Barbara Stanwyck
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 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.
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Movies (38)
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
Bad Girls Behind Bars
as Nan Taylor (archive footage)
2005
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
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1989
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
1982
This Is Elvis
1981
The House That Would Not Die
as Ruth Bennett
1977
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
The Letters
as Geraldine Parkington
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
1973
A Taste of Evil
as Miriam Jennings
1971
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
Dragon by the Tail
as Self - Host/Josephine Little
1961
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
TV Shows (12)
The Colbys
as Constance Colby
1985
The Thorn Birds
as Mary Carson
1983
Dynasty
as Constance Colby
1981
Charlie's Angels
as Toni Blake
1976
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
The Big Valley
as Victoria Barkley
1965
The Dick Powell Show
as Irene Phillips
1961
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Stella King
1960
Rawhide
as Nora Holloway
1959
Wagon Train
as Caroline Casteel
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Belle Garrison
1956
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
1953