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Barbara Stanwyck
Actor · Crew· Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Barbara Stanwyck, an enduring presence in Hollywood from 1907 to 1990, navigated a six-decade career with consummate skill and versatility, captivating audiences and directors alike, including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra. Transitioning from stage to screen, she starred in 85 films over three decades before embracing television with equal aplomb. Stanwyck's accolades include four Academy Award nominations, three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, and honorary lifetime recognitions from multiple industry bodies. Her legacy is cemented by a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and a ranking among the AFI's greatest female stars.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Double Indemnity
Phyllis Dietrichson · 1944
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage) · 1982
The Lady Eve
Jean Harrington · 1941
Meet John Doe
Ann Mitchell · 1941
Ball of Fire
Sugarpuss O’Shea · 1941
Sorry, Wrong Number
Leona Cotterell Stevenson · 1948
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Martha Ivers · 1946
Christmas in Connecticut
Elizabeth Lane · 1945
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Citizen Jane Fonda | Film | |
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | Film |
| 2005 | Bad Girls Behind Bars | Nan Taylor (archive footage) | Film |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2002 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Jessica Drummond (archive footage) | Film |
| 1996 | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch | Film | |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1987 | Hollywood Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1983 | The Thorn Birds | Mary Carson | TV |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage) | Film |
| 1971 | A Taste of Evil | Miriam Jennings | Film |
| 1970 | The House That Would Not Die | Ruth Bennett | Film |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Victoria Barkley | TV |
| 1964 | The Night Walker | Irene Trent | Film |
| 1964 | Roustabout | Maggie Morgan | Film |
| 1962 | Walk on the Wild Side | Jo Courtney | Film |
| 1957 | Trooper Hook | Cora Sutliff | Film |
| 1957 | Forty Guns | Jessica Drummond | Film |
| 1956 | Crime of Passion | Kathy Ferguson | Film |
| 1956 | These Wilder Years | Ann Dempster | Film |
| 1956 | There's Always Tomorrow | Norma Miller Vale | Film |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen | Kit Banion | Film |
| 1955 | Escape to Burma | Gwen Moore | Film |
| 1955 | The Violent Men | Martha Wilkison | Film |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Julia O. Tredway | Film |
| 1954 | Witness to Murder | Cheryl Draper | Film |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana | Sierra Nevada Jones | Film |
| 1953 | Jeopardy | Helen Stilwin | Film |
| 1953 | The Moonlighter | Rela | Film |
| 1953 | Titanic | Julia Sturges | Film |
| 1953 | Blowing Wild | Marina Conway | Film |
| 1953 | All I Desire | Naomi Murdoch | Film |
| 1952 | Clash by Night | Mae Doyle D'Amato | Film |
| 1951 | The Man with a Cloak | Lorna Bounty | Film |
| 1950 | To Please a Lady | Regina Forbes | Film |
| 1950 | No Man of Her Own | Helen Ferguson | Film |
| 1950 | The Furies | Vance Jeffords | Film |
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles | Joan Phillips Boothe | Film |
| 1949 | The File on Thelma Jordon | Thelma Jordon | Film |
| 1949 | East Side, West Side | Jessie Bourne | Film |
| 1948 | B.F.'s Daughter | Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett | Film |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Leona Cotterell Stevenson | Film |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Barbara Stanwyck | Film |
| 1947 | Cry Wolf | Sandra Marshall | Film |
| 1947 | The Other Love | Karen Duncan | Film |
| 1947 | California | Lily Bishop | Film |
| 1947 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Sally Morton Carroll | Film |
| 1946 | My Reputation | Jessica Drummond | Film |
| 1946 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Martha Ivers | Film |
| 1946 | The Bride Wore Boots | Sally Warren | Film |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut | Elizabeth Lane | Film |
| 1944 | Double Indemnity | Phyllis Dietrichson | Film |
| 1943 | Lady of Burlesque | Dixie Daisy | Film |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Joan Stanley (segment 3) | Film |
| 1942 | The Gay Sisters | Fiona Gaylord | Film |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Ann Mitchell | Film |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Sugarpuss O’Shea | Film |
| 1941 | The Lady Eve | Jean Harrington | Film |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me | Helen Hunt | Film |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Hannah Sempler Hoyt | Film |
| 1940 | Remember the Night | Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone | Film |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Mollie Monahan | Film |
| 1939 | Golden Boy | Lorna Moon | Film |
| 1938 | The Mad Miss Manton | Melsa Manton | Film |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye | Margot Weston | Film |
| 1937 | This Is My Affair | Lil Duryea | Film |
| 1937 | Internes Can't Take Money | Janet Haley | Film |
| 1937 | Stella Dallas | Stella Dallas | Film |
| 1937 | Breakfast for Two | Valentine Ransome | Film |
| 1936 | A Message to Garcia | Raphaelita Maderos | Film |
| 1936 | Banjo on My Knee | Pearl Elliott Holley | Film |
| 1936 | His Brother's Wife | Rita Wilson Claybourne | Film |
| 1936 | The Bride Walks Out | Carolyn Martin | Film |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars | Nora Clitheroe | Film |
| 1935 | Annie Oakley | Annie Oakley | Film |
| 1935 | The Woman in Red | Shelby Barret Wyatt | Film |
| 1935 | Red Salute | Drue Van Allen | Film |
| 1934 | Gambling Lady | Jennifer Lady Lee | Film |
| 1934 | The Secret Bride | Ruth Vincent | Film |
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