Biography: life and films
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress whose birth name was Ruby Catherine Stevens. She was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York on 16th July 1907 and died in Santa Monica, California, USA on 20th January 1990, aged 82.Her best films as an actor include Frank Capra's The Miracle Woman (1931), Meet John Doe (1941), Preston Sturges's comedy The Lady Eve (1941), Billy Wilder's crime-thriller Double Indemnity (1944) and Douglas Sirk's All I Desire (1953).
Barbara Stanwyck appeared in 85 films.
She has most frequently worked with the following directors: William A. Wellman (5 films), Frank Capra (5), Roy Rowland (3), Peter Godfrey (3), Archie Mayo (3), Sidney Lanfield (2), Mitchell Leisen (2), Leigh Jason (2), George Marshall (2), Douglas Sirk (2), Allan Dwan (2), Alfred Santell (2) and Alfred E. Green (2).
Her most frequent genres include: drama (56 films), romance (24), comedy (11), Western (11), comedy-romance (10), Thriller (10), crime-thriller (6), comedy-drama (5), history (2), comedy-thriller (2), War (2) and Horror (2).
Our average rating for Barbara Stanwyck over all films is: 3.1
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Broadway Nights (1927) [a]
Mexicali Rose (1929) [a]
The Locked Door (1929) [a]
Ladies of Leisure (1930) [a]
Illicit (1931) [a]
Night Nurse (1931) [a]
Ten Cents a Dance (1931) [a]
Forbidden (1932) [a]
Shopworn (1932) [a]
So Big! (1932) [a]
The Purchase Price (1932) [a]
Baby Face (1933) [a]
Ever in My Heart (1933) [a]
Ladies They Talk About (1933) [a]
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) [a]
A Lost Lady (1934) [a]
Gambling Lady (1934) [a]
The Secret Bride (1934) [a]
Annie Oakley (1935) [a]
Red Salute (1935) [a]
The Woman in Red (1935) [a]
A Message to Garcia (1936) [a]
Banjo on My Knee (1936) [a]
His Brother's Wife (1936) [a]
The Bride Walks Out (1936) [a]
The Plough and the Stars (1936) [a]
Breakfast for Two (1937) [a]
Internes Can't Take Money (1937) [a]
This Is My Affair (1937) [a]
Always Goodbye (1938) [a]
The Mad Miss Manton (1938) [a]
Golden Boy (1939) [a]
Union Pacific (1939) [a]
Remember the Night (1940) [a]
Ball of Fire (1941) [a]
The Gay Sisters (1942) [a]
The Great Man's Lady (1942) [a]
Flesh and Fantasy (1943) [a]
Lady of Burlesque (1943) [a]
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) [a]
California (1946) [a]
My Reputation (1946) [a]
The Bride Wore Boots (1946) [a]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) [a]
Cry Wolf (1947) [a]
The Other Love (1947) [a]
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) [a]
Variety Girl (1947) [a]
B.F.'s Daughter (1948) [a]
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) [a]
East Side, West Side (1949) [a]
The Lady Gambles (1949) [a]
No Man of Her Own (1950) [a]
The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) [a]
The Furies (1950) [a]
To Please a Lady (1950) [a]
The Man with a Cloak (1951) [a]
Clash by Night (1952) [a]
Blowing Wild (1953) [a]
Jeopardy (1953) [a]
The Moonlighter (1953) [a]
Titanic (1953) [a]
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) [a]
Executive Suite (1954) [a]
Witness to Murder (1954) [a]
Escape to Burma (1955) [a]
The Violent Men (1955) [a]
The Maverick Queen (1956) [a]
There's Always Tomorrow (1956) [a]
These Wilder Years (1956) [a]
Crime of Passion (1957) [a]
Forty Guns (1957) [a]
Trooper Hook (1957) [a]
Walk on the Wild Side (1962) [a]
Roustabout (1964) [a]
The Night Walker (1964) [a]
That's Action (1977) [a]
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) [a]
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