Barbara Stanwyck
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
![AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6RMDwnYZtehaFFn0JEZJTE5XYOV.jpg)
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
![And the Oscar Goes To...](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rRL4xf3Z6kgLUyb5vbGKErlzP4h.jpg)
And the Oscar Goes To...
![Warner at War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xm8KlViW9HrqH8fyuTnzpLJVRR6.jpg)
Warner at War
![Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9UGM3CzSaQ2uAICCW7LBCUhZ2Am.jpg)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
![Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v9170H0IQzP08TQNzc29bCNRZYp.jpg)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
![Shadows of Suspense](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s8URSv44rxo1WrGTgkSJ8xbV5kv.jpg)
Shadows of Suspense
![Complicated Women](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fvQT0mlvu8cucYl3b7OPbrl85lJ.jpg)
Complicated Women
![The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1LNn1c8jFnmKZoBquzAMJt4L91s.jpg)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
![Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gDcnaxBygX7Ohha9bcaSKuFj1kh.jpg)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
![The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nl5PGgetUTdADk1gO12BPXb7wtB.jpg)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
![The Casting Couch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/db6k5yaQY2392l9MCE9wR9QjjZD.jpg)
The Casting Couch
![Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7s9pyT7stMsRjlS21s1ElVdCtM4.jpg)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
![Hollywood Uncensored](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oM0gTtPYuKJo5d4kNC4UlwzRFO8.jpg)
Hollywood Uncensored
![Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ciYzB3fQIjfvvIqcO7N8krDnoKw.jpg)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
![The Colbys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/32fITXr8lVbV6EMlYnj6pavTotq.jpg)
The Colbys
![The Thorn Birds](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hlBkKc9JGPszx9FjLnARad9yQA3.jpg)
The Thorn Birds
![Showbiz Goes to War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jMcC78DYOVvXuUvoTRBZI8i9vFW.jpg)
Showbiz Goes to War
![Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cwYwZBEE73PakUWzbICzxYKlXAz.jpg)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
![This Is Elvis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mFFJmCFHmSyOiOhSQi4QtTd6i6I.jpg)
This Is Elvis
![Dynasty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bKBTf22IDwD39GbpQ6clYQ2WCtA.jpg)
Dynasty
![The House That Would Not Die](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/auK8SR6NTr7S7LTXqoQlb025wFR.jpg)
The House That Would Not Die
![Charlie's Angels](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jxyI5V4LZ5rHDrXv7NpPh4EBCAo.jpg)
Charlie's Angels
![Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vwcE04LiNzgcfEfquiOFXA4wcY9.jpg)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
![The American Film Institute Salute to ...](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4RUqfbY8Z1ds6E5nKzLR17aiIFd.jpg)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
![The Letters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yGdmZMyz79f6HLIbsZSF7FXPS2A.jpg)
The Letters
![The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bWayOgtGInaMMnk6BN6Q5NpVVR5.jpg)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
![A Taste of Evil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e88Le2e2PEe6Vo8W4HR9UsrmIW4.jpg)
A Taste of Evil
![The Big Valley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5J323H8Dl0dX6IEsMXhaxcLIQW5.jpg)
The Big Valley
![The Love Goddesses](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zkOxKjZpOCA2BlLnYAUvyg5vBzJ.jpg)
The Love Goddesses
![The Night Walker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yWIO2LYQvluWSIWNYqEGmqcmynf.jpg)
The Night Walker
![Roustabout](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nzB1aQauY8GTu1SCQV3EcGOqjXF.jpg)
Roustabout
![Calhoun](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1wYNLPDthUc9ZuCfEy4Pv1X41QM.jpg)
Calhoun
![Walk on the Wild Side](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t1fPzQlKpk06an9Akme1LJX2MjU.jpg)
Walk on the Wild Side
![The Dick Powell Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cRxsaRZGU9h8XJVrCacPyAXns.jpg)
The Dick Powell Show
![The Barbara Stanwyck Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s14UYKNOsRZsRjcr66Xu8HPMheG.jpg)
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
![Rawhide](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lz5B4BoaOxNJuvjGe9LcS3GpBEK.jpg)
Rawhide
![Forty Guns](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7tJ83se0djTzIQ4pSs1LuebtPV.jpg)
Forty Guns
![Trooper Hook](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rVXjTAgSQdRWeWpuCwmlZiVjGBg.jpg)
Trooper Hook
![Crime of Passion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dDpstkYlTAE8n9jqcTYt3jJVNXm.jpg)
Crime of Passion
![Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kY1GfRiVJI6pT5BdJmtJ5jtT6bh.jpg)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
![These Wilder Years](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5s6N2U0itOZwpvWpztjQkWdzyIp.jpg)
These Wilder Years
![The Maverick Queen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sUui9ihSk5u1xmimVIF6yskGopE.jpg)
The Maverick Queen
![There's Always Tomorrow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hWvyuCWFZSAIrDdqDOaT0m4J0Ue.jpg)
There's Always Tomorrow
![Escape to Burma](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tLiedEAVftGB3FmAnEp8anpk3To.jpg)
Escape to Burma
![The Violent Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v56QMbVu29FCPffQGkkw31Gxuzj.jpg)
The Violent Men
![Cattle Queen of Montana](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/avBy9QneyviLNgJJbNZdpNJBXJr.jpg)
Cattle Queen of Montana
![Executive Suite](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dQ5LdPOkRwlTTl3ocObuNGKB1of.jpg)
Executive Suite
![Witness to Murder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3aPVHx9eiQFcj3qNW1fvy4CuwRh.jpg)
Witness to Murder
![Blowing Wild](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qRIRy1yb44RHCZjKL2O1WEPjK46.jpg)
Blowing Wild
![Letter to Loretta](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lIqe2Ypo2DOXnjj31BVkemWxf2m.jpg)
Letter to Loretta
![The Moonlighter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5vCAEVuOWIypE8HDQ5klcvJSsVj.jpg)
The Moonlighter
![All I Desire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1rGscIQ2Hamy0vIBJLFg7H1R1vh.jpg)
All I Desire
![Titanic](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rEPzO9I6LCk6Mxg1X4BsBk6oA3V.jpg)
Titanic
![Jeopardy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8eXPMsrLsTK2AcFSwbCoWWIeeRB.jpg)
Jeopardy
![The Oscars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars
![General Electric Theater](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sNhevbrsNi11PUwz0tXsB0wh84a.jpg)
General Electric Theater
![Clash by Night](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zhGWvfuKUSeOZZaHJrIGyluGLZY.jpg)
Clash by Night
![The Man with a Cloak](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xZbpS0m9G2F3DR2y2RGwTgSVNcX.jpg)
The Man with a Cloak
![To Please a Lady](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aZ9uaQO3OVcFeLZ9n2pvKPU7MHX.jpg)
To Please a Lady
![The Furies](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kVlgoW4LWj8Uxr5fXuFi6qhpzP0.jpg)
The Furies
![No Man of Her Own](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pYJukaE6s3AwHXJ1pQl8PEVlozx.jpg)
No Man of Her Own
![East Side, West Side](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gEH2YneIDzIFolOxs7SN1SYn3N8.jpg)
East Side, West Side
![The File on Thelma Jordon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sPGWc8F0IolxlpfSuOJ8AcvKQLg.jpg)
The File on Thelma Jordon
![The Lady Gambles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cFEGxjrXUjGn2spUfwrQ30XWQ0F.jpg)
The Lady Gambles
![Sorry, Wrong Number](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A39p8fEvucMFQXFmjp5Z8WepdsQ.jpg)
Sorry, Wrong Number
![The Ed Sullivan Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gUEfDXUxwhgXBX7LSk57vJKXCTp.jpg)
The Ed Sullivan Show
![B.F.'s Daughter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5qtpLnKIR5nD8BmokfQnAlK4R7C.jpg)
B.F.'s Daughter
![Performers arrive in Hampshire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cxQVugBU7WemYiGi0l9LJ15G56g.jpg)
Performers arrive in Hampshire
![Variety Girl](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8Yu6mGcov3k08DLlelcg7eF6zKO.jpg)
Variety Girl
![Cry Wolf](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ynwtpCC3bTw6crktOSLggWd9eIW.jpg)
Cry Wolf
![The Other Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/86W2NuG5ceGKib4x21NIK3urMdL.jpg)
The Other Love
![The Two Mrs. Carrolls](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r4Xky20Yi1S5tsQD7tqP714XH7T.jpg)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
![California](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5uzCAnXTkzw1UTAR3bTXh7Wf831.jpg)
California
![The Strange Love of Martha Ivers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iUAq0UYHglCsnHVbBLcJvZ6KQN9.jpg)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
![The Bride Wore Boots](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8iZXfC4uQCyw8tWt7bL61YuuXz6.jpg)
The Bride Wore Boots
![My Reputation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cBAiKCoxiHVm0I9Kqt6z7wcfush.jpg)
My Reputation
![Hollywood Victory Caravan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7v2sfxQSEaZILNtZxzAxOGlj8Rl.jpg)
Hollywood Victory Caravan
![Christmas in Connecticut](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oH1hM9wOZZflPZ5smKqWXvLXcyX.jpg)
Christmas in Connecticut
![Breakdowns of 1944](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2C6V2rynWXGynO2UfHIngK2ANFA.jpg)
Breakdowns of 1944
![Hollywood Canteen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4ifU2c7Kbt4sCLbTdLFBqnhPYDp.jpg)
Hollywood Canteen
![Double Indemnity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/n8Mfx7JNbj6lo24laFL1sZYEKHs.jpg)
Double Indemnity
![Flesh and Fantasy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3SX9WUR5QCDOmRsTeIkYWRTXmqk.jpg)
Flesh and Fantasy
![Lady of Burlesque](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bng9HQoCP4i62cKHK0E1EoqZu0X.jpg)
Lady of Burlesque
![Breakdowns of 1942](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6ZA37yaNh9pQP6nMKye7Q1leLtO.jpg)
Breakdowns of 1942
![The Gay Sisters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cXG7iD6iQZSvBRgEUrkNZ3BLpsk.jpg)
The Gay Sisters
![The Great Man's Lady](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/glNBE9uGqsUOP8yw1jLMVkW1lh6.jpg)
The Great Man's Lady
![Ball of Fire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t9L16dMTuNq4saLpQswZjkNvaMt.jpg)
Ball of Fire
![You Belong to Me](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5yaRUjS8yFUKCgAKUZmP1uQoZQN.jpg)
You Belong to Me
![Meet John Doe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dnBZbFE2OGlTGNGBVTn6t83tJtd.jpg)
Meet John Doe
![The Lady Eve](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lJYD3CMgKtv12hazSHc7xt3i2uq.jpg)
The Lady Eve
![Remember the Night](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jHGXPEERDrBZpscGbRTP5HHyeOm.jpg)
Remember the Night
![Golden Boy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tSbDPwCSXpJ6OuUQ2T2vsGzBU2v.jpg)
Golden Boy
![Union Pacific](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lSk1CWl7EaHKBNMPaDWGnhRO598.jpg)
Union Pacific
![The Mad Miss Manton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9TUiHFtWkjD99yssQYi4wc3HkB7.jpg)
The Mad Miss Manton
![Hollywood Goes to Town](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wkvPTKrUGgnd1nWBBav9dinNYcn.jpg)
Hollywood Goes to Town
![Always Goodbye](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9mDIXSRz7PvhUJ3EsDhtWfNT1v5.jpg)
Always Goodbye
![Breakfast for Two](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dMqoegFgS98sI6gqTeNyFcEdyDg.jpg)
Breakfast for Two
![Stella Dallas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/spcGWnz05deoY7gAl0EvrBelzPa.jpg)
Stella Dallas
![This Is My Affair](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kRP0UHOmWSq6oEx5L1oQjCWxjkp.jpg)
This Is My Affair
![Internes Can't Take Money](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xx7zAer0sCnfpmR7t54V3uvhWaR.jpg)
Internes Can't Take Money
![The Plough and the Stars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8GjMBToPbNb5r6XlHvr9dzJrCzr.jpg)
The Plough and the Stars
![Banjo on My Knee](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/66D5TtKwXiIX796NT3M5D8vEAor.jpg)
Banjo on My Knee
![His Brother's Wife](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xvbQe0am1mCvHFRGK0CbxWmJrpu.jpg)
His Brother's Wife
![The Bride Walks Out](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2LxPfJES8LGIX5DlIvu1HK9FsA9.jpg)
The Bride Walks Out
![A Message to Garcia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ui9qt1oUuLyX6Z7MNbginP1ZAA0.jpg)
A Message to Garcia
![Things You Never See on the Screen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1sgz8rQqLlHJOhYZOfuSWEBBoTg.jpg)
Things You Never See on the Screen
![Annie Oakley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ktF8RMMBs8zzjTPqn7HpYF6ddAq.jpg)
Annie Oakley
![Red Salute](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jDFa4Evs7RHS6zVhICiTnvrZrOS.jpg)
Red Salute
![The Woman in Red](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1xEzvMhaLLuyE6W0BVgKUv2DgRA.jpg)
The Woman in Red
![The Secret Bride](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mjc9JSPG0DEb8L9RgbTPkociN3A.jpg)
The Secret Bride
![A Lost Lady](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lTiK8CYfa6GN5ILGo0U4kYlquyK.jpg)
A Lost Lady
![Gambling Lady](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hNTfxLvnpLAqfU42GJXXBpCMu1d.jpg)
Gambling Lady
![Ever in My Heart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pIEgjp3Pc9c5s3RjvS0a8xyyNLT.jpg)
Ever in My Heart
![Baby Face](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ul4BLZAXepOQRwUtORmvEpZ4KW4.jpg)
Baby Face
![Ladies They Talk About](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hV0QKIw6PR9tLlao60WvVVxAD8I.jpg)
Ladies They Talk About
![The Bitter Tea of General Yen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fqFOHLqvqcaCIaMy4ZK9NNkf4jV.jpg)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
![The Purchase Price](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oWQ59z6PoTyzFVX6GfQLvH42Iq.jpg)
The Purchase Price
![Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3BL5zJAqrYLY3pYEr4IWt24EYgg.jpg)
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
![So Big!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/41SiOxy1lIRGVOQgL2tzsno0dhA.jpg)
So Big!
![Shopworn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d10QSfJg0NssUrEnWTmkQugM4me.jpg)
Shopworn
![Forbidden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nBUDSm2r6UvFXGjMiGSMnPmTEFw.jpg)
Forbidden
![The Miracle Woman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vwtCXSnl2RhLu9KFtBSbQpAhoqk.jpg)
The Miracle Woman
![Night Nurse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hmY6xd0WWKOqad5cMLbzax62wDp.jpg)
Night Nurse
![Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dDphkCeDtFxZ2fKsIzqfGk5qHAp.jpg)
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
![Round About Hollywood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2eaVzcpBJ4koLXVPRA8R1TyrubW.jpg)
Round About Hollywood
![The Stolen Jools](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AwtWbIO21T83FNcI60SaNmXOfKg.jpg)
The Stolen Jools
![Illicit](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4r3ukmer9Je6IjiYi96mOraKWBS.jpg)
Illicit
![Ten Cents a Dance](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d1oWSFU9YpgLbXU8EjftHoEBQFF.jpg)
Ten Cents a Dance
![Ladies of Leisure](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/71LYZn15hORP7MKE1jZAEb37ZSo.jpg)
Ladies of Leisure
![Mexicali Rose](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/suFxt57GfmOQ9z3fWpDafPO9l3D.jpg)
Mexicali Rose
![The Locked Door](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mQmOYu0QpnlYMiFhra1JybO8f8f.jpg)
The Locked Door
![Broadway Nights](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hyjJZtFDtZgXV3kJiZwQZxM0t4h.jpg)
Broadway Nights