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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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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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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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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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 | 1973-03-06 |
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A Taste of Evil | Miriam Jennings | 1971-10-12 |
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Calhoun | Abby Rayner | 1964-07-08 |
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The Night Walker | Irene Trent | 1964-12-30 |
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Roustabout | Maggie Morgan | 1964-11-11 |
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Walk on the Wild Side | Jo Courtney | 1962-02-21 |
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Dragon by the Tail | Self - Host/Josephine Little | 1961-01-30 |
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Hang the Heart High | Regan Moore | 1959-01-15 |
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Trooper Hook | Cora Sutliff | 1957-07-12 |
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Forty Guns | Jessica Drummond | 1957-09-10 |
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These Wilder Years | Ann Dempster | 1956-08-17 |
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There's Always Tomorrow | Norma Miller Vale | 1956-01-08 |
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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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Escape to Burma | Gwen Moore | 1955-04-09 |
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The Violent Men | Martha Wilkison | 1955-01-26 |
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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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Executive Suite | Julia O. Tredway | 1954-04-30 |
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Jeopardy | Helen Stilwin | 1953-03-30 |
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The Moonlighter | Rela | 1953-09-19 |
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All I Desire | Naomi Murdoch | 1953-07-03 |
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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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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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To Please a Lady | Regina Forbes | 1950-10-13 |
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The Furies | Vance Jeffords | 1950-07-22 |
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No Man of Her Own | Helen Ferguson | 1950-02-21 |
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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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The File on Thelma Jordon | Thelma Jordon | 1949-11-04 |
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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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Performers Arrive in Hampshire | Self | 1947-12-12 |
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The Other Love | Karen Duncan | 1947-05-14 |
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Sally Morton Carroll | 1947-03-04 |
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California | Lily Bishop | 1947-02-21 |
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Variety Girl | Barbara Stanwyck | 1947-08-29 |
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Cry Wolf | Sandra Marshall | 1947-08-19 |
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The Bride Wore Boots | Sally Warren | 1946-06-05 |
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Martha Ivers | 1946-08-19 |
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My Reputation | Jessica Drummond | 1946-01-25 |
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Christmas in Connecticut | Elizabeth Lane | 1945-07-27 |
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Hollywood Victory Caravan | Barbara Stanwyck | 1945-09-30 |
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Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
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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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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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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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The Gay Sisters | Fiona Gaylord | 1942-08-01 |
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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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You Belong to Me | Helen Hunt | 1941-10-22 |
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Meet John Doe | Ann Mitchell | 1941-03-14 |
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Remember the Night | Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone | 1940-01-19 |
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Union Pacific | Mollie Monahan | 1939-05-05 |
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Golden Boy | Lorna Moon | 1939-09-05 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 | Self | 1938-02-04 |
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The Mad Miss Manton | Melsa Manton | 1938-10-21 |
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Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
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Always Goodbye | Margot Weston | 1938-06-24 |
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Breakfast for Two | Valentine Ransome | 1937-10-22 |
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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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Stella Dallas | Stella Dallas | 1937-08-06 |
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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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The Plough and the Stars | Nora Clitheroe | 1936-12-26 |
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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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Annie Oakley | Annie Oakley | 1935-11-15 |
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Red Salute | Drue Van Allen | 1935-09-12 |
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The Secret Bride | Ruth Vincent | 1934-12-22 |
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A Lost Lady | Marian Ormsby Forrester | 1934-09-29 |
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Gambling Lady | Jennifer Lady Lee | 1934-03-08 |
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Ladies They Talk About | Nan Taylor | 1933-02-04 |
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Baby Face | Lily Powers | 1933-07-13 |
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Ever in My Heart | Mary Archer Wilbrandt | 1933-10-28 |
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Megan Davis | 1932-12-25 |
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Forbidden | Lulu Smith | 1932-01-08 |
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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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So Big! | Selina Peake De Jong | 1932-04-30 |
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Shopworn | Kitty Lane | 1932-03-25 |
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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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Round About Hollywood | Self | 1931-05-22 |
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Illicit | Anne Vincent | 1931-02-14 |
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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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Ten Cents a Dance | Barbara O'Neill | 1931-01-30 |
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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 |