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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Warner at War
Character: (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Character: Various Roles (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2007
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Character: Nan Taylor (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2005
Complicated Women
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Character: Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2002
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1991
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1989
Hollywood Uncensored
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1987
The Colbys
Character: Constance Colby
TV • 1985
The Thorn Birds
Character: Mary Carson
TV • 1983
Showbiz Goes to War
Character: (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Character: (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1982
This Is Elvis
Character:
MOVIE • 1981
Dynasty
Character: Constance Colby
TV • 1981
The House That Would Not Die
Character: Ruth Bennett
MOVIE • 1977
Charlie's Angels
Character: Toni Blake
TV • 1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character: Self
TV • 1973