1907-07-16 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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The Shirley Eder Tapes | Self | 2012-08-26 |
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Warner at War | (archive footage) | 2008-11-11 |
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
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Shadows of Suspense | Self (archive footage) | 2006-08-22 |
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Bad Girls Behind Bars | Nan Taylor (archive footage) | 2005-06-12 |
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Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Jessica Drummond (archive footage) | 2002-07-02 |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self (archive footage) | 1996-03-17 |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | 1989-06-26 |
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Hollywood Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | 1987-12-01 |
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage) | 1986-04-19 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
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This Is Elvis | 1981-04-03 | |
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The House That Would Not Die | Ruth Bennett | 1977-01-01 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
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The Letters | Geraldine Parkington | 1973-03-03 |
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A Taste of Evil | Miriam Jennings | 1971-10-11 |
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Calhoun | Abby Rayner | 1964-07-08 |
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Roustabout | Maggie Morgan | 1964-11-11 |
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The Night Walker | Irene Trent | 1964-12-30 |
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Walk on the Wild Side | Jo Courtney | 1962-03-21 |
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Forty Guns | Jessica Drummond | 1957-09-10 |
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Trooper Hook | Cora Sutliff | 1957-07-12 |
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The Maverick Queen | Kit Banion | 1956-05-03 |
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Crime of Passion | Kathy Ferguson | 1956-12-28 |
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There's Always Tomorrow | Norma Miller Vale | 1956-01-08 |
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These Wilder Years | Ann Dempster | 1956-08-17 |
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The Violent Men | Martha Wilkison | 1955-01-26 |
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Escape to Burma | Gwen Moore | 1955-04-09 |
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Executive Suite | Julia O. Tredway | 1954-04-30 |
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Witness to Murder | Cheryl Draper | 1954-04-15 |
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Cattle Queen of Montana | Sierra Nevada Jones | 1954-11-18 |
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The Moonlighter | Rela | 1953-09-19 |
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Blowing Wild | Marina Conway | 1953-10-07 |
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Titanic | Julia Sturges | 1953-04-11 |
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Jeopardy | Helen Stilwin | 1953-03-30 |
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All I Desire | Naomi Murdoch | 1953-07-03 |
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Clash by Night | Mae Doyle D'Amato | 1952-05-30 |
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The Man with a Cloak | Lorna Bounty | 1951-11-27 |
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The Furies | Vance Jeffords | 1950-08-16 |
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To Please a Lady | Regina Forbes | 1950-10-13 |
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No Man of Her Own | Helen Ferguson | 1950-02-21 |
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The File on Thelma Jordon | Thelma Jordon | 1949-11-04 |
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The Lady Gambles | Joan Phillips Boothe | 1949-05-20 |
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East Side, West Side | Jessie Bourne | 1949-12-22 |
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Sorry, Wrong Number | Leona Cotterell Stevenson | 1948-09-24 |
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B.F.'s Daughter | Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett | 1948-03-24 |
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California | Lily Bishop | 1947-02-21 |
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Sally Morton Carroll | 1947-03-04 |
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Variety Girl | Barbara Stanwyck | 1947-08-29 |
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Performers Arrive in Hampshire | Self | 1947-12-12 |
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Cry Wolf | Sandra Marshall | 1947-08-19 |
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The Other Love | Karen Duncan | 1947-05-14 |
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The Bride Wore Boots | Sally Warren | 1946-06-05 |
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My Reputation | Jessica Drummond | 1946-01-25 |
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Martha Ivers | 1946-08-19 |
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Hollywood Victory Caravan | Barbara Stanwyck | 1945-09-30 |
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Christmas in Connecticut | Elizabeth Lane | 1945-07-27 |
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Double Indemnity | Phyllis Dietrichson | 1944-07-06 |
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Hollywood Canteen | Self | 1944-12-15 |
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Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
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Lady of Burlesque | Dixie Daisy | 1943-05-01 |
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Flesh and Fantasy | Joan Stanley (segment 3) | 1943-10-29 |
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The Gay Sisters | Fiona Gaylord | 1942-08-01 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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Meet John Doe | Ann Mitchell | 1941-03-14 |
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You Belong to Me | Helen Hunt | 1941-10-22 |
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Ball of Fire | Sugarpuss O’Shea | 1941-12-02 |
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The Lady Eve | Jean Harrington | 1941-02-25 |
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The Great Man's Lady | Hannah Sempler Hoyt | 1941-10-31 |
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Remember the Night | Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone | 1940-01-19 |
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Golden Boy | Lorna Moon | 1939-09-05 |
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Union Pacific | Mollie Monahan | 1939-05-05 |
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Always Goodbye | Margot Weston | 1938-06-24 |
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Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
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The Mad Miss Manton | Melsa Manton | 1938-10-21 |
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Internes Can't Take Money | Janet Haley | 1937-04-16 |
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This Is My Affair | Lil Duryea | 1937-05-28 |
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Breakfast for Two | Valentine Ransome | 1937-10-22 |
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Stella Dallas | Stella Dallas | 1937-08-06 |
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The Plough and the Stars | Nora Clitheroe | 1936-12-26 |
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The Bride Walks Out | Carolyn Martin | 1936-07-10 |
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His Brother's Wife | Rita Wilson Claybourne | 1936-08-07 |
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A Message to Garcia | Raphaelita Maderos | 1936-04-10 |
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Banjo on My Knee | Pearl Elliott Holley | 1936-12-11 |
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Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
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The Woman in Red | Shelby Barret Wyatt | 1935-02-16 |
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Red Salute | Drue Van Allen | 1935-09-12 |
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Annie Oakley | Annie Oakley | 1935-11-15 |
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The Secret Bride | Ruth Vincent | 1934-12-22 |
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Gambling Lady | Jennifer Lady Lee | 1934-03-08 |
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A Lost Lady | Marian Ormsby Forrester | 1934-09-29 |
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Ever in My Heart | Mary Archer Wilbrandt | 1933-10-28 |
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Ladies They Talk About | Nan | 1933-02-04 |
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Baby Face | Lily Powers | 1933-07-13 |
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Forbidden | Lulu Smith | 1932-01-08 |
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Megan Davis | 1932-12-25 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) | Herself | 1932-06-17 |
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The Purchase Price | Joan Gordon Gilson | 1932-07-23 |
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Shopworn | Kitty Lane | 1932-03-25 |
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So Big! | Selina Peake De Jong | 1932-04-30 |
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Illicit | Anne Vincent | 1931-02-14 |
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The Miracle Woman | Florence Fallon | 1931-07-17 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) | Self | 1931-06-01 |
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Ten Cents a Dance | Barbara O'Neill | 1931-01-30 |
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The Stolen Jools | Mrs. Frank Fay | 1931-04-04 |
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Night Nurse | Lora Hart | 1931-07-16 |
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Round About Hollywood | Self | 1931-05-22 |
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Ladies of Leisure | Kay Arnold | 1930-04-05 |
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Mexicali Rose | Mexicali Rose | 1929-12-26 |
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The Locked Door | Ann Carter | 1929-11-16 |
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Broadway Nights | 1927-05-15 |