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Barbara Stanwyck

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1907-07-16

Deathday: 1990-01-20 (82 years old)

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 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.

Filmography

all 133

Movies 119

self 30

TV Shows 14

(archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck

Biography

Filmography

all 133

Movies 119

self 30

TV Shows 14

Warner at War (2008)

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)

Shadows of Suspense (2006)

Bad Girls Behind Bars (2005)

Complicated Women (2003)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)

Pulp Cinema (2001)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line (1997)

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful (1996)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)

Hollywood Uncensored (1987)

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)

The Colbys (1985)

The Thorn Birds (1983)

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

This Is Elvis (1981)

Dynasty (1981)

The House That Would Not Die (1977)

Charlie's Angels (1976)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)

The Letters (1973)

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973)

A Taste of Evil (1971)

The Big Valley (1965)

The Night Walker (1964)

Roustabout (1964)

Calhoun (1964)

Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

The Dick Powell Show (1961)

Dragon by the Tail (1961)

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)

Rawhide (1959)

Wagon Train (1957)

Forty Guns (1957)

Trooper Hook (1957)

Crime of ion (1956)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

These Wilder Years (1956)

The Maverick Queen (1956)

There's Always Tomorrow (1956)

Escape to Burma (1955)

The Violent Men (1955)

Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)

Executive Suite (1954)

Witness to Murder (1954)

Blowing Wild (1953)

Letter to Loretta (1953)

The Moonlighter (1953)

All I Desire (1953)

Titanic (1953)

Jeopardy (1953)

The Oscars (1953)

General Electric Theater (1953)

Clash by Night (1952)

The Man with a Cloak (1951)

To Please a Lady (1950)

The Furies (1950)

No Man of Her Own (1950)

East Side, West Side (1949)

The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)

The Lady Gambles (1949)

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

B.F.'s Daughter (1948)

Performers arrive in Hampshire (1947)

Variety Girl (1947)

Cry Wolf (1947)

The Other Love (1947)

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)

California (1947)

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-07-16

Deathday

1990-01-20 (82 years old)

Birth Name

Ruby Catherine Stevens

Birth Place

Brooklyn, United States

Relationships

Frank Fay (1928 - 1935), Robert Taylor (1939 - 1951)

Father

Byron Stevens