Barbara Stanwyck
Highest Rated: 100% All I Desire (1953)
Lowest Rated: 40% The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
Birthday: Jul 16, 1907
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Barbara Stanwyck was a dazzling study in contrasts. At times sultry and sweet; vulnerable and tough; comedic and dramatic; joyous and tragic - she simply was one of the greatest and most unique actresses during Hollywood's Golden Era. She could play whatever the part required, whether it was madcap glamour in comedies like "The Lady Eve" (1941), tough-minded feminism in weepies like "Stella Dallas" (1937), or poisonous vixens in noir classics like "Double Indemnity" (1944). A working-class girl from Brooklyn, she became one of the richest women in the United States due to wise investments. On a personal level, she was wildly popular among her peers, yet died a virtual recluse. Most astounding of all, she gave some of the most unforgettable performances in film history, yet never won an Academy Award for her work. Like many an aging glamour girl, she moved reluctantly into TV in the 1950s and 1960s when her movie career declined, but became an even bigger star than she had been before. Barbara Stanwyck - an American original and the true essence of the word "dame" - like no other actress of her generation enjoyed a long, varied career in film and television while remaining beloved by her millions of fans.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Letters | Geraldine Parkington (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Taste of Evil | Miriam Jennings (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | The House That Would Not Die | Ruth Bennett (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | The Night Walker | Irene Trent (Character) | - | 1964 |
| 56% | 57% | Roustabout | Maggie Morgan (Character) | - | 1964 |
| 60% | 58% | Walk on the Wild Side | Jo Courtney (Character) | - | 1962 |
| 80% | 33% | Crime of Passion | Kathy Ferguson Doyle (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 94% | 65% | Forty Guns | Jessica Drummond (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Trooper Hook | Cora Sutliff (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 83% | 83% | There's Always Tomorrow | Norma Miller Vale (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | These Wilder Years | Ann Dempster (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The Maverick Queen | Kit Banion (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escape to Burma | Gwen Moore (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | The Violent Men | Martha Wilkinson (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Witness to Murder | Cheryl Draper (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Cattle Queen of Montana | Sierra Nevada Jones (Character) | - | 1954 |
| 100% | 73% | Executive Suite | Julia O. Tredway (Character) | - | 1954 |
| 100% | 75% | All I Desire | Naomi Murdoch (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 91% | 66% | Titanic | Julia Sturges (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | The Moonlighter | Rela (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Jeopardy | Helen Stilwin (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Blowing Wild | Marina Conway (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 73% | 70% | Clash by Night | Mae Doyle D'Amato (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Man With a Cloak | Lorna Bounty (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | No Man of Her Own |
Helen Ferguson/ |
- | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | To Please a Lady | Regina Forbes (Character) | - | 1950 |
| 83% | 81% | The Furies | Vance Jeffords (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | The Lady Gambles | Joan Boothe (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 43% | 74% | East Side, West Side | Jessie Bourne (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | The File on Thelma Jordon | Thelma Jordon (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | B.F.'s Daughter | Pauline `'Polly'` Fulton Brett (Character) | - | 1948 |
| 86% | 78% | Sorry, Wrong Number | Leona Stevenson (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Variety Girl | Unknown (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 40% | 67% | The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Sally Morton Carroll (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Other Love | Karen Duncan (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Cry Wolf | Sandra Marshall (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 100% | 74% | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Martha Ivers (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | California | Lily Bishop (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 9% | The Bride Wore Boots | Sally Warren (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | My Reputation | Jessica Drummond (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Victory Caravan | Herself (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 88% | 75% | Christmas in Connecticut | Elizabeth Lane (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Hollywood Canteen | Herself (Character) | - | 1944 |
| 97% | 95% | Double Indemnity | Phyllis Dietrichson (Character) | - | 1944 |
| 60% | 51% | Lady of Burlesque | Deborah Hoople (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Flesh and Fantasy | Joan Stanley (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | The Gay Sisters | Fiona Gaylord (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | The Great Man's Lady | Hannah Sempler (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 90% | Ball of Fire | Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 91% | 83% | Meet John Doe | Ann Mitchell (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 100% | 87% | The Lady Eve |
Jean Harrington/ |
- | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | You Belong to Me | Helen Hunt (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 100% | 83% | Remember the Night | Lee Leander (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Golden Boy | Lorna Moon (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Union Pacific | Mollie Monahan (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | The Mad Miss Manton | Melsa Manton (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Always Goodbye | Margot Weston (Character) | - | 1938 |
| 89% | 83% | Stella Dallas | Stella Dallas (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Breakfast for Two | Valentine Ransome (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Internes Can't Take Money | Janet Haley (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | This Is My Affair | Lil Duryea (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | His Brother's Wife | Rita Claybourne (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Banjo on My Knee | Pearl Elliott Holley (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | The Plough and the Stars | Nora Clitheroe (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | The Bride Walks Out | Carolyn Martin (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Message to Garcia | Senorita Raphaelita Maderos (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Woman in Red | Shelby Barret Wyatt (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Salute | Drue Van Allen (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret Bride | Ruth Vincent (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Annie Oakley | Annie Oakley (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Lost Lady | Marian (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Gambling Lady | Lady Lee (Character) | - | 1934 |
| 100% | 81% | Baby Face | Lily Powers (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Ladies They Talk About |
Nan Taylor/ |
- | 1933 |
| 100% | 64% | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Megan Davis (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Ever in My Heart | Mary Archer Wilbrandt (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Shopworn | Kitty Lane (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Purchase Price | Joan Gordon (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | Forbidden | Lulu (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | So Big | Selina Peake De Jong (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Ten Cents a Dance | Barbara O'Neill (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Illicit | Anne Vincent Ives (Character) | - | 1931 |
| 75% | 73% | Night Nurse | Lora Hart (Character) | - | 1931 |
| 100% | 75% | The Miracle Woman | Florence 'Faith' Fallon (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Ladies of Leisure | Kay Arnold (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | The Locked Door | Ann Carter (Character) | - | 1929 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mexicali Rose | Mexicali Rose (Character) | - | 1929 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Thorn Birds | Mary Carson (Character) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Victoria Barkley (Character) | 1965-1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961-1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Joey Bishop Show | Dora (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Host | 1960-1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1958-1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Showcase 39 | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
QUOTES FROM Barbara Stanwyck CHARACTERS
Elisabeth Lane says: Wouldn't you look different if you swallowed a watch?
Elisabeth Lane says: John, darling, when you're kissing me, don't talk about plumbing.
Elisabeth Lane says: My farm--I don'r even have a window box.
Sugarpuss O'Shea says: red as the Daily Worker and just as sore
Sugarpuss O'Shea says: Red as the Daily Worker and just as sore.
Phyllis Dietrichson says: Walter, I don't want to kill him. I never did. Not even when he gets drunk and slaps my face.
Walter Neff says: Only sometimes you wish he was dead.
Phyllis Dietrichson says: Perhaps I do.
Walter Neff says: And you wish it was an accident and you had that policy for $50,000 dollars. Is that it?
Phyllis Dietrichson says: Perhaps that too.
Phyllis Dietrichson says: It's straight down the line for both of us, remember?
Phyllis Dietrichson says: And you don't really care if we see each other or not.
Walter Neff says: Shut up, baby.
Martha Ivers says: Its the only room I didn't change. [on showing her childhood room to Sam]
Sam Masterson says: We were just a couple of kids.
Mrs. Ivers says: Sorry that you ever left here. [to Sam]
Walter O'Neil says: And you. What have you done?
Walter O'Neil says: All life is a gamble.
Sam Masterson says: You'll do it for old times sake.
Martha Ivers says: A sure thing is never a gamble.
Martha Ivers says: There's only way you'll find out, release the girl.
Sam Masterson says: I haven't been on the rubberneck tour for years. [on being shown the house of Martha]
Phyllis Dietrichson says: I think you're rotten.
Walter Neff says: I think you're swell - so long as I'm not your husband.
Phyllis Dietrichson says: Get out of here.
Walter Neff says: You bet I'll get out of here, baby. I'll get out of here but quick.
Phyllis Dietrichson says: There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff. 45 miles an hour.
Walter Neff says: How fast was I going, officer?
Phyllis Dietrichson says: I'd say around 90.
Walter Neff says: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket.
Phyllis Dietrichson says: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time.
Walter Neff says: Suppose it doesn't take.
Phyllis Dietrichson says: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles.
Walter Neff says: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder.
Phyllis Dietrichson says: Suppose you try putting it on my husband's shoulder.
Walter Neff says: That tears it...
Jean Harrington says: I need him like the axe needs the turkey.
Sugarpuss O'Shea says: I love him because he's the kind of guy who gets drunk on a glass of buttermilk, and I love the way he blushes right up over his ears. I love him because he doesn't know how to kiss, the jerk!