Barbara Stanwyck

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

161

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-07-16

Day of death

1990-01-20 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Barbara Stanwyck

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 eleventh greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.

Known For

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Dynasty

    Dynasty

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Thorn Birds

    The Thorn Birds

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • Titanic

    Titanic

  • The Colbys

    The Colbys

  • Illicit

    Illicit

  • Golden Boy

    Golden Boy

  • California

    California

  • Calhoun

    Calhoun

  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    The Bitter Tea of General Yen

  • Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

  • The Dick Powell Show

    The Dick Powell Show

  • Jeopardy

    Jeopardy

  • Executive Suite

    Executive Suite

  • Mexicali Rose

    Mexicali Rose

  • Cry Wolf

    Cry Wolf

  • Christmas in Connecticut

    Christmas in Connecticut

  • Variety Girl

    Variety Girl

  • The Furies

    The Furies

  • Double Indemnity

    Double Indemnity

  • Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

  • So Big!

    So Big!

  • Baby Face

    Baby Face

  • Trooper Hook

    Trooper Hook

  • My Reputation

    My Reputation

  • The House That Would Not Die

    The House That Would Not Die

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)

  • The Moonlighter

    The Moonlighter

  • Stella Dallas

    Stella Dallas

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

  • Forbidden

    Forbidden

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Red Salute

    Red Salute

  • Cattle Queen of Montana

    Cattle Queen of Montana

  • Witness to Murder

    Witness to Murder

  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

    The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

  • The Other Love

    The Other Love

  • Sorry, Wrong Number

    Sorry, Wrong Number

  • Ball of Fire

    Ball of Fire

  • Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

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

  • Meet John Doe

    Meet John Doe

  • Flesh and Fantasy

    Flesh and Fantasy

  • The Great Man's Lady

    The Great Man's Lady

  • Escape to Burma

    Escape to Burma

  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

  • Lady of Burlesque

    Lady of Burlesque

  • Always Goodbye

    Always Goodbye

  • Walk on the Wild Side

    Walk on the Wild Side

  • Ladies They Talk About

    Ladies They Talk About

  • Hollywood Goes to Town

    Hollywood Goes to Town

  • Breakfast for Two

    Breakfast for Two

  • The Locked Door

    The Locked Door

  • East Side, West Side

    East Side, West Side

  • The File on Thelma Jordon

    The File on Thelma Jordon

  • The Two Mrs. Carrolls

    The Two Mrs. Carrolls

  • The Purchase Price

    The Purchase Price

  • Hollywood Uncensored

    Hollywood Uncensored

  • No Man of Her Own

    No Man of Her Own

  • The Miracle Woman

    The Miracle Woman

  • A Message to Garcia

    A Message to Garcia

  • The Woman in Red

    The Woman in Red

  • Bad Girls Behind Bars

    Bad Girls Behind Bars

  • The Mad Miss Manton

    The Mad Miss Manton

  • You Belong to Me

    You Belong to Me

  • Crime of Passion

    Crime of Passion

  • The Violent Men

    The Violent Men

  • The Plough and the Stars

    The Plough and the Stars

  • Shopworn

    Shopworn

  • Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

    Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

  • Things You Never See on the Screen

    Things You Never See on the Screen

  • This Is Elvis

    This Is Elvis

  • Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

  • Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

  • A Lost Lady

    A Lost Lady

  • His Brother's Wife

    His Brother's Wife

  • Night Nurse

    Night Nurse

  • The Lady Eve

    The Lady Eve

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • All I Desire

    All I Desire

  • The Bride Wore Boots

    The Bride Wore Boots

  • The Stolen Jools

    The Stolen Jools

  • Ever in My Heart

    Ever in My Heart

  • The Maverick Queen

    The Maverick Queen

  • Dragon by the Tail

    Dragon by the Tail

  • The Bride Walks Out

    The Bride Walks Out

  • Banjo on My Knee

    Banjo on My Knee

  • Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

    Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

  • The Man with a Cloak

    The Man with a Cloak

  • The Secret Bride

    The Secret Bride

  • There's Always Tomorrow

    There's Always Tomorrow

  • These Wilder Years

    These Wilder Years

  • Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

  • Ten Cents a Dance

    Ten Cents a Dance

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific

  • Gambling Lady

    Gambling Lady

  • The Lady Gambles

    The Lady Gambles

  • Ladies of Leisure

    Ladies of Leisure

  • This Is My Affair

    This Is My Affair

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Night Walker

    The Night Walker

  • A Taste of Evil

    A Taste of Evil

  • Remember the Night

    Remember the Night

  • Internes Can't Take Money

    Internes Can't Take Money

  • Clash by Night

    Clash by Night

  • Breakdowns of 1944

    Breakdowns of 1944

  • To Please a Lady

    To Please a Lady

  • Roustabout

    Roustabout

  • Forty Guns

    Forty Guns

  • Hollywood Victory Caravan

    Hollywood Victory Caravan

  • B.F.'s Daughter

    B.F.'s Daughter

  • Round About Hollywood

    Round About Hollywood

  • The Gay Sisters

    The Gay Sisters

  • Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

    Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

  • Blowing Wild

    Blowing Wild

  • Warner at War

    Warner at War

  • The Letters

    The Letters

  • Performers arrive in Hampshire

    Performers arrive in Hampshire