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
| Birth Location | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
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| Born | 1907-07-16 |
| Died | 1990-01-20 |
Movies
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage)
2023
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Warner at War
as (archive footage)
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Shadows of Suspense
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
2002
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
as Self (archive footage)
1996
The Casting Couch
as (archive footage)
1995
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
1989
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)
1986
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
1982
1981
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Letters
as Geraldine Parkington
1973
A Taste of Evil
as Miriam Jennings
1971
The House That Would Not Die
as Ruth Bennett
1970
The Love Goddesses
as (archive footage)
1965
The Night Walker
as Irene Trent
1964
Roustabout
as Maggie Morgan
1964
Calhoun
as Abby Rayner
1964
Walk on the Wild Side
as Jo Courtney
1962
Forty Guns
as Jessica Drummond
1957
Trooper Hook
as Cora Sutliff
1957
Crime of Passion
as Kathy Ferguson
1956
These Wilder Years
as Ann Dempster
1956
The Maverick Queen
as Kit Banion
1956
There's Always Tomorrow
as Norma Miller Vale
1956
Escape to Burma
as Gwen Moore
1955
The Violent Men
as Martha Wilkison
1955
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Sierra Nevada Jones
1954
Executive Suite
as Julia O. Tredway
1954
Witness to Murder
as Cheryl Draper
1954
Blowing Wild
as Marina Conway
1953
The Moonlighter
as Rela
1953
All I Desire
as Naomi Murdoch
1953
Titanic
as Julia Sturges
1953
Jeopardy
as Helen Stilwin
1953
Clash by Night
as Mae Doyle D'Amato
1952
The Man with a Cloak
as Lorna Bounty
1951
To Please a Lady
as Regina Forbes
1950
The Furies
as Vance Jeffords
1950
No Man of Her Own
as Helen Ferguson
1950
East Side, West Side
as Jessie Bourne
1949
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Thelma Jordon
1949
The Lady Gambles
as Joan Phillips Boothe
1949
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Leona Cotterell Stevenson
1948
B.F.'s Daughter
as Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
1948
Performers arrive in Hampshire
as Self
1947
Variety Girl
as Barbara Stanwyck
1947
Cry Wolf
as Sandra Marshall
1947
The Other Love
as Karen Duncan
1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
as Sally Morton Carroll
1947
California
as Lily Bishop
1947
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Martha Ivers
1946
The Bride Wore Boots
as Sally Apley Warren
1946
My Reputation
as Jessica Drummond
1946
Hollywood Victory Caravan
as Barbara Stanwyck
1945
Christmas in Connecticut
as Elizabeth Lane
1945
Breakdowns of 1944
as Self
1944
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
Double Indemnity
as Phyllis Dietrichson
1944
Flesh and Fantasy
as Joan Stanley (segment 3)
1943
Lady of Burlesque
as Dixie Daisy
1943
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
1942
The Gay Sisters
as Fiona Gaylord
1942
The Great Man's Lady
as Hannah Sempler Hoyt
1942
Ball of Fire
as Sugarpuss O’Shea
1941
You Belong to Me
as Helen Hunt
1941
Meet John Doe
as Ann Mitchell
1941
The Lady Eve
as Jean Harrington
1941
Remember the Night
as Lee Leander
1940
Golden Boy
as Lorna Moon
1939
Union Pacific
as Mollie Monahan
1939
The Mad Miss Manton
as Melsa Manton
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
Always Goodbye
as Margot Weston
1938
Breakfast for Two
as Valentine Ransome
1937
Stella Dallas
as Stella Dallas
1937
This Is My Affair
as Lil Duryea
1937
Internes Can't Take Money
as Janet Haley
1937
The Plough and the Stars
as Nora Clitheroe
1936
Banjo on My Knee
as Pearl Elliott Holley
1936
His Brother's Wife
as Rita Wilson Claybourne
1936
The Bride Walks Out
as Carolyn Martin
1936
A Message to Garcia
as Raphaelita Maderos
1936
1935
Annie Oakley
as Annie Oakley
1935
Red Salute
as Drue Van Allen
1935
The Woman in Red
as Shelby Barret Wyatt
1935
The Secret Bride
as Ruth Vincent
1934
A Lost Lady
as Marian Ormsby Forrester
1934
Gambling Lady
as Jennifer Lady Lee
1934
Ever in My Heart
as Mary Archer Wilbrandt
1933
Baby Face
as Lily Powers
1933
Ladies They Talk About
as Nan Taylor / Nan Ellis / Mrs. Andrews
1933
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Megan Davis
1933
The Purchase Price
as Joan Gordon Gilson
1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
as Herself
1932
So Big!
as Selina Peake De Jong
1932
Shopworn
as Kitty Lane
1932
Forbidden
as Lulu
1932
The Miracle Woman
as Florence Fallon
1931
Night Nurse
as Lora Hart
1931
1931
Round About Hollywood
as Self
1931
The Stolen Jools
as Mrs. Frank Fay
1931
Illicit
as Anne Vincent
1931
Ten Cents a Dance
as Barbara O'Neill
1931
Ladies of Leisure
as Kay Arnold
1930
Mexicali Rose
as Mexicali Rose
1929
The Locked Door
as Ann Carter
1929
1927
Iconic Couples of Hollywood : Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Taylor
as Barbara Stanwyck
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Toni's Boys
as Toni Blake
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Film Stars Help Greece
as Self
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The Shirley Eder Tapes
as Self
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Barbara Stanwyck hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
