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Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1907-07-16
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity: 1.4

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.

Known For Filmography

Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

1976
Dynasty poster

Dynasty

1981
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

1965
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

1959
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

1953
The Colbys poster

The Colbys

1985
The Thorn Birds poster

The Thorn Birds

1983
The Barbara Stanwyck Show poster

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960
The Dick Powell Show poster

The Dick Powell Show

1961
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973
Letter to Loretta poster

Letter to Loretta

1953
Double Indemnity poster

Double Indemnity

1944
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

1953
Cattle Queen of Montana poster

Cattle Queen of Montana

1954
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid poster

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982
Titanic poster

Titanic

1953
Baby Face poster

Baby Face

1933
The Lady Eve poster

The Lady Eve

1941
Clash by Night poster

Clash by Night

1952
Ball of Fire poster

Ball of Fire

1941
Meet John Doe poster

Meet John Doe

1941
Sorry, Wrong Number poster

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948
Stella Dallas poster

Stella Dallas

1937
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers poster

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946
Crime of Passion poster

Crime of Passion

1956
Walk on the Wild Side poster

Walk on the Wild Side

1962
Lady of Burlesque poster

Lady of Burlesque

1943
The Violent Men poster

The Violent Men

1955
The Night Walker poster

The Night Walker

1964
No Photo

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989
Forty Guns poster

Forty Guns

1957
Roustabout poster

Roustabout

1964
Union Pacific poster

Union Pacific

1939
The File on Thelma Jordon poster

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949
So Big! poster

So Big!

1932
All I Desire poster

All I Desire

1953
The Mad Miss Manton poster

The Mad Miss Manton

1938
My Reputation poster

My Reputation

1946
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line poster

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997
The Furies poster

The Furies

1950
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975
Executive Suite poster

Executive Suite

1954
Golden Boy poster

Golden Boy

1939
The Lady Gambles poster

The Lady Gambles

1949
Jeopardy poster

Jeopardy

1953
Cry Wolf poster

Cry Wolf

1947
No Man of Her Own poster

No Man of Her Own

1950
The Bitter Tea of General Yen poster

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932
California poster

California

1947
Christmas in Connecticut poster

Christmas in Connecticut

1945
Night Nurse poster

Night Nurse

1931
Witness to Murder poster

Witness to Murder

1954
Trooper Hook poster

Trooper Hook

1957
The Stolen Jools poster

The Stolen Jools

1931
The Two Mrs. Carrolls poster

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

1947
Variety Girl poster

Variety Girl

1947
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema poster

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007
The Bride Wore Boots poster

The Bride Wore Boots

1946
You Belong to Me poster

You Belong to Me

1941
Remember the Night poster

Remember the Night

1940
The Miracle Woman poster

The Miracle Woman

1931
The Letters poster

The Letters

1973
Breakdowns of 1942 poster

Breakdowns of 1942

1942
Complicated Women poster

Complicated Women

2003
This Is Elvis poster

This Is Elvis

1981
A Lost Lady poster

A Lost Lady

1934
Blowing Wild poster

Blowing Wild

1953
Ladies They Talk About poster

Ladies They Talk About

1933
East Side, West Side poster

East Side, West Side

1949
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire poster

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991
A Taste of Evil poster

A Taste of Evil

1971
Annie Oakley poster

Annie Oakley

1935
Ever in My Heart poster

Ever in My Heart

1933
The Other Love poster

The Other Love

1947
This Is My Affair poster

This Is My Affair

1937
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend poster

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller poster

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002
Ladies of Leisure poster

Ladies of Leisure

1930
There's Always Tomorrow poster

There's Always Tomorrow

1956
The Maverick Queen poster

The Maverick Queen

1956
Showbiz Goes to War poster

Showbiz Goes to War

1982
Breakfast for Two poster

Breakfast for Two

1937
The Purchase Price poster

The Purchase Price

1932
Illicit poster

Illicit

1931
Hollywood Canteen poster

Hollywood Canteen

1944
The Moonlighter poster

The Moonlighter

1953
Shopworn poster

Shopworn

1932
Dragon by the Tail poster

Dragon by the Tail

1961
Escape to Burma poster

Escape to Burma

1955
The Plough and the Stars poster

The Plough and the Stars

1936
Hollywood Victory Caravan poster

Hollywood Victory Caravan

1945
The Gay Sisters poster

The Gay Sisters

1942
To Please a Lady poster

To Please a Lady

1950
The Man with a Cloak poster

The Man with a Cloak

1951
Bad Girls Behind Bars poster

Bad Girls Behind Bars

2005
Calhoun poster

Calhoun

1964
A Message to Garcia poster

A Message to Garcia

1936
Hollywood Uncensored poster

Hollywood Uncensored

1987
The Great Man's Lady poster

The Great Man's Lady

1941
Gambling Lady poster

Gambling Lady

1934
Citizen Jane Fonda poster

Citizen Jane Fonda

2020
Breakdowns of 1944 poster

Breakdowns of 1944

1944
Forbidden poster

Forbidden

1932
Warner at War poster

Warner at War

2008
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor poster

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

1973
Internes Can't Take Money poster

Internes Can't Take Money

1937
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood poster

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

2008
Flesh and Fantasy poster

Flesh and Fantasy

1943
Ten Cents a Dance poster

Ten Cents a Dance

1931
Red Salute poster

Red Salute

1935
The House That Would Not Die poster

The House That Would Not Die

1970
The Woman in Red poster

The Woman in Red

1935
The Locked Door poster

The Locked Door

1929
Things You Never See on the Screen poster

Things You Never See on the Screen

1935
Banjo on My Knee poster

Banjo on My Knee

1936
These Wilder Years poster

These Wilder Years

1956
Always Goodbye poster

Always Goodbye

1938
The Secret Bride poster

The Secret Bride

1934
Hollywood Goes to Town poster

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938
The Casting Couch poster

The Casting Couch

1995
The Bride Walks Out poster

The Bride Walks Out

1936
Round About Hollywood poster

Round About Hollywood

1931
His Brother's Wife poster

His Brother's Wife

1936
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 poster

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

1938
B.F.'s Daughter poster

B.F.'s Daughter

1948
Mexicali Rose poster

Mexicali Rose

1929
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) poster

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

1931
Broadway Nights poster

Broadway Nights

1927
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) poster

Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

1932
Performers Arrive in Hampshire poster

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

1947