ACTOR
Barbara Stanwyck
Known for Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · Charlie's Angels · Baby Face
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…
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- Born
- Jul 16, 1907
- Died
- Jan 20, 1990
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
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.
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Known For
MOVIE
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage) · 1982
★ 6.6
★ 6.6
TV
Charlie's AngelsToni Blake · 1976
★ 6.7
★ 6.7
MOVIE
Baby FaceLily Powers · 1933
★ 7.3
★ 7.3
TV
DynastyConstance Colby · 1981
★ 6.5
★ 6.5
TV
The Thorn BirdsMary Carson · 1983
★ 7.2
★ 7.2
TV
The OscarsSelf · 1953
★ 7.1
★ 7.1
MOVIE
Witness to MurderCheryl Draper · 1954
★ 6.3
★ 6.3
TV
The Big ValleyVictoria Barkley · 1965
★ 6.2
★ 6.2
Filmography
Movies
Broadway NightsShowgirl (uncredited)
1927
Mexicali RoseMexicali Rose
1929
The Locked DoorAnn Carter
1929
Ladies of LeisureKay Arnold
1930
IllicitAnne Vincent
1931
Night NurseLora Hart
1931
Round About HollywoodSelf
1931
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)Self
1931
Ten Cents a DanceBarbara O'Neill
1931
The Miracle WomanFlorence Fallon
1931
The Stolen JoolsMrs. Frank Fay
1931
ForbiddenLulu Smith
1932
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)Herself
1932
ShopwornKitty Lane
1932
So Big!Selina Peake De Jong
1932
The Purchase PriceJoan Gordon Gilson
1932
Baby FaceLily Powers
1933
Ever in My HeartMary Archer Wilbrandt
1933
Ladies They Talk AboutNan Taylor
1933
The Bitter Tea of General YenMegan
1933
A Lost LadyMarian Ormsby Forrester
1934
Gambling LadyJennifer Lady Lee
1934
The Secret BrideRuth Vincent
1934
Annie OakleyAnnie Oakley
1935
Red SaluteDrue Van Allen
1935
The Woman in RedShelby Barret Wyatt
1935
Things You Never See on the ScreenSelf
1935
A Message to GarciaRaphaelita Maderos
1936
Banjo on My KneePearl Elliott Holley
1936
His Brother's WifeRita Wilson Claybourne
1936
The Bride Walks OutCarolyn Martin
1936
The Plough and the StarsNora Clitheroe
1936
Breakfast for TwoValentine Ransome
1937
Internes Can't Take MoneyJanet Haley
1937
Stella DallasStella Dallas
1937
This Is My AffairLil Duryea
1937
Always GoodbyeMargot Weston
1938
Hollywood Goes to TownSelf
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6Self
1938
The Mad Miss MantonMelsa Manton
1938
Golden BoyLorna Moon
1939
Union PacificMollie Monahan
1939
Remember the NightLee Leander
1940
Ball of FireSugarpuss O’Shea
1941
Meet John DoeAnn Mitchell
1941
The Great Man's LadyHannah Sempler Hoyt
1941
The Lady EveJean Harrington
1941
You Belong to MeHelen Hunt
1941
Breakdowns of 1942Self
1942
The Gay SistersFiona Gaylord
1942
Flesh and FantasyJoan Stanley (segment 3)
1943
Lady of BurlesqueDixie Daisy
1943
Breakdowns of 1944Self
1944
Double IndemnityPhyllis Dietrichson
1944
Hollywood CanteenSelf
1944
Christmas in ConnecticutElizabeth Lane
1945
Hollywood Victory CaravanBarbara Stanwyck
1945
My ReputationJessica Drummond
1946
The Bride Wore BootsSally Warren
1946
The Strange Love of Martha IversMartha Ivers
1946
CaliforniaLily Bishop
1947
Cry WolfSandra Marshall
1947
Performers Arrive in HampshireSelf
1947
The Other LoveKaren Duncan
1947
The Two Mrs. CarrollsSally Morton Carroll
1947
Variety GirlBarbara Stanwyck
1947
B.F.'s DaughterPauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
1948
Sorry, Wrong NumberLeona Cotterell Stevenson
1948
East Side, West SideJessie Bourne
1949
The File on Thelma JordonThelma Jordon
1949
The Lady GamblesJoan Phillips Boothe
1949
No Man of Her OwnHelen Ferguson
1950
The FuriesVance Jeffords
1950
To Please a LadyRegina Forbes
1950
The Man with a CloakLorna Bounty
1951
Clash by NightMae Doyle D'Amato
1952
All I DesireNaomi Murdoch
1953
Blowing WildMarina Conway
1953
JeopardyHelen Stilwin
1953
The MoonlighterRela
1953
TitanicJulia Sturges
1953
Cattle Queen of MontanaSierra Nevada Jones
1954
Executive SuiteJulia O. Tredway
1954
Witness to MurderCheryl Draper
1954
Escape to BurmaGwen Moore
1955
The Violent MenMartha Wilkison
1955
Crime of PassionKathy Ferguson
1956
The Maverick QueenKit Banion
1956
There's Always TomorrowNorma Miller Vale
1956
These Wilder YearsAnn Dempster
1956
Forty GunsJessica Drummond
1957
Trooper HookCora Sutliff
1957
Dragon by the TailSelf - Host/Josephine Little
1961
Walk on the Wild SideJo Courtney
1962
CalhounAbby Rayner
1964
RoustaboutMaggie Morgan
1964
The Night WalkerIrene Trent
1964
The House That Would Not DieRuth Bennett
1970
A Taste of EvilMiriam Jennings
1971
The LettersGeraldine Parkington
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King VidorSelf (archive footage)
1973
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)
1975
This Is Elvis
1981
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
1982
Showbiz Goes to War(archive footage)
1982
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legendarchive footage
1986
Hollywood UncensoredSelf (archive footage)
1987BD
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
1989
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and DesireSelf (archive footage)
1991
The Casting Couch
1995
The Good, The Bad, and the BeautifulSelf (archive footage)
1996
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf (archive footage)
1997
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel FullerJessica Drummond (archive footage)
2002
Complicated WomenSelf (archive footage)
2003
Bad Girls Behind BarsNan Taylor (archive footage)
2005
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaSelf (archive footage)
2007
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodVarious Roles (archive footage)
2008
Warner at War(archive footage)
2008
Citizen Jane FondaSelf (archive footage)
2020Television
General Electric TheaterLili Parrish · 1 eps
1953
Letter to LorettaSelf - Guest Host · 1 eps
1953
The OscarsSelf · 1 eps
1953
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreBelle Garrison · 1 eps
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJulie Holman · 1 eps
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreRegan Moore · 1 eps
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreLeona Butler · 1 eps
1956
Wagon TrainCaroline Casteel · 1 eps
1957
RawhideNora Holloway · 1 eps
1959
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowStella King · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowElizabeth Mowry · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowJosephine Little · 3 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowLiz Randall · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowElla Cahill · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowDr. Susan Bryce · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowMarian Andres · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowMaggie Wenley · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowJanet Jones · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowHarriet Melvane · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowPaula Manning · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowTrixie Callahan · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowRachel Harrison · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowAvis Fleming · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowFran Elick · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowMadge Terry · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowAmanda Prescott · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowHazel Wexley · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowFanny Evans · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowNellie Bly · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowLouise Forest · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowMaggie McClay · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowChris Mathews · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowSyd Charing · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowMargot LaChelle · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowAmelia Lambert · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowAlicia · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowCara Lester · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowSister Thomas Aquinas · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowCarolyn Callendar · 1 eps
1960The Barbara Stanwyck ShowSelf - Host · 36 eps
1960
The Dick Powell ShowIrene Phillips · 1 eps
1961
The Big ValleyVictoria Barkley · 112 eps
1965
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self · 1 eps
1973
Charlie's AngelsToni Blake · 1 eps
1976
DynastyConstance Colby · 5 eps
1981
The Thorn BirdsMary Carson · 4 eps
1983
The ColbysConstance Colby · 24 eps
1985Photos
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