Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress of movie, stage, and television.
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Born | Ruby Catherine Stevens July 16, 1907 |
Died | January 20, 1990 (aged 82) |
Cause of death | Congestive heart failure and COPD |
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Notable work | Jean Harrington in The Lady Eve Victoria Barkley in The Big Valley |
Spouse(s) | Frank Fay (m. 1928-1935, divorced) Robert Taylor (m. 1939-1951, divorced) |
Awards | Academy Awards Academy Honorary Award 1982 Life Achievement Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series: 1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show; 1966 The Big Valley Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries/Movie 1983 The Thorn Birds Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries 1984 The Thorn Birds Cecil B. DeMille Award 1986 Lifetime achievement |
In 1999, the American Film Institute named her among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 11.
She was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Barbara Stanwyck Media
Stanwyck as a Ziegfeld girl in a 1924 photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston
Photoplay magazine cover Stanwyck in her award-nominated role as Stella Dallas in 1937
Stanwyck as matriarch Victoria Barkley on The Big Valley
With Robert Taylor in 1941
Magazine ad for East Side West Side (1949) starring Stanwyck, James Mason and Ava Gardner
Other websites
- Barbara Stanwyck at the Internet Broadway Database
- Barbara Stanwyck on IMDb
- Barbara Stanwyck at the TCM Movie Database
- Barbara Stanwyck at TV.com
- Time article Archived 2001-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Photographs of Barbara Stanwyck