Barbara Stanwyck

Actor Jul 16 (died age 82) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1927–2020 (93 year career)

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Biography

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 Awar…

Known For

Film

Double Indemnity

Phyllis Dietrichson

Film

The Lady Eve

Jean Harrington

Film

Meet John Doe

Ann Mitchell

Film

Ball of Fire

Sugarpuss O’Shea

Film

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

Film

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Martha Ivers

Film

Baby Face

Lily Powers

Film

Sorry, Wrong Number

Leona Cotterell Stevenson

Filmography

Acting (131)

Movies (116)

Citizen Jane Fonda

Warner at War

as (archive footage)

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

2008

as Various Roles (archive footage)

6.1

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

as Self (archive footage)

4.3

Bad Girls Behind Bars

2005

as Nan Taylor (archive footage)

0.5

Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Jessica Drummond (archive footage)

5.8

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

as Self

Hollywood Uncensored

1987

as Self (archive footage)

5.1

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

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

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

This Is Elvis

The House That Would Not Die

1977

as Ruth Bennett

5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

The Letters

1973

as Geraldine Parkington

6.2

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

1973

as Self (archive footage)

A Taste of Evil

as Miriam Jennings

The Night Walker

as Irene Trent

Calhoun

as Abby Rayner

Roustabout

as Maggie Morgan

Walk on the Wild Side

1962

as Jo Courtney

6.5

Dragon by the Tail

1961

as Self - Host/Josephine Little

Forty Guns

as Jessica Drummond

Trooper Hook

as Cora Sutliff

Crime of Passion

as Kathy Ferguson

The Maverick Queen

as Kit Banion

There's Always Tomorrow

as Norma Miller Vale

These Wilder Years

as Ann Dempster

Escape to Burma

as Gwen Moore

The Violent Men

as Martha Wilkison

Cattle Queen of Montana

1954

as Sierra Nevada Jones

Executive Suite

as Julia O. Tredway

Witness to Murder

as Cheryl Draper

Titanic

as Julia Sturges

Jeopardy

as Helen Stilwin

All I Desire

as Naomi Murdoch

The Moonlighter

as Rela

Blowing Wild

as Marina Conway

Clash by Night

as Mae Doyle D'Amato

The Man with a Cloak

as Lorna Bounty

No Man of Her Own

as Helen Ferguson

To Please a Lady

as Regina Forbes

The Furies

as Vance Jeffords

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949

as Thelma Jordon

6.5

The Lady Gambles

1949

as Joan Phillips Boothe

East Side, West Side

as Jessie Bourne

Sorry, Wrong Number

as Leona Cotterell Stevenson

6.8

B.F.'s Daughter

1948

as Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett

The Other Love

as Karen Duncan

Cry Wolf

as Sandra Marshall

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

1947

as Sally Morton Carroll

California

as Lily Bishop

Variety Girl

as Barbara Stanwyck

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

1947

as Self

My Reputation

1946

as Jessica Drummond

7.1

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

as Martha Ivers

The Bride Wore Boots

as Sally Warren

Christmas in Connecticut

1945

as Elizabeth Lane

7.0

Hollywood Victory Caravan

1945

as Barbara Stanwyck

5.2

Double Indemnity

1944

as Phyllis Dietrichson

Hollywood Canteen

as Self

Breakdowns of 1944

as Self

Flesh and Fantasy

as Joan Stanley (segment 3)

Lady of Burlesque

as Dixie Daisy

Breakdowns of 1942

as Self

The Gay Sisters

as Fiona Gaylord

The Lady Eve

as Jean Harrington

Meet John Doe

as Ann Mitchell

Ball of Fire

as Sugarpuss O’Shea

You Belong to Me

as Helen Hunt

The Great Man's Lady

as Hannah Sempler Hoyt

6.3

Remember the Night

1940

as Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone

Golden Boy

as Lorna Moon

Union Pacific

as Mollie Monahan

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

1938

as Self

The Mad Miss Manton

1938

as Melsa Manton

6.4

Hollywood Goes to Town

as Self

Always Goodbye

as Margot Weston

Breakfast for Two

as Valentine Ransome

Stella Dallas

as Stella Dallas

This Is My Affair

as Lil Duryea

Internes Can't Take Money

as Janet Haley

The Bride Walks Out

as Carolyn Martin

Banjo on My Knee

as Pearl Elliott Holley

5.5

His Brother's Wife

1936

as Rita Wilson Claybourne

5.6

The Plough and the Stars

1936

as Nora Clitheroe

5.8

A Message to Garcia

1936

as Raphaelita Maderos

Annie Oakley

as Annie Oakley

Red Salute

as Drue Van Allen

The Woman in Red

as Shelby Barret Wyatt

6.0

Things You Never See on the Screen

1935

as Self

5.0

A Lost Lady

1934

as Marian Ormsby Forrester

The Secret Bride

as Ruth Vincent

Gambling Lady

as Jennifer Lady Lee

Ever in My Heart

as Mary Archer Wilbrandt

5.3

Baby Face

1933

as Lily Powers

7.2

Ladies They Talk About

as Nan Taylor

Forbidden

as Lulu Smith

The Purchase Price

as Joan Gordon Gilson

6.5

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

1932

as Herself

6.0

So Big!

1932

as Selina Peake De Jong

5.6

Shopworn

1932

as Kitty Lane

6.5

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932

as Megan Davis

6.2

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

as Self

The Miracle Woman

as Florence Fallon

Illicit

as Anne Vincent

Round About Hollywood

as Self

Ten Cents a Dance

as Barbara O'Neill

Night Nurse

as Lora Hart

The Stolen Jools

as Mrs. Frank Fay

Ladies of Leisure

as Kay Arnold

The Locked Door

as Ann Carter

Mexicali Rose

as Mexicali Rose

Broadway Nights

as Showgirl (uncredited)

6.0

Television (15)

The Colbys

as Constance Colby

The Thorn Birds

as Mary Carson

Dynasty

as Constance Colby

Charlie's Angels

as Toni Blake

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

The Big Valley

as Victoria Barkley

The Dick Powell Show

as Irene Phillips

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960

as Self - Host

6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Syd Charing

Rawhide

as Nora Holloway

Wagon Train

as Caroline Casteel

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Belle Garrison

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

as Lili Parrish

Letter to Loretta

as Self - Guest Host