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Barbara Stanwyck
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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 prof…
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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.
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2020
Citizen Jane Fonda
Movie
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2008
Warner at War
Movie (archive footage)
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2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie Various Roles (archive footage)
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2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2005
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Movie Nan Taylor (archive footage)
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2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Movie Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
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1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1995
The Casting Couch
Movie
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1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 1989
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1987
Hollywood Uncensored
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Movie archive footage
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1985
The Colbys
TV show Constance Colby
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1983
The Thorn Birds
TV show Mary Carson
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1982
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie (archive footage)
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1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
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1981
This Is Elvis
Movie
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1981
Dynasty
TV show Constance Colby
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1976
Charlie's Angels
TV show Toni Blake
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1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV show Self
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1973
The Letters
Movie Geraldine Parkington
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1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1971
A Taste of Evil
Movie Miriam Jennings
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1970
The House That Would Not Die
Movie Ruth Bennett
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1965
The Big Valley
TV show Victoria Barkley
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1964
The Night Walker
Movie Irene Trent
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1964
Roustabout
Movie Maggie Morgan
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1964
Calhoun
Movie Abby Rayner
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1962
Walk on the Wild Side
Movie Jo Courtney
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1961
The Dick Powell Show
TV show Irene Phillips
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1961
Dragon by the Tail
Movie Self - Host/Josephine Little
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1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV show Stella King
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1959
Rawhide
TV show Nora Holloway
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1957
Wagon Train
TV show Caroline Casteel
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1957
Forty Guns
Movie Jessica Drummond
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1957
Trooper Hook
Movie Cora Sutliff
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1956
Crime of Passion
Movie Kathy Ferguson
