Barbara Stanwyck

Ruby Catherine Stevens

Born July 16, 1907· Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

† Died January 20, 1990

66Roles★ 6.6Average rating

Orphaned early and raised partly in foster homes, she entered the entertainment world as a Ziegfeld chorus girl at sixteen, quickly moving to Broadway where a leading role in Burlesque (1927) secured her stage reputation. Transitioning to film in 1929, she impressed directors such as Cecil B. De Mille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra, starring in early talkies like Ladies of Leisure (1930) and gaining… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Double Indemnity1944Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982The Lady Eve1941Meet John Doe1941

Filmography

YearRating

★ 8.1

Double Indemnity1944

Phyllis Dietrichson

★ 7.3

The Lady Eve1941

Jean Harrington

★ 7.4

Ball of Fire1941

Sugarpuss O’Shea

★ 7.3

Meet John Doe1941

Ann Mitchell

★ 7.3

Baby Face1933

Lily Powers

★ 7.3

Remember the Night1940

Lee Leander

★ 7.1

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers1946

Martha Ivers

Series★ 7.2

The Thorn Birds1983

Mary Carson

★ 7

Christmas in Connecticut1945

Elizabeth Lane

★ 7.2

There's Always Tomorrow1956

Norma Miller Vale

★ 7.1

The Furies1950

Vance Jeffords

Series★ 7.3

Rawhide1959

Nora Holloway

★ 6.8

Sorry, Wrong Number1948

Leona Cotterell Stevenson

★ 6.9

Stella Dallas1937

Stella Dallas

★ 7

Executive Suite1954

Julia O. Tredway

★ 7

All I Desire1953

Naomi Murdoch

★ 7.3

My Reputation1946

Jessica Drummond

★ 6.8

Night Nurse1931

Lora Hart

★ 7

This Is Elvis1981

★ 6.9

No Man of Her Own1950

Helen Ferguson

★ 7.1

East Side, West Side1949

Jessie Bourne

Series★ 6.7

Charlie's Angels1976

Toni Blake

★ 7.1

Flesh and Fantasy1943

Joan Stanley (segment 3)

★ 6.7

Clash by Night1952

Mae Doyle D'Amato

★ 6.7

Union Pacific1939

Mollie Monahan

★ 6.7

The Miracle Woman1931

Florence Fallon

★ 6.8

California1947

Lily Bishop

★ 6.8

The Man with a Cloak1951

Lorna Bounty

★ 6.7

Jeopardy1953

Helen Stilwin

★ 6.7

Trooper Hook1957

Cora Sutliff

★ 6.6

Walk on the Wild Side1962

Jo Courtney

★ 6.6

Forty Guns1957

Jessica Drummond

★ 6.6

Golden Boy1939

Lorna Moon

★ 6.6

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982

(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)

Series★ 6.6

Wagon Train1957

Caroline Casteel

★ 6.6

Titanic1953

Julia Sturges

★ 6.6

The File on Thelma Jordon1949

Thelma Jordon

★ 6.5

Internes Can't Take Money1937

Janet Haley

★ 6.5

The Purchase Price1932

Joan Gordon Gilson

★ 6.5

Annie Oakley1935

Annie Oakley

★ 6.5

Forbidden1932

Lulu Smith

★ 6.4

The Mad Miss Manton1938

Melsa Manton

★ 6.2

Gambling Lady1934

Jennifer Lady Lee

Series★ 6.5

Dynasty1981

Constance Colby

★ 6.4

The Night Walker1964

Irene Trent

★ 6.4

The Violent Men1955

Martha Wilkison

★ 6.1

A Taste of Evil1971

Miriam Jennings

★ 6.2

Ladies of Leisure1930

Kay Arnold

★ 6

The Woman in Red1935

Shelby Barret Wyatt

★ 6.4

The Two Mrs. Carrolls1947

Sally Morton Carroll

★ 6.1

Cry Wolf1947

Sandra Marshall

★ 5.9

Breakfast for Two1937

Valentine Ransome

★ 6.1

The Lady Gambles1949

Joan Phillips Boothe

★ 6.2

Ladies They Talk About1933

Nan Taylor

★ 5.7

The Plough and the Stars1936

Nora Clitheroe

★ 6

Blowing Wild1953

Marina Conway

★ 6.3

Witness to Murder1954

Cheryl Draper

★ 5.8

The House That Would Not Die1970

Ruth Bennett

Series★ 6.2

The Big Valley1965

Victoria Barkley

★ 5.6

Illicit1931

Anne Vincent

★ 6.3

The Bitter Tea of General Yen1933

Megan

★ 6.1

Crime of Passion1956

Kathy Ferguson

★ 5.7

Cattle Queen of Montana1954

Sierra Nevada Jones

★ 6

Roustabout1964

Maggie Morgan

★ 5.6

The Stolen Jools1931

Mrs. Frank Fay

★ 5.4

Lady of Burlesque1943

Dixie Daisy