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Birthdate: July 16, 1907

Death date: January 20, 1990

Barbara Stanwyck

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All-time

of 196,448

126
All Time Actress

of 24,004

47
Decades
- 1930s
  
  of 4,137
  
  46
- 1940s
  
  of 5,357
  
  12
- 1950s
  
  of 7,577
  
  44
- 1960s
  
  of 10,860
  
  3,938
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,620
  
  1,288
- Biography
  
  of 11,944
  
  9,017
- Christmas
  
  of 1,655
  
  40
- Comedy
  
  of 84,829
  
  19
- Crime
  
  of 34,310
  
  163
- Drama
  
  of 107,166
  
  12
- Horror
  
  of 36,682
  
  3,143
- Music
  
  of 9,349
  
  2,144
- Musical
  
  of 10,828
  
  9,764
- Mystery
  
  of 16,955
  
  91
- Romance
  
  of 37,232
  
  122
- Thriller
  
  of 49,529
  
  126
- War
  
  of 9,729
  
  1,342
- Western
  
  of 7,069
  
  49

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1920s

No Reviews

1930s

3.8460

1940s

3.1704

1950s

2.8821

1960s

1.3602

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: Barbara Stanwyck is ranked overall as 3.0360 of of 4 stars

3.0360

Barbara Stanwyck Movie Rankings

Barbara Stanwyck starring in Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity (1944)

3.7245

Phyllis Dietrichson and insurance salesman Walter Neff begin an affair and plot to kill her husband for his life insurance money. But after the murder they each become suspicious of each other and paranoia takes over. ...more about Double Indemnity

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role

DVD from $12.34

(15 sellers)

Baby Face (1933)

3.1759

Lilly (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to the top floor of a New York office building. ...more about Baby Face

DVD from $25.55

(11 sellers)

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

3.0667

Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night, whilst waiting for he husband to return home, she picks up the phone and accidentally overhears a conversation between two men planning a murder. ...more about Sorry

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role

DVD from $4.94

(12 sellers)

Lady Eve, The (1941)

3.0315

Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding causes them to split on bad terms. ...more about Lady Eve

DVD from $23.99

(15 sellers)

Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946)

2.8499

In 1928, young heiress Martha Ivers fails to run off with friend Sam Masterson, and is involved in fatal events. Years later, Sam returns to find Martha the power behind Iverstown and married to "good boy" Walter O'Neil, now district attorney. ...more about Strange Love of Martha Ivers

DVD from $3.95

(10 sellers)

Clash by Night (1952)

2.8251

Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl. ...more about Clash by Night

DVD from $8.89

(12 sellers)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

2.8167

Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writer. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. ...more about Christmas in Connecticut

DVD from $7.95

(13 sellers)

Forty Guns (1957)

2.8120

An authoritarian rancher, Barbara Stanwyck, who rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling, brutally for the avowedly non-violent lawman. ...more about Forty Guns

DVD from $6.88

(12 sellers)

Executive Suite (1954)

2.8052

Avery Bullard, President of the Tredway Corporation has died. But he never named a clear successor, so the Board members must choose a replacement. ...more about Executive Suite

Not Available on DVD

Meet John Doe (1941)

2.7570

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe. ...more about Meet John Doe

DVD from $2.99

(11 sellers)

Ball of Fire (1941)

2.7267

Sexy, wisecracking nightclub singer Sugarpuss O'Shea is a hot tomato who needs to be kept on ice: mobster boyfriend Joe Lilac is suspected of murder and Sugarpuss' testimony could put him away. ...more about Ball of Fire

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role

Not Available on DVD

Breakfast for Two (1937)

2.6605

Playboy Jonathan Blair wakes up after a night on the town to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. ...more about Breakfast for Two

Not Available on DVD

Mad Miss Manton, The (1938)

2.6556

Madcap debutante Melsa Manton finds a body in a deserted house. Of course, the police don't believe her. Stung by Peter Ames's front page editorial decrying her "prank," Melsa enlists seven fellow debs to help her investigate. ...more about Mad Miss Manton

Not Available on DVD

Bitter Tea of General Yen, The (1933)

2.6509

Megan Davis, a young American, arrives in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War in order to marry a missionary. She is separated from her fianc� and rescued by General Yen. ...more about Bitter Tea of General Yen

Not Available on DVD

Titanic (1953)

2.6381

Unhappily married and uncomfortable with life among the British upper crust, Julia Sturges takes her two children and boards the Titanic for America. ...more about Titanic

DVD from $4.86

(12 sellers)

Bride Walks Out, The (1936)

2.6209

Carolyn and Michael fall in love and decide to marry. However, Michael insists that Carolyn quit her job. She soon finds that the two of them cannot make ends meet on his salary alone, so she gets a job and tries to keep it a secret from him. ...more about Bride Walks Out

Not Available on DVD

Blowing Wild (1953)

2.6195

Not Available on DVD

Secret Bride, The (1934)

2.5935

Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. ...more about Secret Bride

Not Available on DVD

Miracle Woman, The (1931)

2.5722

After Florence Fallon's father is fired from the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith. She teams up with Horsby, a con man, and performs fake miracles for profit. ...more about Miracle Woman

Not Available on DVD

Stella Dallas (1937)

2.5697

Stella Martin marries ambitious Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel. But Stella's vulgar ways and resistance to improving herself lead to divorce. ...more about Stella Dallas

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role

DVD from $5.00

(10 sellers)

Plough and the Stars, The (1936)

2.5387

Not Available on DVD

All I Desire (1953)

2.5227

In 1900, Naomi Murdoch deserted her small-town family to go on the stage. Some ten years later, daughter Lily invites Naomi back to see her in the Riverdale high school play. ...more about All I Desire

Not Available on DVD

Purchase Price, The (1932)

2.5022

Torch singer Joan Gordon, tiring of her relationship with small-time hood and racketeer Eddie Fields, flees to North Dakota and becomes the mail-order bride of down-to-earth farmer Jim Gilson. ...more about Purchase Price

Not Available on DVD

East Side, West Side (1949)

2.4930

Brandon and Jessie Bourne has been married to each other for many years. A few years ago, Brandon had an extra-martial affair with Isabel Lorrison. Now she has come back to New York intending to start over with the relationship once again. ...more about East Side

Not Available on DVD

Ladies of Leisure (1930)

2.4839

Jerry Strong is the son of a rich businessman, but wants to be a painter. He hires Kay Arnold, a good girl with a bad past, as a model. They fall in love, and plan to get married. But Jerry's parents raise strong objections. ...more about Ladies of Leisure

Not Available on DVD

So Big! (1932)

2.4017

Selina lived well until her father Simeon died. Her aunts sold the estate and put her in a boarding school. As an adult she wants to be a teacher in farming country. She falls in love with and marries Pervus, a Dutch farmer she has been tutoring. ...more about So Big!

Not Available on DVD

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

2.3865

Two clubmen discuss the occult, introducing three weird tales: 1) Plain, bitter Henrietta secretly loves law student Michael. Then on Mardi Gras night, a mysterious stranger gives her a mask of beauty that she must return at midnight. ...more about Flesh and Fantasy

Not Available on DVD

Furies, The (1950)

2.3760

Not Available on DVD

Two Mrs. Carrolls, The (1947)

2.3591

Struggling artist Gerry Carroll meets Sally whilst on holiday in the country. A romance develops but he doesn't tell her he's already married. ...more about Two Mrs. Carrolls

Not Available on DVD

Lady of Burlesque (1943)

2.3579

Sassy Dixie Daisy is the hot new attraction at a former opera house that's been turned into a burlesque theater. She's popular with the customers, although not with Lolita La Verne, a stuck-up diva who was hoping she'd get the top spot. ...more about Lady of Burlesque

DVD from $6.99

(8 sellers)

Woman in Red, The (1935)

2.3561

Shelby Barrett (Barbara Stanwyck) rides show horses for wealthy widow "Nicko" Nicholas (Genevieve Tobin)and meets Johnny Wyatt (Gene Raymond), scion of a once-wealthy Long Island Family, but who now goes about the country riding polo ponies for "Nicko. ...more about Woman in Red

DVD from $4.52

(12 sellers)

Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)

2.3181

The Jones family, about to prove claim to prime Montana land, is raided by renegade Indians in league with villainous neighbor McCord, who gets most of the stolen cattle. Two survivors are helped by college-educated chief's son Colorados. ...more about Cattle Queen of Montana

DVD from $6.98

(6 sellers)

Golden Boy (1939)

2.2784

Joe Bonaparte's father wants him to pursue his musical talent; but Joe wants to be a boxer. Persuading near-bankrupt manager Tom Moody to give him a chance, Joe quickly rises in his new profession. ...more about Golden Boy

Not Available on DVD

Banjo on My Knee (1936)

2.2191

Ernie Holley runs away on his wedding night because he thinks he has killed a wedding guest. His father Newt and bride Pearl find him in New Orleans and persuade him to come home. ...more about Banjo on My Knee

Not Available on DVD

B.F.'s Daughter (1948)

2.1734

Polly Fulton is the only daughter of rich industrialist B.F. Fulton. She is about to marry the man of her dreams, attorney Robert Tasmin, then she meets the intellectual Thomas Brett. They fall in love and soon they marry. ...more about B.F.'s Daughter

Not Available on DVD

My Reputation (1946)

2.1734

Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children. ...more about My Reputation

Not Available on DVD

Night Nurse (1931)

2.1552

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, but something much more sinister is going on. ...more about Night Nurse

Not Available on DVD

Night Walker, The (1964)

2.0761

Not Available on DVD

Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

2.0742

At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. ...more about Walk on the Wild Side

DVD from $10.99

(1 sellers)

Ladies They Talk About (1933)

2.0730

Gun moll Nan Taylor, caught after an otherwise successful bank robbery, falls for radio crusader David Slade and confides her guilt to him. Much to her surprise, he turns her in. ...more about Ladies They Talk About

Not Available on DVD

Remember the Night (1940)

2.0547

Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He gets the trial postponed because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmastime. ...more about Remember the Night

Not Available on DVD

File on Thelma Jordon, The (1950)

2.0442

The wonderfully evil Barbara Stanwyck plays Thelma Jordon, a woman who late one night shows up in the office of married Assistant DA Cleve Marshall (Wendell Corey). Before Cleve can stop himself, he and Thelma are involved in an illicit affair. ...more about File on Thelma Jordon

Not Available on DVD

Crime of Passion (1957)

2.0396

Kathy is a smart and tough 1950's advice columnist at a San Francisco newspaper, with her name plastered on billboards all over the city. One day, Bill Doyle, a Los Angeles detective, walks into her office - it is instant attraction. ...more about Crime of Passion

DVD from $6.42

(10 sellers)

Cry Wolf (1947)

1.9816

Sandra Demarest arrives at the Caldwell estate, and announces to Mark Caldwell that she was secretly married to his nephew James, who recently died. ...more about Cry Wolf

Not Available on DVD

Violent Men, The (1955)

1.9620

A Union ex-officer plans to sell up to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancee, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bully-boy tactics make him think again. ...more about Violent Men

DVD from $3.95

(11 sellers)

Jeopardy (1953)

1.9072

The Stilwins are on vacation to an isolated beach in Mexico. Walking on a deserted jetty, Doug Stilwin gets his leg trapped under one of the logs. All attempts to move the log are futile and Helen Stilwin takes the car to get help. ...more about Jeopardy

Not Available on DVD

Lost Lady, A (1934)

1.8173

Two days before Marian and Ned are to be married, he is killed by the husband of a woman he was seeing on the side. Marian becomes withdrawn and they send her to the Canadian Rockies for rest. ...more about Lost Lady

Not Available on DVD

No Man of Her Own (1950)

1.7794

Helen Ferguson, pregnant, penniless and dumped by her boyfriend Steve Morley, takes the identity of the pregnant Patrice Harkness, when she and her husband are killed in a train crash. ...more about No Man of Her Own

Not Available on DVD

California (1946)

1.7442

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. ...more about California

Not Available on DVD

Annie Oakley (1935)

1.6894

In a sharpshooting match, the manager of a Cincinnati hotel bets on the fellow who's been supplying the hotel with quail...who turns out to be young Annie Oakley. ...more about Annie Oakley

Not Available on DVD

Union Pacific (1939)

1.6712

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. ...more about Union Pacific

DVD from $19.99

(13 sellers)

Slippery Pearls, The (1931)

1.5068

Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatarium, produced in association with a cigarette company! Plot involves the investigation of the reported theft of Norma Shearer's jewelry. ...more about Slippery Pearls

DVD from $5.84

(3 sellers)

Witness to Murder (1954)

1.4506

Barbara Stanwyck sees a murder through her bedroom window, but no one will believe her. She is stalked by suave killer who first takes steps to convince police she is crazy, but she has ally in sympathetic policeman. ...more about Witness to Murder

Not Available on DVD

Roustabout (1964)

1.0423

Charlie Rogers drives around on his motorcycle trying to become a famous singer performing in small clubs. He gets a temporary job at Maggie Morgan's carnival while his bike is being repaired. ...more about Roustabout

DVD from $5.64

(11 sellers)

Always Goodbye (1938)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Bride Wore Boots, The (1946)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Broadway Nights (1927)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Escape to Burma (1955)

No Reviews Available

A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. The bereaved father wants Brecan's head, no questions asked, but Captain Cardigan of the colonial police hopes to find him first for a fair trial. ...more about Escape to Burma

DVD from $5.77

(6 sellers)

Ever in My Heart (1933)

No Reviews Available

In 1909 Mary Archer, daughter of small-town bluebloods, awaits the return from Germany of sometime beau Jeff. But Jeff brings with him a German friend, Hugo Wilbrandt, who loves and marries Mary. ...more about Ever in My Heart

Not Available on DVD

Forbidden (1932)

No Reviews Available

On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby, but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. ...more about Forbidden

Not Available on DVD

Gambling Lady (1934)

No Reviews Available

A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. ...more about Gambling Lady

Not Available on DVD

Gay Sisters, The (1942)

No Reviews Available

Fiona, Evelyn and Susanna are sisters. Their mother dies on the Lusitania, their father is killed in France, they must manage their Fifth Avenue mansion by themselves. ...more about Gay Sisters

Not Available on DVD

Great Man's Lady, The (1942)

No Reviews Available

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. ...more about Great Man's Lady

Not Available on DVD

His Brother's Wife (1936)

No Reviews Available

Rita Wilson meets epidemologist Chris Claybourne and they fall in love with each other. When Claybourne leaves for the tropics to find a cure against a disease, Wilson gets her revenge by marrying Claybourne's brother although she still loves him. ...more about His Brother's Wife

Not Available on DVD

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

No Reviews Available

Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before going back to active duty. With a little friendly help from John Garfield, Slim gets to kiss Joan Leslie, who he has been dreaming about while in the Pacific. ...more about Hollywood Canteen

Not Available on DVD

Illicit (1931)

No Reviews Available

Ann, a young lady of scandalously "advanced" ideas, has been living in near-sin with blueblood lover Dick, due to her conviction that marriage will destroy their love. ...more about Illicit

Not Available on DVD

Internes Can't Take Money (1937)

No Reviews Available

In a fantastically art-deco hospital, young Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished Janet Healy, widow of a bank robber, who's been in prison and can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gangster Hanlon in a tavern back room. ...more about Internes Can't Take Money

Not Available on DVD

Lady Gambles, The (1949)

No Reviews Available

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. ...more about Lady Gambles

Not Available on DVD

Locked Door, The (1929)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Man with a Cloak, The (1951)

No Reviews Available

In 1848, a young Frenchwoman, Madeline Minot, goes to New York City to see Thevenet, the grandfather of her fiance. Thevenet had been with Napoleon and may be sympathetic to the political aims of his grandson. ...more about Man with a Cloak

Not Available on DVD

Maverick Queen, The (1956)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Message to Garcia, A (1936)

No Reviews Available

Based on the actual event of Rowan's carrying a message from President McKinley to Garcia in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The parts of Dory and Raphalita are added. ...more about Message to Garcia

Not Available on DVD

Mexicali Rose (1929)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Moonlighter, The (1953)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Other Love, The (1947)

No Reviews Available

Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. ...more about Other Love

Not Available on DVD

Red Salute (1935)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 6 (1940)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Shopworn (1932)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

Ten Cents a Dance (1931)

No Reviews Available

Not Available on DVD

There's Always Tomorrow (1956)

No Reviews Available

Clifford Groves, toy manufacturer, is in full charge at the factory but feels left out and taken for granted by his wife and children at home. Alone and depressed, he meets old flame Norma, and one thing leads to another. ...more about There's Always Tomorrow

Not Available on DVD

These Wilder Years (1956)

No Reviews Available

Successful middle-aged businessman Steve Bradford returns to the town where he attended college many years previously. His conscious has been bothering him since whilst a student, he fathered an illigitimate son who was given away to the local orphanage. ...more about These Wilder Years

Not Available on DVD

This Is My Affair (1937)

No Reviews Available

Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th century). ...more about This Is My Affair

Not Available on DVD

To Please a Lady (1950)

No Reviews Available

Barbara Stanwyck stars as a hard-as-nails newspaper/radio columnist who will ruin the career of anyone she deems worthy of it. ...more about To Please a Lady

Not Available on DVD

Trooper Hook (1957)

No Reviews Available

After a band of Indians kill a group of soldiers, Sergeant Hook captures them and their leader Nanches. Among the prisoners is Nanches' son and the boy's white mother captured by them nine years earlier. ...more about Trooper Hook

Not Available on DVD

Variety Girl (1947)

No Reviews Available

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick ...more about Variety Girl

Not Available on DVD

You Belong to Me (1941)

No Reviews Available

On a ski trip, rich, idle Peter Kirk pursues and falls (literally) for Helen Hunt, M.D. After a courtship of hypochondria, she agrees to marry him on the condition that she continue to practice medicine. ...more about You Belong to Me

Not Available on DVD

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