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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Double Indemnity (1944) — Phyllis Dietrichson
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
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The Lady Eve (1941) — Jean Harrington
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Meet John Doe (1941) — Ann Mitchell
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Ball of Fire (1941) — Sugarpuss O’Shea
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Charlie's Angels (1976) — Toni Blake
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) — Leona Cotterell Stevenson
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) — Martha Ivers
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Christmas in Connecticut (1945) — Elizabeth Lane
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Baby Face (1933) — Lily Powers
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Titanic (1953) — Julia Sturges
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Forty Guns (1957) — Jessica Drummond
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Clash by Night (1952) — Mae Doyle D'Amato
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The Thorn Birds (1983) — Mary Carson
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Dynasty (1981) — Constance Colby
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Remember the Night (1940) — Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) — Megan Davis
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Stella Dallas (1937) — Stella Dallas
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Night Nurse (1931) — Lora Hart
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The Furies (1950) — Vance Jeffords
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The Oscars (1953) — Self
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Union Pacific (1939) — Mollie Monahan
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) — Sally Morton Carroll
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Witness to Murder (1954) — Cheryl Draper
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There's Always Tomorrow (1956) — Norma Miller Vale
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Walk on the Wild Side (1962) — Jo Courtney
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The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) — Thelma Jordon
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Executive Suite (1954) — Julia O. Tredway
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The Violent Men (1955) — Martha Wilkison
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Roustabout (1964) — Maggie Morgan
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The Big Valley (1965) — Victoria Barkley
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Crime of Passion (1956) — Kathy Ferguson
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The Miracle Woman (1931) — Florence Fallon
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All I Desire (1953) — Naomi Murdoch
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Rawhide (1959) — Nora Holloway
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No Man of Her Own (1950) — Helen Ferguson
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The Night Walker (1964) — Irene Trent
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Lady of Burlesque (1943) — Dixie Daisy
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Jeopardy (1953) — Helen Stilwin
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Ladies They Talk About (1933) — Nan Taylor