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Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck, born as Ruby Catherine Stevens on July 16, 1907, was an American actress, model, and dancer who started her professional journey in 1923 and remained active until 1986. Known for her strong and realistic screen presence, she appeared in stage plays, films, and television shows, highlighting her broad versatility. Orphaned at four and raised partly in foster homes, she was no stranger to adversity and hard work. Jacques Tourneur, one of her directors, once said, "She only lives for two things, and both of them are work." Stanwyck made her debut on stage at age 16, and within a few years, she was acting in plays. Her film career peaked during the 1920s and 1930s with roles in Night Nurse, Baby Face, and Stella Dallas, the latter earning her an Academy Award nomination. As her film career declined in the 1950s, she seamlessly transitioned to television, winning three Emmy Awards for The Barbara Stanwyck Show, The Big Valley, and The Thorn Birds. She also received an Honorary Oscar in 1982, several lifetime achievement awards, and was named the 11th greatest female star of American cinema by the American Film Institute.
In her personal life, Stanwyck was married twice; first to Frank Fay and later to Robert Taylor, and had one adopted son. It is notable that she kept her career firmly on the path despite her personal challenges. She was adored in Hollywood for not only her talent but also her kindness and accessibility to the backstage crew. Although her interactions with her son were marred with complexities, she ensured her retirement years were spent actively, predominantly in charity work._
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Ruby Catherine Stevens
Born: New York City, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: July 16, 1907
Occupations: Actress, model, dancer
Years Active: 1923–1986
Children: 1
Spouses: Frank Fay, Robert Taylor
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Awards and Nominations Received by Barbara Stanwyck
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Movies Featuring Barbara Stanwyck
Ball of Fire
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Double Indemnity
The Lady Eve
Roustabout
Christmas in Connecticut
Remember the Night
Complicated Women
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Shadows of Suspense
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
The Thorn Birds
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Showbiz Goes to War
Hollywood Uncensored
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
Meet John Doe
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
The Stolen Jools
So Big!
A Lost Lady
The House That Would Not Die
The Moonlighter
Flesh and Fantasy
The Purchase Price
The Other Love
Ladies They Talk About
You Belong to Me
The Bride Wore Boots
Variety Girl
Escape to Burma
Walk on the Wild Side
Performers arrive in Hampshire
Night Nurse
My Reputation
A Taste of Evil
East Side, West Side
The Woman in Red
The Violent Men
All I Desire
The Night Walker
Always Goodbye
Illicit
Forty Guns
The Great Man’s Lady
Ever in My Heart
Cattle Queen of Montana
Breakdowns of 1942
Union Pacific
The Mad Miss Manton
The Lady Gambles
Executive Suite
Witness to Murder
Breakfast for Two
Shopworn
The Furies
Stella Dallas
Sorry, Wrong Number
There’s Always Tomorrow
Lady of Burlesque
Hollywood Victory Caravan
The Letters
Jeopardy
Forbidden
Breakdowns of 1944
The File on Thelma Jordon
Crime of Passion
Golden Boy
Ten Cents a Dance
No Man of Her Own
Round About Hollywood
Banjo on My Knee
These Wilder Years
Ladies of Leisure
Hollywood Goes to Town
The Man with a Cloak
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Film Stars Help Greece
Blowing Wild
Gambling Lady
To Please a Lady
The Locked Door
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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
The Gay Sisters
Trooper Hook
Annie Oakley
Warner at War
Red Salute
The Plough and the Stars
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Titanic
Hollywood Canteen
The Secret Bride
Things You Never See on the Screen
His Brother’s Wife
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
B.F.’s Daughter
Baby Face
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
The Maverick Queen
This Is My Affair
The Miracle Woman
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
A Message to Garcia
Remember the Night
Mexicali Rose
Career Timeline
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2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)
Warner at War
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1973
The Letters
Geraldine Parkington
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1956
There’s Always Tomorrow
Norma Miller Vale
Crime of Passion
Kathy Ferguson
These Wilder Years
Ann Dempster
The Maverick Queen
Kit Banion
1954
Cattle Queen of Montana
Sierra Nevada Jones
Executive Suite
Julia O. Tredway
Witness to Murder
Cheryl Draper
1953
The Moonlighter
Rela
All I Desire
Naomi Murdoch
Jeopardy
Helen Stilwin
Blowing Wild
Marina Conway
Titanic
Julia Sturges
1949
East Side, West Side
Jessie Bourne
The Lady Gambles
Joan Phillips Boothe
The File on Thelma Jordon
Thelma Jordon
1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Sally Morton Carroll
The Other Love
Karen Duncan
Variety Girl
Barbara Stanwyck
Performers arrive in Hampshire
Self
1946
The Bride Wore Boots
Sally Warren
My Reputation
Jessica Drummond
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Martha Ivers
1941
The Lady Eve
Meet John Doe
Ann Mitchell
You Belong to Me
Helen Hunt
The Great Man’s Lady
Hannah Sempler Hoyt
Film Stars Help Greece
Self
1939
Union Pacific
Mollie Monahan
Golden Boy
Lorna Moon
Remember the Night
Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone
1936
Banjo on My Knee
Pearl Elliott Holley
The Plough and the Stars
Nora Clitheroe
His Brother’s Wife
Rita Wilson Claybourne
A Message to Garcia
Raphaelita Maderos
1935
The Woman in Red
Shelby Barret Wyatt
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley
Red Salute
Drue Van Allen
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
1934
A Lost Lady
Marian Ormsby Forrester
Gambling Lady
Jennifer Lady Lee
The Secret Bride
Ruth Vincent
1932
So Big!
Selina Peake De Jong
The Purchase Price
Joan Gordon Gilson
Shopworn
Kitty Lane
Forbidden
Lulu Smith
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Megan Davis
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