.'s Daughter

Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
6.0
1931

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

Self

Broadway Nights
6.0
1927

Broadway Nights

Showgirl (uncredited)

Ever in My Heart
5.3
1933

Ever in My Heart

Mary Archer Wilbrandt

Dragon by the Tail
1961

Dragon by the Tail

Self - Host/Josephine Little

Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

Self

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
6.0
1932

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

Herself

The Casting Couch
9.0
1995

The Casting Couch