Barbara Stanwyck
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 GoldenGlobes, theLos 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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- Born:
- Jul 16, 1907 In Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 136
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Broadway Nights 1927-05-15
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Best Actress in the World: Featuring Barbara Stanwyck 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Best Actress in the World: Featuring Barbara Stanwyck | Self | 2026 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
| Movie | Warner at War | (archive footage) | 2008-11-11 |
| Movie | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
| Movie | Shadows of Suspense | Self (archive footage) | 2006-08-22 |
| Movie | Billy Wilder Speaks | 2006-06-22 | |
| Movie | Shadows of Suspense | Herself (archive footage) | 2006-08-22 |
| Movie | Bad Girls Behind Bars | Nan Taylor (archive footage) | 2005-06-12 |
| Movie | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
| Movie | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Jessica Drummond (archive footage) | 2002-07-02 |
| Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
| Movie | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self (archive footage) | 1996-03-17 |
| Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
| Movie | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | 1989-06-26 |
| Movie | Hollywood Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | 1987-12-01 |
| Movie | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage) | 1986-04-19 |
| Series | The Colbys | Constance Colby | 1985-11-20 |
| Series | The Thorn Birds | Mary Carson | 1983-03-27 |
| Movie | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
| Movie | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
| Series | Dynasty | Constance Colby | 1981-01-12 |
| Movie | This Is Elvis | Unknown | 1981-04-03 |
| Movie | The House That Would Not Die | Ruth Bennett | 1977-01-01 |
| Series | Charlie's Angels | Toni Blake | 1976-09-22 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Movie | The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
| Movie | The Letters | Geraldine Parkington | 1973-03-03 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1973-04-02 |
| Movie | A Taste of Evil | Miriam Jennings | 1971-10-11 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Victoria Barkley | 1965-09-15 |
| Movie | Calhoun | Abby Rayner | 1964-07-08 |
| Movie | Roustabout | Maggie Morgan | 1964-11-11 |
| Movie | The Night Walker | Irene Trent | 1964-12-30 |
| Movie | Walk on the Wild Side | Jo Courtney | 1962-03-21 |
| Movie | Dragon by the Tail | Self - Host/Josephine Little | 1961-01-30 |
| Series | The Dick Powell Show | Irene Phillips | 1961-09-26 |
| Series | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Self - Host | 1960-09-19 |
| Series | Rawhide | Nora Holloway | 1959-01-09 |
| Movie | Forty Guns | Jessica Drummond | 1957-09-10 |
| Movie | Trooper Hook | Cora Sutliff | 1957-07-12 |
| Series | Wagon Train | Caroline Casteel | 1957-09-18 |
| Movie | There's Always Tomorrow | Norma Miller Vale | 1956-01-08 |
| Movie | These Wilder Years | Ann Dempster | 1956-08-17 |
| Movie | The Maverick Queen | Kit Banion | 1956-05-03 |
| Movie | Crime of Passion | Kathy Ferguson | 1956-12-28 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Belle Garrison | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | The Violent Men | Martha Wilkison | 1955-01-26 |
| Movie | Escape to Burma | Gwen Moore | 1955-04-09 |
| Movie | Witness to Murder | Cheryl Draper | 1954-04-15 |
| Movie | Cattle Queen of Montana | Sierra Nevada Jones | 1954-11-18 |
| Movie | Executive Suite | Julia O. Tredway | 1954-04-30 |
| Movie | Jeopardy | Helen Stilwin | 1953-03-30 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Lili Parrish | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Titanic | Julia Sturges | 1953-04-11 |
| Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
| Movie | Blowing Wild | Marina Conway | 1953-10-07 |
| Series | Letter to Loretta | Self - Guest Host | 1953-09-20 |
| Movie | The Moonlighter | Rela | 1953-09-19 |
| Movie | All I Desire | Naomi Murdoch | 1953-07-03 |
| Movie | Clash by Night | Mae Doyle D'Amato | 1952-05-30 |
| Movie | The Man with a Cloak | Lorna Bounty | 1951-11-27 |
| Movie | No Man of Her Own | Helen Ferguson | 1950-02-21 |
| Movie | The Furies | Vance Jeffords | 1950-07-22 |
| Movie | To Please a Lady | Regina Forbes | 1950-10-13 |
| Movie | The File on Thelma Jordon | Thelma Jordon | 1949-11-04 |
| Movie | The Lady Gambles | Joan Phillips Boothe | 1949-05-20 |
| Movie | East Side, West Side | Jessie Bourne | 1949-12-22 |
| Movie | B.F.'s Daughter | Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett | 1948-03-24 |
| Movie | Sorry, Wrong Number | Leona Cotterell Stevenson | 1948-09-24 |
| Movie | The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Sally Morton Carroll | 1947-03-04 |
| Movie | The Other Love | Karen Duncan | 1947-05-14 |
| Movie | California | Lily Bishop | 1947-02-21 |
| Movie | Cry Wolf | Sandra Marshall | 1947-08-19 |
| Movie | Performers arrive in Hampshire | Self | 1947-12-12 |
| Movie | Variety Girl | Barbara Stanwyck | 1947-08-29 |
| Movie | The Bride Wore Boots | Sally Warren | 1946-06-05 |
| Movie | My Reputation | Jessica Drummond | 1946-01-25 |
| Movie | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Martha Ivers | 1946-08-19 |
| Movie | Christmas in Connecticut | Elizabeth Lane | 1945-07-27 |
| Movie | Hollywood Victory Caravan | Barbara Stanwyck | 1945-09-30 |
| Movie | Double Indemnity | Phyllis Dietrichson | 1944-07-06 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
| Movie | Hollywood Canteen | Self | 1944-12-15 |
| Movie | Lady of Burlesque | Dixie Daisy | 1943-05-01 |
| Movie | Flesh and Fantasy | Joan Stanley (segment 3) | 1943-10-29 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | The Gay Sisters | Fiona Gaylord | 1942-08-01 |
| Movie | Meet John Doe | Ann Mitchell | 1941-03-14 |
| Movie | The Lady Eve | Jean Harrington | 1941-02-25 |
| Movie | The Great Man's Lady | Hannah Sempler Hoyt | 1941-10-31 |
| Movie | Ball of Fire | Sugarpuss O’Shea | 1941-12-02 |
| Movie | You Belong to Me | Helen Hunt | 1941-10-22 |
| Movie | Remember the Night | Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone | 1940-01-19 |
| Movie | Golden Boy | Lorna Moon | 1939-09-05 |
| Movie | Union Pacific | Mollie Monahan | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | Always Goodbye | Margot Weston | 1938-06-24 |
| Movie | Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 | Self | 1938-02-04 |
| Movie | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
| Movie | The Mad Miss Manton | Melsa Manton | 1938-10-21 |
| Movie | This Is My Affair | Lil Duryea | 1937-05-28 |
| Movie | Internes Can't Take Money | Janet Haley | 1937-04-16 |
| Movie | Stella Dallas | Stella Dallas | 1937-08-06 |
| Movie | Breakfast for Two | Valentine Ransome | 1937-10-22 |
| Movie | A Message to Garcia | Raphaelita Maderos | 1936-04-10 |
| Movie | The Bride Walks Out | Carolyn Martin | 1936-07-10 |
| Movie | His Brother's Wife | Rita Wilson Claybourne | 1936-08-07 |
| Movie | The Plough and the Stars | Nora Clitheroe | 1936-12-26 |
| Movie | Banjo on My Knee | Pearl Elliott Holley | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | Red Salute | Drue Van Allen | 1935-09-12 |
| Movie | The Woman in Red | Shelby Barret Wyatt | 1935-02-16 |
| Movie | Annie Oakley | Annie Oakley | 1935-11-15 |
| Movie | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
| Movie | Gambling Lady | Jennifer Lady Lee | 1934-03-08 |
| Movie | The Secret Bride | Ruth Vincent | 1934-12-22 |
| Movie | A Lost Lady | Marian Ormsby Forrester | 1934-09-29 |
| Movie | Ladies They Talk About | Nan | 1933-02-04 |
| Movie | Ever in My Heart | Mary Archer Wilbrandt | 1933-10-28 |
| Movie | Baby Face | Lily Powers | 1933-07-13 |
| Movie | Shopworn | Kitty Lane | 1932-03-25 |
| Movie | So Big! | Selina Peake De Jong | 1932-04-30 |
| Movie | Forbidden | Lulu Smith | 1932-01-08 |
| Movie | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Megan Davis | 1932-12-25 |
| Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) | Herself | 1932-06-17 |
| Movie | The Purchase Price | Joan Gordon Gilson | 1932-07-23 |
| Movie | Illicit | Anne Vincent | 1931-02-14 |
| Movie | Ten Cents a Dance | Barbara O'Neill | 1931-01-30 |
| Movie | Round About Hollywood | Self | 1931-05-22 |
| Movie | The Stolen Jools | Mrs. Frank Fay | 1931-04-04 |
| Movie | The Miracle Woman | Florence Fallon | 1931-07-17 |
| Movie | Night Nurse | Lora Hart | 1931-07-16 |
| Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) | Self | 1931-06-01 |
| Movie | Ladies of Leisure | Kay Arnold | 1930-04-05 |
| Movie | Mexicali Rose | Mexicali Rose | 1929-12-26 |
| Movie | The Locked Door | Ann Carter | 1929-11-16 |
| Movie | Broadway Nights | 1927-05-15 |