Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1907-07-16
Day of Death
1990-01-20
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.
Filmography (118)
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Warner at War
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
Complicated Women
2003
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
The Casting Couch
1995
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
