Barbara Stanwyck

Acting • 1907-07-16 • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic screen presence and versatility. She was a favorite of directors, including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra, and made 86 films in 38 years before turning to television. She received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and was nominated for four Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Stanwyck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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2020
Citizen Jane FondaFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.2
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodFilm
Various Roles (archive footage)
★ 6.1
2008
Warner at WarFilm
(archive footage)
★ 7.0
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 4.3
2005
Bad Girls Behind BarsFilm
Nan Taylor (archive footage)
★ 0.5
2003
Complicated WomenFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.9
2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel FullerFilm
Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
★ 6.2
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
1996
The Good, The Bad, and the BeautifulFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
1995
The Casting CouchFilm
★ 8.3
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and DesireFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreFilm
Self
1987
Hollywood UncensoredFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 5.4
1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the LegendFilm
archive footage
★ 7.4
1985
The ColbysTV
Constance Colby • 24 episodes
★ 6.3
1983
The Thorn BirdsTV
Mary Carson • 4 episodes
★ 7.2
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidFilm
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
★ 6.6
1982
Showbiz Goes to WarFilm
(archive footage)
★ 10.0
1981
DynastyTV
Constance Colby • 5 episodes
★ 6.5
1981
This Is ElvisFilm
★ 7.0
1976
Charlie's AngelsTV
Toni Blake • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.3
1973
The LettersFilm
Geraldine Parkington
★ 6.8
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King VidorFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
1971
A Taste of EvilFilm
Miriam Jennings
★ 6.1
1970
The House That Would Not DieFilm
Ruth Bennett
★ 5.7
1965
The Big ValleyTV
Victoria Barkley • 112 episodes
★ 6.2
1964
RoustaboutFilm
Maggie Morgan
★ 6.0
1964
The Night WalkerFilm
Irene Trent
★ 6.4
1964
CalhounFilm
Abby Rayner
★ 6.0
1962
Walk on the Wild SideFilm
Jo Courtney
★ 6.6
1961
The Dick Powell ShowTV
Irene Phillips • 1 episodes
★ 5.7
1961
Dragon by the TailFilm
Self - Host/Josephine Little
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Elizabeth Mowry • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Marian Andres • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Maggie Wenley • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Dr. Susan Bryce • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Stella King • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Liz Randall • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Ella Cahill • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Josephine Little • 3 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Harriet Melvane • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Amanda Prescott • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Fanny Evans • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Rachel Harrison • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Hazel Wexley • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Fran Elick • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Maggie McClay • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Avis Fleming • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Nellie Bly • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Paula Manning • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Alicia • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Amelia Lambert • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Louise Forest • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Sister Thomas Aquinas • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Syd Charing • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Chris Mathews • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Trixie Callahan • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Carolyn Callendar • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Cara Lester • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Margot LaChelle • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Janet Jones • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Madge Terry • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTV
Self - Host • 36 episodes
★ 6.4
1959
RawhideTV
Nora Holloway • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1957
Wagon TrainTV
Caroline Casteel • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1957
Forty GunsFilm
Jessica Drummond
★ 6.6
1957
Trooper HookFilm
Cora Sutliff
★ 6.7
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
Belle Garrison • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
Regan Moore • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
Julie Holman • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
Leona Butler • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1956
There's Always TomorrowFilm
Norma Miller Vale
★ 7.2
1956
Crime of PassionFilm
Kathy Ferguson
★ 6.1
1956
The Maverick QueenFilm
Kit Banion
★ 5.9
1956
These Wilder YearsFilm
Ann Dempster
★ 6.5
1955
The Violent MenFilm
Martha Wilkison
★ 6.4
1955
Escape to BurmaFilm
Gwen Moore
★ 6.2
1954
Executive SuiteFilm
Julia O. Tredway
★ 7.0
1954
Witness to MurderFilm
Cheryl Draper
★ 6.3
1954
Cattle Queen of MontanaFilm
Sierra Nevada Jones
★ 5.7
1953
The OscarsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1953
TitanicFilm
Julia Sturges
★ 6.6
1953
All I DesireFilm
Naomi Murdoch
★ 7.0
1953
JeopardyFilm
Helen Stilwin
★ 6.8
1953
Blowing WildFilm
Marina Conway
★ 6.0
1953
Letter to LorettaTV
Self - Guest Host • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1953
The MoonlighterFilm
Rela
★ 6.0
1953
General Electric TheaterTV
Lili Parrish • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1952
Clash by NightFilm
Mae Doyle D'Amato
★ 6.7
1951
The Man with a CloakFilm
Lorna Bounty
★ 6.8
1950
The FuriesFilm
Vance Jeffords
★ 7.2
1950
No Man of Her OwnFilm
Helen Ferguson
★ 6.9
1950
To Please a LadyFilm
Regina Forbes
★ 6.5
1949
The File on Thelma JordonFilm
Thelma Jordon
★ 6.5
1949
The Lady GamblesFilm
Joan Phillips Boothe
★ 6.1
1949
East Side, West SideFilm
Jessie Bourne
★ 7.1
1948
Sorry, Wrong NumberFilm
Leona Cotterell Stevenson
★ 6.8
1948
B.F.'s DaughterFilm
Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
★ 6.3
1947
The Two Mrs. CarrollsFilm
Sally Morton Carroll
★ 6.4
1947
Cry WolfFilm
Sandra Marshall
★ 6.1
1947
CaliforniaFilm
Lily Bishop
★ 6.8
1947
The Other LoveFilm
Karen Duncan
★ 6.1
1947
Variety GirlFilm
Barbara Stanwyck
★ 6.5
1947
Performers Arrive in HampshireFilm
Self
1946
The Strange Love of Martha IversFilm
Martha Ivers
★ 7.1
1946
My ReputationFilm
Jessica Drummond
★ 7.3
1946
The Bride Wore BootsFilm
Sally Warren
★ 6.1
1945
Christmas in ConnecticutFilm
Elizabeth Lane
★ 7.0
1945
Hollywood Victory CaravanFilm
Barbara Stanwyck
★ 5.6
1944
Double IndemnityFilm
Phyllis Dietrichson
★ 8.1
1944
Hollywood CanteenFilm
Self
★ 7.3
1944
Breakdowns of 1944Film
Self
★ 6.5
1943
Lady of BurlesqueFilm
Dixie Daisy
★ 5.4
1943
Flesh and FantasyFilm
Joan Stanley (segment 3)
★ 7.1
1942
The Gay SistersFilm
Fiona Gaylord
★ 6.6
1942
Breakdowns of 1942Film
Self
★ 6.0
1941
The Lady EveFilm
Jean Harrington
★ 7.3
1941
Meet John DoeFilm
Ann Mitchell
★ 7.3
1941
Ball of FireFilm
Sugarpuss O’Shea
★ 7.4
1941
You Belong to MeFilm
Helen Hunt
★ 6.1
1941
The Great Man's LadyFilm
Hannah Sempler Hoyt
★ 6.3
1940
Remember the NightFilm
Lee Leander
★ 7.3
1939
Union PacificFilm
Mollie Monahan
★ 6.7
1939
Golden BoyFilm
Lorna Moon
★ 6.6
1938
The Mad Miss MantonFilm
Melsa Manton
★ 6.4
1938
Always GoodbyeFilm
Margot Weston
★ 7.2
1938
Hollywood Goes to TownFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6Film
Self
1937
Stella DallasFilm
Stella Dallas
★ 6.9
1937
This Is My AffairFilm
Lil Duryea
★ 7.3
1937
Internes Can't Take MoneyFilm
Janet Haley
★ 6.5
1937
Breakfast for TwoFilm
Valentine Ransome
★ 5.9
1936
The Plough and the StarsFilm
Nora Clitheroe
★ 5.7
1936
Banjo on My KneeFilm
Pearl Elliott Holley
★ 5.8
1936
The Bride Walks OutFilm
Carolyn Martin
★ 5.4
1936
His Brother's WifeFilm
Rita Wilson Claybourne
★ 5.8
1936
A Message to GarciaFilm
Raphaelita Maderos
★ 5.0
1935
Annie OakleyFilm
Annie Oakley
★ 6.5
1935
The Woman in RedFilm
Shelby Barret Wyatt
★ 6.0
1935
Red SaluteFilm
Drue Van Allen
★ 6.0
1935
Things You Never See on the ScreenFilm
Self
★ 5.2
1934
Gambling LadyFilm
Jennifer Lady Lee
★ 6.2
1934
The Secret BrideFilm
Ruth Vincent
★ 6.2
1934
A Lost LadyFilm
Marian Ormsby Forrester
★ 5.8
1933
Baby FaceFilm
Lily Powers
★ 7.3
1933
The Bitter Tea of General YenFilm
Megan
★ 6.3
1933
Ladies They Talk AboutFilm
Nan Taylor
★ 6.2
1933
Ever in My HeartFilm
Mary Archer Wilbrandt
★ 5.6
1932
ForbiddenFilm
Lulu Smith
★ 6.5
1932
The Purchase PriceFilm
Joan Gordon Gilson
★ 6.5
1932
So Big!Film
Selina Peake De Jong
★ 5.8
1932
ShopwornFilm
Kitty Lane
★ 6.7
1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)Film
Herself
★ 6.0
1931
Night NurseFilm
Lora Hart
★ 6.8
1931
The Miracle WomanFilm
Florence Fallon
★ 6.7
1931
The Stolen JoolsFilm
Mrs. Frank Fay
★ 5.6
1931
Ten Cents a DanceFilm
Barbara O'Neill
★ 6.7
1931
IllicitFilm
Anne Vincent
★ 5.6
1931
Round About HollywoodFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1931
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)Film
Self
★ 6.0
1930
Ladies of LeisureFilm
Kay Arnold
★ 6.2
1929
The Locked DoorFilm
Ann Carter
★ 6.0
1929
Mexicali RoseFilm
Mexicali Rose
★ 5.6
1927
Broadway NightsFilm
Showgirl (uncredited)
★ 8.0

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Double Indemnity

The Lady Eve

The Big Valley

Sorry, Wrong Number

Meet John Doe

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

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