Barbara Stanwyck
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Charlie's Angels
Toni Blake
1976
Series
Dynasty
Constance Colby
1981
Series
Wagon Train
Caroline Casteel
1957
Series
Rawhide
Nora Holloway
1959
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Belle Garrison
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Julie Holman
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Regan Moore
1956
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Leona Butler
1956
Series
The Big Valley
Victoria Barkley
1965
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Thorn Birds
Mary Carson
1983
Series
The Colbys
Constance Colby
1985
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Stella King
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Elizabeth Mowry
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Josephine Little
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Liz Randall
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Ella Cahill
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Dr. Susan Bryce
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Marian Andres
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Maggie Wenley
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Janet Jones
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Harriet Melvane
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Paula Manning
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Trixie Callahan
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Rachel Harrison
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Avis Fleming
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Fran Elick
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Madge Terry
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Amanda Prescott
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Hazel Wexley
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Fanny Evans
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Nellie Bly
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Louise Forest
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Maggie McClay
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Chris Mathews
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Syd Charing
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Margot LaChelle
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Amelia Lambert
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Alicia
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Cara Lester
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Sister Thomas Aquinas
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Carolyn Callendar
1960
Series
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Self - Host
1960
Series
The Dick Powell Show
Irene Phillips
1961
Film
Baby Face
Lily Powers
1933
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
Double Indemnity
Phyllis Dietrichson
1944
Film
Titanic
Julia Sturges
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
1953
Film
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
1982
Film
Meet John Doe
Ann Mitchell
1941
Film
Union Pacific
Mollie Monahan
1939
Film
Remember the Night
Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone
1940
Film
Ball of Fire
Sugarpuss O’Shea
1941
Film
The Violent Men
Martha Wilkison
1955
Film
The Furies
Vance Jeffords
1950
Film
Hollywood Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Martha Ivers
1946
Film
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
1935
Film
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Barbara Stanwyck
1945
Film
A Lost Lady
Marian Ormsby Forrester
1934
Film
Sorry, Wrong Number
Leona Cotterell Stevenson
1948
Series
General Electric Theater
Lili Parrish
1953
Film
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Clash by Night
Mae Doyle D'Amato
1952
Film
My Reputation
Jessica Drummond
1946
Film
Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas
1937
Film
The Lady Eve
Jean Harrington
1941
Film
Roustabout
Maggie Morgan
1964
Film
The Lady Gambles
Joan Phillips Boothe
1949
Film
Hollywood Canteen
Self
1944
Film
The File on Thelma Jordon
Thelma Jordon
1949
Film
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
Shopworn
Kitty Lane
1932
Film
California
Lily Bishop
1947
Film
Christmas in Connecticut
Elizabeth Lane
1945
Film
Forbidden
Lulu Smith
1932
Film
The Miracle Woman
Florence Fallon
1931
Film
The Stolen Jools
Mrs. Frank Fay
1931
Film
Variety Girl
Barbara Stanwyck
1947
Film
Lady of Burlesque
Dixie Daisy
1943
Film
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Sally Morton Carroll
1947
Film
The Night Walker
Irene Trent
1964
Film
Walk on the Wild Side
Jo Courtney
1962
Film
Cattle Queen of Montana
Sierra Nevada Jones
1954
Film
Forty Guns
Jessica Drummond
1957
Film
The Mad Miss Manton
Melsa Manton
1938
Film
The Maverick Queen
Kit Banion
1956
Film
Night Nurse
Lora Hart
1931
Film
Jeopardy
Helen Stilwin
1953
Film
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Executive Suite
Julia O. Tredway
1954
Film
Flesh and Fantasy
Joan Stanley (segment 3)
1943
Film
Crime of Passion
Kathy Ferguson
1956
Film
This Is Elvis
1981
Film
Ladies of Leisure
Kay Arnold
1930
Film
Golden Boy
Lorna Moon
1939
Film
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
Blowing Wild
Marina Conway
1953
Film
Cry Wolf
Sandra Marshall
1947
Film
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
1942
Film
There's Always Tomorrow
Norma Miller Vale
1956
Film
Witness to Murder
Cheryl Draper
1954
Film
The Other Love
Karen Duncan
1947
Film
The Man with a Cloak
Lorna Bounty
1951
Film
No Man of Her Own
Helen Ferguson
1950
Film
His Brother's Wife
Rita Wilson Claybourne
1936
Film
Ladies They Talk About
Nan Taylor
1933
Film
Ten Cents a Dance
Barbara O'Neill
1931
Film
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Megan Davis
1932
Film
The Plough and the Stars
Nora Clitheroe
1936
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Film
The Great Man's Lady
Hannah Sempler Hoyt
1941
Film
Red Salute
Drue Van Allen
1935
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
1989
Film
Warner at War
(archive footage)
2008
Film
Ever in My Heart
Mary Archer Wilbrandt
1933
Film
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
1935
Film
To Please a Lady
Regina Forbes
1950
Film
The Woman in Red
Shelby Barret Wyatt
1935
Film
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
The Moonlighter
Rela
1953
Film
This Is My Affair
Lil Duryea
1937
Film
Always Goodbye
Margot Weston
1938
Film
Escape to Burma
Gwen Moore
1955
Film
You Belong to Me
Helen Hunt
1941
Film
The Gay Sisters
Fiona Gaylord
1942
Film
All I Desire
Naomi Murdoch
1953
Film
East Side, West Side
Jessie Bourne
1949
Film
B.F.'s Daughter
Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
1948
Film
The House That Would Not Die
Ruth Bennett
1970
Film
The Letters
Geraldine Parkington
1973
Film
The Bride Wore Boots
Sally Warren
1946
Film
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
archive footage
1986
Film
The Bride Walks Out
Carolyn Martin
1936
Film
The Purchase Price
Joan Gordon Gilson
1932
Film
Banjo on My Knee
Pearl Elliott Holley
1936
Film
Breakdowns of 1944
Self
1944
Film
A Taste of Evil
Miriam Jennings
1971
Film
Trooper Hook
Cora Sutliff
1957
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1973
Film
The Secret Bride
Ruth Vincent
1934
Film
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1938
Film
So Big!
Selina Peake De Jong
1932
Film
Breakfast for Two
Valentine Ransome
1937
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Self
1931
Film
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
Film
The Locked Door
Ann Carter
1929
Film
These Wilder Years
Ann Dempster
1956
Film
A Message to Garcia
Raphaelita Maderos
1936
Film
Gambling Lady
Jennifer Lady Lee
1934
Film
Illicit
Anne Vincent
1931
Film
The Casting Couch
1995
Film
Dragon by the Tail
Self - Host/Josephine Little
1961
Film
Internes Can't Take Money
Janet Haley
1937
Film
Broadway Nights
Showgirl (uncredited)
1927
Film
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
Self
1938
Film
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
2002
Film
Round About Hollywood
Self
1931
Film
Mexicali Rose
Mexicali Rose
1929
Film
Calhoun
Abby Rayner
1964
Film
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Nan Taylor (archive footage)
2005
Film
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Self
1947
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Herself
1932