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Barbara Stanwyck Biography

orig. Ruby Stevens

(1907 - 1990)

Related Works

1954 Executive Suite
1962 Walk on the Wild Side
1964 Roustabout

1965 The Night Walker
Television
1965–9 The Big Valley
1970 The House That Would Not Die
1971 A Taste of Evil
1973 The Letters
1982 The Thorn Birds
1986–7 The Colbys
Films
1927 Broadway Nights
1930 The Locked Door
1931 The Miracle Woman
1931 Night Nurse
1932 Forbidden
1935 Annie Oakley
1937 Stella Dallas
1939 Union Pacific
1941 The Lady Eve
1941 Ball of Fire
1944 Double Indemnity
1948 Sorry, Wrong Number

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(born July 16, 1907, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 20, 1990, Santa Monica, Calif.) U.S. film actress. She made her screen debut in 1927 and went on to appear in over 80 films, often portraying strong-willed, independent women. Her movies include Stella Dallas (1937), Union Pacific (1939), Ball of Fire (1942), Double Indemnity (1944), Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), and Executive Suite (1954). She later starred in the television series The Big Valley (1965–69), and she appeared in the popular miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983). She received several Academy Award nominations, but she failed to win an award until she was granted an honorary award in 1981.