Barbara Stanwyck on stage, screen, radio and television
Barbara Stanwyck appeared in a total of 84 theatrically released full-length motion pictures.[1][2] She played the lead, or one of the leads, in all but three of these films. Also included are two shorts in which she appeared as herself. Below is a chronological list of her film appearances, along with her role. Her Academy Award nominations for Best Actress are also listed.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Broadway Nights | Fan dancer (uncredited) | Film debut and only silent film; a lost film | |
| 1929 | The Locked Door | Ann Carter | First talking picture and first starring role | |
| Mexicali Rose | Mexicali Rose | |||
| 1930 | Ladies of Leisure | Kay Arnold | First film with Frank Capra | |
| 1931 | Illicit | Anne Vincent Ives | ||
| Ten Cents a Dance | Barbara O'Neill | |||
| The Stolen Jools | Herself (Mrs. Frank Fay) | Short film | ||
| Night Nurse | Lora Hart | First film with William Wellman | ||
| The Miracle Woman | Florence "Faith" Fallon | |||
| 1932 | Forbidden | Lulu Smith | ||
| Shopworn | Kitty Lane | |||
| So Big! | Selina Peake De Jong | |||
| The Purchase Price | Joan Gordon, aka Francine La Rue |
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| 1933 | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Megan Davis | ||
| Ladies They Talk About | Nan Taylor, Alias of Nan Ellis, aka Mrs. Andrews |
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| Baby Face | Lily Powers | |||
| Ever in My Heart | Mary Archer Wilbrandt | |||
| 1934 | Gambling Lady | Lady Lee | ||
| A Lost Lady | Marian Ormsby Forrester | |||
| The Secret Bride | Ruth Vincent | |||
| 1935 | The Woman in Red | Shelby Barret Wyatt | ||
| Red Salute | Drue Van Allen | |||
| Annie Oakley | Annie Oakley | Her only biographical role | ||
| 1936 | A Message to Garcia | Raphaelita Maderos | ||
| The Bride Walks Out | Carolyn Martin | |||
| His Brother's Wife | Rita Wilson Claybourne | |||
| Banjo on My Knee | Pearl Elliott Holley | |||
| The Plough and the Stars | Nora Clitheroe | |||
| 1937 | Internes Can't Take Money | Janet Haley | ||
| This Is My Affair | Lil Duryea | |||
| Stella Dallas | Stella Martin "Stell" Dallas | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress | ||
| Breakfast for Two | Valentine "Val" Ransome | |||
| 1938 | Always Goodbye | Margot Weston | ||
| The Mad Miss Manton | Melsa Manton | |||
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Mollie Monahan | ||
| Golden Boy | Lorna Moon | |||
| 1940 | Remember the Night | Lee Leander | ||
| 1941 | The Lady Eve | Jean Harrington | ||
| Meet John Doe | Ann Mitchell | |||
| You Belong to Me | Dr. Helen Hunt | |||
| Ball of Fire | Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress | ||
| 1942 | The Great Man's Lady | Hannah Sempler | ||
| The Gay Sisters | Fiona Gaylord | |||
| 1943 | Lady of Burlesque | Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy |
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| Flesh and Fantasy | Joan Stanley | |||
| 1944 | Double Indemnity | Phyllis Dietrichson | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress | |
| Hollywood Canteen | Herself | Cameo | ||
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut | Elizabeth Lane | ||
| Hollywood Victory Caravan | Herself | A short | ||
| 1946 | My Reputation | Jessica Drummond | Filmed in 1944 | |
| The Bride Wore Boots | Sally Warren | Her last feature comedy | ||
| The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Martha Ivers | |||
| 1947 | California | Lily Bishop | Filmed in Technicolor Stanwyck's first color film |
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| The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Sally Morton Carroll | |||
| The Other Love | Karen Duncan | |||
| Cry Wolf | Sandra Marshall | |||
| Variety Girl | Herself | |||
| 1948 | B.F.'s Daughter | Pauline "Polly" Fulton Brett | ||
| Sorry, Wrong Number | Leona Stevenson | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress | ||
| 1949 | The Lady Gambles | Joan Boothe | ||
| East Side, West Side | Jessie Bourne | |||
| 1950 | The File on Thelma Jordon | Thelma Jordon | ||
| No Man of Her Own | Helen Ferguson/Patrice Harkness | |||
| The Furies | Vance Jeffords | |||
| To Please a Lady | Regina Forbes | |||
| 1951 | The Man with a Cloak | Lorna Bounty | ||
| 1952 | Clash by Night | Mae Doyle D'Amato | ||
| 1953 | Jeopardy | Helen Stilwin | ||
| Titanic | Julia Sturges | |||
| All I Desire | Naomi Murdock | |||
| Blowing Wild | Marina Conway | |||
| The Moonlighter | Rela | Filmed in 3D | ||
| 1954 | Witness to Murder | Cheryl Draper | ||
| Executive Suite | Julia O. Tredway | |||
| Cattle Queen of Montana | Sierra Nevada Jones | Filmed in Technicolor | ||
| 1955 | The Violent Men | Martha Wilkison | ||
| Escape to Burma | Gwen Moore | |||
| 1956 | There's Always Tomorrow | Norma Miller Vale | ||
| The Maverick Queen | Kit Banion | |||
| These Wilder Years | Ann Dempster | |||
| 1957 | Crime of Passion | Kathy Ferguson Doyle | ||
| Forty Guns | Jessica Drummond | |||
| 1962 | Walk on the Wild Side | Jo Courtney | ||
| 1964 | Roustabout | Maggie Morgan | ||
| The Night Walker | Irene Trent | Final film role |
Academy Awards
Stanwyck was nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award four times. She never won, but received an honorary award in 1982. Below is a list of Stanwyck's four nominations with her competitors.
| The winner for each year is in bold face text against a | yellow | background. |
Television
| Year | Series | Role | Episodes and notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | The Jack Benny Program | Paula Alquist | "Gaslight" |
| 1952 | The Christophers | Guest Hostess | "Sentence Deferred" and "Two Worlds of Ann Foster" |
| 1955 | The Loretta Young Show | Guest Hostess | "My Uncle O'Moore" and "The Waiting Game" |
| 1956 | Ford Theatre | Irene Frazier | "Sudden Silence" |
| 1958 | Goodyear Theatre | Midge Varney | "Three Dark Years" |
| 1958–1959 | Zane Grey Theatre | Various characters | "The Freighter", "Trail to Nowhere", "Hang the Heart High" and "The Lone Woman" |
| 1959 | The Real McCoys | Herself | "The McCoys Visit Hollywood" |
| 1960–1961 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Hostess, various characters | Lead role (36 episodes) 1961 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series |
| 1961 | Wagon Train | Maud Frazer | "The Maud Frazer Story" |
| General Electric Theater | Lili Parrish | "Star Witness: The Lili Parrish Story" | |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Dora | "A Windfall for Mom" | |
| 1962 | Wagon Train | Caroline Casteel | "The Caroline Casteel Story" |
| The Dick Powell Show | Irene Phillips | "Special Assignment" | |
| Rawhide | Nora Holloway | "The Captain's Wife" | |
| 1962–1963 | The Untouchables | Lt. Agatha "Aggie" Stewart | "Elegy" and "Search for a Dead Man" |
| 1963–1964 | Wagon Train | Kate Crawley | "The Molly Kincaid Story" and "The Kate Crawley Story" |
| 1964 | Calhoun: County Agent | Abby Rayner | Unaired pilot |
| 1965–1969 | The Big Valley | Victoria Barkley | Lead role (112 episodes) 1966 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series Nominated – 1967 and 1968 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama Series |
| 1970 | The House That Would Not Die | Ruth Bennett | Television film |
| 1971 | A Taste of Evil | Miriam Jennings | Television film |
| 1973 | The Letters | Geraldine Parkington | Television film |
| 1980 | Charlie's Angels | Toni | "Toni's Boys" |
| 1983 | The Thorn Birds | Mary Carson | Television miniseries Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1985 | Dynasty | Constance Colby Patterson | "The Californians", "The Man", "The Titans: Part 1" and "The Titans: Part 2" |
| 1985–1986 | The Colbys | Constance Colby Patterson | Main cast (24 episodes) |
References
- ^ "Barbara Stanwyck Filmography". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ Wilson, Victoria (2013). A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907–1940. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 869–87. ISBN 978-0-684-83168-8.