Barbara Stanwyck

Acting · Born 1907-07-16 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

• Double Indemnity as Phyllis Dietrichson
• The Lady Eve as Jean Harrington
• Meet John Doe as Ann Mitchell
• Ball of Fire as Sugarpuss O’Shea
• Roustabout as Maggie Morgan
• Crime of Passion as Kathy Ferguson
• Sorry, Wrong Number as Leona Cotterell Stevenson
• Clash by Night as Mae Doyle D'Amato
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Martha Ivers

TV

• The Dick Powell Show as Irene Phillips
• The Colbys as Constance Colby
• Rawhide as Nora Holloway
• The Big Valley as Victoria Barkley
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
• The Oscars as Self
• Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Julie Holman
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Leona Butler
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Regan Moore