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Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career, she was known for her strong, realistic screen presence and versatility. She was a favorite of directors, including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra, and made 86 films in 38 years before turning to television. She received numerous accolades, including three…
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entertainment · American actress (1907–1990) · television actor · film actor · model · dancer · stage actor · actor · Ziegfeld girl · writer · screenwriter · also Barbara Stanwyck, Ruby Catherine Stevens, Ruby Stevens, Stanwyck
Born 16 July 1907 · Died 20 January 1990 · Q94002
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2026· 3 entries
The Economic Times: Quote of the Day by Barbara Stanwyck: 'Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.'-Inspiring life lessons on egotism, confidence, humility and knowing your worth by ...
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2024· 1 entry
Yahoo: Barbara Stanwyck: A Look at the Life and Career of the 'Double Indemnity' Icon
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2019· 1 entry
Gold Derby: Barbara Stanwyck movies: 20 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include ‘Double Indemnity,’ ‘The Lady Eve,’ ‘Ball of Fire’
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2008· 1 entry
Vulture: Barbara Stanwyck Goes Cowgirl in Roaring ‘The Furies’
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1999· 1 entry
Was ranked as the 11th-greatest female star of classic American cinema by the American Film Institute
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1990· 4 entries
Died 1990-01-20.
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At the age of 82, from congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California
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“People talk about 'my career,' but 'career' is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt very privileged to be paid for what I love doing.”
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“I knew that after fourteen I'd have to earn my own living, but I was willing to do that.”
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded AFI Life Achievement Award (1987).
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1986· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (1986).
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And several other honorary lifetime awards
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1985· 1 entry
Made three guest appearances in the primetime soap opera Dynasty prior to the launch of its short-lived spin-off series The Colbys, in which she starred alongside Charlton Heston, Stephanie Beacham, and Katharine Ros
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Thorn Birds (1983).
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Stanwyck won an Emmy for The Thorn Birds, her third such award
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1982· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Honorary Award (1982).
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While filming The Thorn Birds, Stanwyck inhaled special-effects smoke on the set that may have caused her to contract bronchitis, which was compounded by her cigarette-smoking habit
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1981· 1 entry
In her home in the exclusive Trousdale section of Beverly Hills, she was awakened during the night by an intruder who struck her on the head with his flashlight, forced her into a closet, and absconded with $40,000 in je
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1969· 1 entry
Very hard, and took a long break from film and television work
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for The Big Valley (1966).
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1961· 1 entry
Hosted an anthology drama series titled The Barbara Stanwyck Show that was not a ratings success, but earned her an Emmy Award
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1958· 1 entry
Guest-starred in "Trail to Nowhere", an episode of the Western anthology series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, playing a wife who kills a man to avenge her husband
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1950· 1 entry
To divorce, and at his insistence, she proceeded with the official filing of the papers
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1946· 1 entry
Was "liquid nitrogen" as Martha, a manipulative murderess, starring with Van Heflin and newcomer Kirk Douglas in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
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1945· 1 entry
Played a homemaker columnist in the holiday classic Christmas in Connecticut, and the following year starred as the titular femme fatale in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
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1941· 1 entry
Starred in two screwball comedies: Ball of Fire with Gary Cooper, and The Lady Eve with Henry Fonda
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1936· 1 entry
While making the film His Brother's Wife (1936), Stanwyck became involved with her co-star, Robert Taylor
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1929· 1 entry
Transitioned from the stage to the film industry and began acting in talking pictures, the first of which was George Archainbaud's The Locked Door, where her naturalistic acting style and unaffected vocal delivery we
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1928· 2 entries
The couple moved to Los Angeles, where Stanwyck hoped to pursue a career in films
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Stanwyck married her Burlesque co-star Frank Fay
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1926· 1 entry
To impresario Willard Mack, who was casting his play The Noose
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1923· 2 entries
A few months before her 16th birthday, Stanwyck auditioned for a place in the chorus at the Strand Roof, a nightclub over the Strand Theatre in Times Square
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At age 16, and within a few years was acting in plays
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1916· 1 entry
Stanwyck was originally a Protestant, and was baptized in June 1916 by the Reverend J.
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1912· 1 entry
Dying there some years later in an epidemic
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1907· 1 entry
Born 1907-07-16.
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