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
Night Nurse
(1931)
Lora Hart
Double Indemnity
(1944)
Phyllis Dietrichson
Baby Face
(1933)
Lily Powers
Titanic
(1953)
Julia Sturges
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Ann Mitchell
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946)
Martha Ivers
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Sorry, Wrong Number
(1948)
Leona Cotterell Stevenson
Ball of Fire
(1941)
Sugarpuss O’Shea
Remember the Night
(1940)
Lee Leander
The Lady Eve
(1941)
Jean Harrington
Christmas in Connecticut
(1945)
Elizabeth Lane
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
(1933)
Megan Davis
Hollywood Uncensored
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
The Violent Men
(1955)
Martha Wilkison
Clash by Night
(1952)
Mae Doyle D'Amato
Full Filmography
Acting
Broadway Nights
(1927)
The Locked Door
(1929)
Ann Carter
Mexicali Rose
(1929)
Mexicali Rose
Ladies of Leisure
(1930)
Kay Arnold
Round About Hollywood
(1931)
Self
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Mrs. Frank Fay
Night Nurse
(1931)
Lora Hart
Illicit
(1931)
Anne Vincent
The Miracle Woman
(1931)
Florence Fallon
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
(1931)
Self
Ten Cents a Dance
(1931)
Barbara O'Neill
So Big!
(1932)
Selina Peake De Jong
Shopworn
(1932)
Kitty Lane
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
(1932)
Herself
Forbidden
(1932)
Lulu
The Purchase Price
(1932)
Joan Gordon Gilson
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
(1933)
Megan Davis
Baby Face
(1933)
Lily Powers
Ever in My Heart
(1933)
Mary Archer Wilbrandt
Ladies They Talk About
(1933)
Nan Taylor / Nan Ellis / Mrs. Andrews
The Secret Bride
(1934)
Ruth Vincent
A Lost Lady
(1934)
Marian Ormsby Forrester
Gambling Lady
(1934)
Jennifer Lady Lee
The Woman in Red
(1935)
Shelby Barret Wyatt
Things You Never See on the Screen
(1935)
Self
Red Salute
(1935)
Drue Van Allen
Annie Oakley
(1935)
Annie Oakley
The Bride Walks Out
(1936)
Carolyn Martin
A Message to Garcia
(1936)
Raphaelita Maderos
Banjo on My Knee
(1936)
Pearl Elliott Holley
His Brother's Wife
(1936)
Rita Wilson Claybourne
The Plough and the Stars
(1936)
Nora Clitheroe
This Is My Affair
(1937)
Lil Duryea
Breakfast for Two
(1937)
Valentine Ransome
Stella Dallas
(1937)
Stella Dallas
Internes Can't Take Money
(1937)
Janet Haley
Always Goodbye
(1938)
Margot Weston
Hollywood Goes to Town
(1938)
Self
The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
Melsa Manton
Union Pacific
(1939)
Mollie Monahan
Golden Boy
(1939)
Lorna Moon
Remember the Night
(1940)
Lee Leander
You Belong to Me
(1941)
Helen Hunt
Ball of Fire
(1941)
Sugarpuss O’Shea
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Ann Mitchell
The Lady Eve
(1941)
Jean Harrington
Breakdowns of 1942
(1942)
Self
The Great Man's Lady
(1942)
Hannah Sempler Hoyt
The Gay Sisters
(1942)
Fiona Gaylord
Flesh and Fantasy
(1943)
Joan Stanley (segment 3)
Lady of Burlesque
(1943)
Dixie Daisy
Hollywood Canteen
(1944)
Self
Breakdowns of 1944
(1944)
Self
Double Indemnity
(1944)
Phyllis Dietrichson
Hollywood Victory Caravan
(1945)
Barbara Stanwyck
Christmas in Connecticut
(1945)
Elizabeth Lane
The Bride Wore Boots
(1946)
Sally Apley Warren
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946)
Martha Ivers
My Reputation
(1946)
Jessica Drummond
Cry Wolf
(1947)
Sandra Marshall
California
(1947)
Lily Bishop
Variety Girl
(1947)
Barbara Stanwyck
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
(1947)
Sally Morton Carroll
Performers arrive in Hampshire
(1947)
Self
The Other Love
(1947)
Karen Duncan
B.F.'s Daughter
(1948)
Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
Sorry, Wrong Number
(1948)
Leona Cotterell Stevenson
East Side, West Side
(1949)
Jessie Bourne
The Lady Gambles
(1949)
Joan Phillips Boothe
The File on Thelma Jordon
(1949)
Thelma Jordon
To Please a Lady
(1950)
Regina Forbes
The Furies
(1950)
Vance Jeffords
No Man of Her Own
(1950)
Helen Ferguson
The Man with a Cloak
(1951)
Lorna Bounty
Clash by Night
(1952)
Mae Doyle D'Amato
Blowing Wild
(1953)
Marina Conway
Titanic
(1953)
Julia Sturges
All I Desire
(1953)
Naomi Murdoch
Jeopardy
(1953)
Helen Stilwin
The Moonlighter
(1953)
Rela
Cattle Queen of Montana
(1954)
Sierra Nevada Jones
Witness to Murder
(1954)
Cheryl Draper
Executive Suite
(1954)
Julia O. Tredway
Escape to Burma
(1955)
Gwen Moore
The Violent Men
(1955)
Martha Wilkison
The Maverick Queen
(1956)
Kit Banion
These Wilder Years
(1956)
Ann Dempster
There's Always Tomorrow
(1956)
Norma Miller Vale
Crime of Passion
(1956)
Kathy Ferguson
Trooper Hook
(1957)
Cora Sutliff
Forty Guns
(1957)
Jessica Drummond
Walk on the Wild Side
(1962)
Jo Courtney
The Night Walker
(1964)
Irene Trent
Roustabout
(1964)
Maggie Morgan
Calhoun
(1964)
Abby Rayner
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
The House That Would Not Die
(1970)
Ruth Bennett
A Taste of Evil
(1971)
Miriam Jennings
The Letters
(1973)
Geraldine Parkington
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975)
Self (archive footage)
This Is Elvis
(1981)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(1982)
(archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
(1986)
Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
(1989)
Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
(1995)
(archive footage)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
(2002)
Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
Complicated Women
(2003)
Self (archive footage)
Shadows of Suspense
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Warner at War
(2008)
(archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
(2008)
Various Roles (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
(2023)
Self (archive footage)