Barbara Stanwyck
Acting Born Jul 16, 1907 Died Jan 20, 1990 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 166 credits
Biography
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress known for her 60-year career in film and television. She began her career as a stage actress before transitioning to Hollywood, where she made 85 films in 38 years. Stanwyck was a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra. She was nominated for the Academy Award four times and won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. Stanwyck's career spanned multiple mediums, and she was the recipient of honorary lifetime awards from several organizations. She was born on July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York City, and passed away on January 20, 1990, at the age of 82.
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Career overview
Barbara Stanwyck was a film and television actress known for her versatility and strong screen presence. She began her acting career as a stage actress before transitioning to film. Stanwyck made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood before turning to television.
During her career, Stanwyck worked with notable directors such as Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra. She appeared in numerous films and television shows, with a total of 133 known credits. Stanwyck's television career included starring in her own series, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, which aired in 1960.
Stanwyck's work in television earned her recognition, including three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. She was also nominated for the Academy Award four times. Additionally, Stanwyck received honorary lifetime awards from the Motion Picture Academy, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Golden Globes, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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Career timeline
Citizen Jane Fonda
Warner at WarThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Complicated Women
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
The Casting Couch
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Hollywood Uncensored
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
The Colbys
The Thorn Birds
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidShowbiz Goes to War
DynastyThis Is Elvis
Charlie's Angels
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The American Film Institute Salute to ...The LettersThe Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
A Taste of Evil
The House That Would Not Die
The Big Valley
RoustaboutThe Night WalkerCalhoun
Walk on the Wild Side
The Dick Powell ShowDragon by the Tail
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowThe Barbara Stanwyck ShowThe Barbara Stanwyck ShowThe Barbara Stanwyck ShowThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
Rawhide
Wagon TrainForty GunsTrooper Hook
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreDick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreDick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreDick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreThe Maverick Queen
Full Filmography
166 titles- Citizen Jane Fonda (2020)
- Warner at War (2008) as (archive footage)
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) as Various Roles (archive footage)
- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Bad Girls Behind Bars (2005) as Nan Taylor (archive footage)
- Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002) as Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997) as Self (archive footage)
- The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996) as Self (archive footage)
- The Casting Couch (1995)
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) as Self (archive footage)
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989) as Self
- Hollywood Uncensored (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986) as archive footage
- The Colbys (1985) as Constance Colby
- The Thorn Birds (1983) as Mary Carson
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
- Showbiz Goes to War (1982) as (archive footage)
- Dynasty (1981) as Constance Colby
- This Is Elvis (1981)
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Toni Blake
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
- The Letters (1973) as Geraldine Parkington
- The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973) as Self (archive footage)
- A Taste of Evil (1971) as Miriam Jennings
- The House That Would Not Die (1970) as Ruth Bennett
- The Big Valley (1965) as Victoria Barkley
- Roustabout (1964) as Maggie Morgan
- The Night Walker (1964) as Irene Trent
- Calhoun (1964) as Abby Rayner
- Walk on the Wild Side (1962) as Jo Courtney
- The Dick Powell Show (1961) as Irene Phillips
- Dragon by the Tail (1961) as Self - Host/Josephine Little
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Stella King
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Elizabeth Mowry
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Josephine Little
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Liz Randall
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Ella Cahill
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Dr. Susan Bryce
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Marian Andres
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Maggie Wenley
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Janet Jones
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Harriet Melvane
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Paula Manning
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Trixie Callahan
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Rachel Harrison
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Avis Fleming
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Fran Elick
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Madge Terry
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Amanda Prescott
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Hazel Wexley
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Fanny Evans
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Nellie Bly
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Louise Forest
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Maggie McClay
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Chris Mathews
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Syd Charing
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Margot LaChelle
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Amelia Lambert
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Alicia
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Cara Lester
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Sister Thomas Aquinas
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Carolyn Callendar
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Self - Host
- Rawhide (1959) as Nora Holloway
- Wagon Train (1957) as Caroline Casteel
- Forty Guns (1957) as Jessica Drummond
- Trooper Hook (1957) as Cora Sutliff
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Belle Garrison
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Julie Holman
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Regan Moore
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Leona Butler
- The Maverick Queen (1956) as Kit Banion
- There's Always Tomorrow (1956) as Norma Miller Vale
- Crime of Passion (1956) as Kathy Ferguson
- These Wilder Years (1956) as Ann Dempster
- The Violent Men (1955) as Martha Wilkison
- Escape to Burma (1955) as Gwen Moore
- Executive Suite (1954) as Julia O. Tredway
- Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) as Sierra Nevada Jones
- Witness to Murder (1954) as Cheryl Draper
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Self - Guest Host
- Titanic (1953) as Julia Sturges
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Lili Parrish
- All I Desire (1953) as Naomi Murdoch
- Jeopardy (1953) as Helen Stilwin
- The Moonlighter (1953) as Rela
- Blowing Wild (1953) as Marina Conway
- Clash by Night (1952) as Mae Doyle D'Amato
- The Man with a Cloak (1951) as Lorna Bounty
- The Furies (1950) as Vance Jeffords
- To Please a Lady (1950) as Regina Forbes
- No Man of Her Own (1950) as Helen Ferguson
- The Lady Gambles (1949) as Joan Phillips Boothe
- East Side, West Side (1949) as Jessie Bourne
- The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) as Thelma Jordon
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) as Leona Cotterell Stevenson
- B.F.'s Daughter (1948) as Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
- Variety Girl (1947) as Barbara Stanwyck
- California (1947) as Lily Bishop
- The Other Love (1947) as Karen Duncan
- The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) as Sally Morton Carroll
- Cry Wolf (1947) as Sandra Marshall
- Performers Arrive in Hampshire (1947) as Self
- My Reputation (1946) as Jessica Drummond
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) as Martha Ivers
- The Bride Wore Boots (1946) as Sally Warren
- Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945) as Barbara Stanwyck
- Christmas in Connecticut (1945) as Elizabeth Lane
- Double Indemnity (1944) as Phyllis Dietrichson
- Breakdowns of 1944 (1944) as Self
- Hollywood Canteen (1944) as Self
- Flesh and Fantasy (1943) as Joan Stanley (segment 3)
- Lady of Burlesque (1943) as Dixie Daisy
- Breakdowns of 1942 (1942) as Self
- The Gay Sisters (1942) as Fiona Gaylord
- Ball of Fire (1941) as Sugarpuss O’Shea
- The Lady Eve (1941) as Jean Harrington
- Meet John Doe (1941) as Ann Mitchell
- The Great Man's Lady (1941) as Hannah Sempler Hoyt
- You Belong to Me (1941) as Helen Hunt
- Remember the Night (1940) as Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone
- Union Pacific (1939) as Mollie Monahan
- Golden Boy (1939) as Lorna Moon
- Hollywood Goes to Town (1938) as Self
- The Mad Miss Manton (1938) as Melsa Manton
- Always Goodbye (1938) as Margot Weston
- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938) as Self
- Stella Dallas (1937) as Stella Dallas
- This Is My Affair (1937) as Lil Duryea
- Internes Can't Take Money (1937) as Janet Haley
- Breakfast for Two (1937) as Valentine Ransome
- His Brother's Wife (1936) as Rita Wilson Claybourne
- Banjo on My Knee (1936) as Pearl Elliott Holley
- The Bride Walks Out (1936) as Carolyn Martin
- The Plough and the Stars (1936) as Nora Clitheroe
- A Message to Garcia (1936) as Raphaelita Maderos
- Annie Oakley (1935) as Annie Oakley
- The Woman in Red (1935) as Shelby Barret Wyatt
- Red Salute (1935) as Drue Van Allen
- Things You Never See on the Screen (1935) as Self
- A Lost Lady (1934) as Marian Ormsby Forrester
- Gambling Lady (1934) as Jennifer Lady Lee
- The Secret Bride (1934) as Ruth Vincent
- Baby Face (1933) as Lily Powers
- Ladies They Talk About (1933) as Nan Taylor
- Ever in My Heart (1933) as Mary Archer Wilbrandt
- Shopworn (1932) as Kitty Lane
- Forbidden (1932) as Lulu Smith
- The Purchase Price (1932) as Joan Gordon Gilson
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) as Megan Davis
- So Big! (1932) as Selina Peake De Jong
- Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) (1932) as Herself
- Ten Cents a Dance (1931) as Barbara O'Neill
- Round About Hollywood (1931) as Self
- Night Nurse (1931) as Lora Hart
- The Miracle Woman (1931) as Florence Fallon
- The Stolen Jools (1931) as Mrs. Frank Fay
- Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) (1931) as Self
- Illicit (1931) as Anne Vincent
- Ladies of Leisure (1930) as Kay Arnold
- The Locked Door (1929) as Ann Carter
- Mexicali Rose (1929) as Mexicali Rose
- Broadway Nights (1927) as Showgirl (uncredited)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Barbara Stanwyck best known for?
Barbara Stanwyck is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Hollywood Uncensored (1987), The Colbys (1985), The Thorn Birds (1983), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).
When and where was Barbara Stanwyck born?
Barbara Stanwyck was born on July 16, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. They passed away on January 20, 1990.
How many credits does Barbara Stanwyck have?
Barbara Stanwyck has accumulated over 166 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1927 to 2020.
What is Barbara Stanwyck's background in cinema and television?
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress known for her 60-year career in film and television. She began her career as a stage actress before transitioning to Hollywood, where she made 85 films in 38 years. Stanwyck was a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra. She was nominated fo...
Barbara Stanwyck by the numbers
166credits
119films
47TV series
1927–2020active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Double Indemnity (1944) as Phyllis Dietrichson — aged about 36
- The Lady Eve (1941) as Jean Harrington — aged about 33
- The Thorn Birds (1983) as Mary Carson — aged about 75
- Rawhide (1959) as Nora Holloway — aged about 51
- There's Always Tomorrow (1956) as Norma Miller Vale — aged about 48
- The Furies (1950) as Vance Jeffords — aged about 42
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