Actor
Barbara Stanwyck
Born 16 July 1907 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA — died 20 January 1990
Barbara Stanwyck was a Brooklyn-born American actress whose career spanned stage, film and television. Admired for her naturalism and range, she excelled in melodrama, screwball comedy and film noir. She was nominated for four Academy Awards and later became a major television star.
Key films
Baby Face (1933)
Pre-Code drama in which she plays a ruthless social climber; now seen as a landmark of the era.
Stella Dallas (1937)
Self-sacrificing mother role in a celebrated melodrama that earned her an Oscar nomination.
The Lady Eve (1941)
Preston Sturges's screwball classic, showcasing her sharp comic timing opposite Henry Fonda.
Double Indemnity (1944)On Cinespective
Her icy femme fatale in Billy Wilder's film became a defining image of film noir.
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Tense thriller as a bedridden woman overhearing a murder plot; earned an Oscar nomination.
Key awards
- 1961 Primetime Emmy Award (The Barbara Stanwyck Show)
- 1966 Primetime Emmy Award (The Big Valley)
- 1982 Honorary Academy Award
- 1983 Primetime Emmy Award (The Thorn Birds)
- 1986 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 119
- 1927Broadway Nights · as Showgirl (uncredited)Actor
- 1929The Locked Door · as Ann CarterActor
- 1929Mexicali Rose · as Mexicali RoseActor
- 1930Ladies of Leisure · as Kay ArnoldActor
- 1931Night Nurse · as Lora HartActor
- 1931The Miracle Woman · as Florence FallonActor
- 1931The Stolen Jools · as Mrs. Frank FayActor
- 1931Illicit · as Anne VincentActor
- 1931Ten Cents a Dance · as Barbara O'NeillActor
- 1931Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) · as SelfActor
- 1931Round About Hollywood · as SelfActor
- 1932Forbidden · as Lulu SmithActor
- 1932The Purchase Price · as Joan Gordon GilsonActor
- 1932So Big! · as Selina Peake De JongActor
- 1932Shopworn · as Kitty LaneActor
- 1932Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2) · as HerselfActor
- 1933Baby Face · as Lily PowersActor
- 1933The Bitter Tea of General Yen · as MeganActor
- 1933Ladies They Talk About · as Nan TaylorActor
- 1933Ever in My Heart · as Mary Archer WilbrandtActor
- 1934Gambling Lady · as Jennifer Lady LeeActor
- 1934The Secret Bride · as Ruth VincentActor
- 1934A Lost Lady · as Marian Ormsby ForresterActor
- 1935Annie Oakley · as Annie OakleyActor
- 1935The Woman in Red · as Shelby Barret WyattActor
- 1935Red Salute · as Drue Van AllenActor
- 1935Things You Never See on the Screen · as SelfActor
- 1936The Plough and the Stars · as Nora ClitheroeActor
- 1936Banjo on My Knee · as Pearl Elliott HolleyActor
- 1936The Bride Walks Out · as Carolyn MartinActor
- 1936A Message to Garcia · as Raphaelita MaderosActor
- 1936His Brother's Wife · as Rita Wilson ClaybourneActor
- 1937Stella Dallas · as Stella DallasActor
- 1937Breakfast for Two · as Valentine RansomeActor
- 1937Internes Can't Take Money · as Janet HaleyActor
- 1937This Is My Affair · as Lil DuryeaActor
- 1938The Mad Miss Manton · as Melsa MantonActor
- 1938Always Goodbye · as Margot WestonActor
- 1938Hollywood Goes to Town · as SelfActor
- 1938Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 · as SelfActor
- 1939Union Pacific · as Mollie MonahanActor
- 1939Golden Boy · as Lorna MoonActor
- 1940Remember the Night · as Lee LeanderActor
- 1941The Lady Eve · as Jean HarringtonActor
- 1941Meet John Doe · as Ann MitchellActor
- 1941Ball of Fire · as Sugarpuss O’SheaActor
- 1941You Belong to Me · as Helen HuntActor
- 1941The Great Man's Lady · as Hannah Sempler HoytActor
- 1942The Gay Sisters · as Fiona GaylordActor
- 1942Breakdowns of 1942 · as SelfActor
- 1943Lady of Burlesque · as Dixie DaisyActor
- 1943Flesh and Fantasy · as Joan Stanley (segment 3)Actor
- 1944Double Indemnity · as Phyllis DietrichsonActor
- 1944Hollywood Canteen · as SelfActor
- 1944Breakdowns of 1944 · as SelfActor
- 1945Christmas in Connecticut · as Elizabeth LaneActor
- 1945Hollywood Victory Caravan · as Barbara StanwyckActor
- 1946The Strange Love of Martha Ivers · as Martha IversActor
- 1946My Reputation · as Jessica DrummondActor
- 1946The Bride Wore Boots · as Sally WarrenActor
- 1947The Two Mrs. Carrolls · as Sally Morton CarrollActor
- 1947Cry Wolf · as Sandra MarshallActor
- 1947California · as Lily BishopActor
- 1947The Other Love · as Karen DuncanActor
- 1947Variety Girl · as Barbara StanwyckActor
- 1947Performers Arrive in Hampshire · as SelfActor
- 1948Sorry, Wrong Number · as Leona Cotterell StevensonActor
- 1948B.F.'s Daughter · as Pauline 'Polly' Fulton BrettActor
- 1949The File on Thelma Jordon · as Thelma JordonActor
- 1949The Lady Gambles · as Joan Phillips BootheActor
- 1949East Side, West Side · as Jessie BourneActor
- 1950The Furies · as Vance JeffordsActor
- 1950No Man of Her Own · as Helen FergusonActor
- 1950To Please a Lady · as Regina ForbesActor
- 1951The Man with a Cloak · as Lorna BountyActor
- 1952Clash by Night · as Mae Doyle D'AmatoActor
- 1953Titanic · as Julia SturgesActor
- 1953All I Desire · as Naomi MurdochActor
- 1953Jeopardy · as Helen StilwinActor
- 1953Blowing Wild · as Marina ConwayActor
- 1953The Moonlighter · as RelaActor
- 1954Witness to Murder · as Cheryl DraperActor
- 1954Executive Suite · as Julia O. TredwayActor
- 1954Cattle Queen of Montana · as Sierra Nevada JonesActor
- 1955The Violent Men · as Martha WilkisonActor
- 1955Escape to Burma · as Gwen MooreActor
- 1956There's Always Tomorrow · as Norma Miller ValeActor
- 1956Crime of Passion · as Kathy FergusonActor
- 1956The Maverick Queen · as Kit BanionActor
- 1956These Wilder Years · as Ann DempsterActor
- 1957Forty Guns · as Jessica DrummondActor
- 1957Trooper Hook · as Cora SutliffActor
- 1961Dragon by the Tail · as Self - Host/Josephine LittleActor
- 1962Walk on the Wild Side · as Jo CourtneyActor
- 1964Roustabout · as Maggie MorganActor
- 1964The Night Walker · as Irene TrentActor
- 1964Calhoun · as Abby RaynerActor
- 1970The House That Would Not Die · as Ruth BennettActor
- 1971A Taste of Evil · as Miriam JenningsActor
- 1973The Letters · as Geraldine ParkingtonActor
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1981This Is ElvisActor
- 1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)Actor
- 1982Showbiz Goes to War · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1986Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend · as archive footageActor
- 1987Hollywood Uncensored · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre · as SelfActor
- 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1995The Casting CouchActor
- 1996The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller · as Jessica Drummond (archive footage)Actor
- 2003Complicated Women · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2005Bad Girls Behind Bars · as Nan Taylor (archive footage)Actor
- 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood · as Various Roles (archive footage)Actor
- 2008Warner at War · as (archive footage)Actor
- 2020Citizen Jane Fonda · as Self (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.