Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck (née Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong, realistic screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra. After a short but notable career as a stage actress in the late 1920s, she made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning to television.

Orphaned at the age of four and partially raised in foster homes, by 1944 Stanwyck had become the highest-paid woman in the United States. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress four times, for Stella Dallas (1937), Ball of Fire (1941), Double Indemnity (1944) and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). For her television work, she won three Emmy Awards, for The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961), The Big Valley (1966) and The Thorn Birds (1983). The Thorn Birds also won her a Golden Globe. She received an Honorary Oscar at the 1982 Academy Award ceremony and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1986. She was also the recipient of honorary lifetime awards from the American Film Institute (1987), the Film Society of Lincoln Center (1986), the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (1981) and the Screen Actors Guild (1967). Stanwyck received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and was ranked as the 11th greatest female star of classic American cinema by the American Film Institute.

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The Daily Mail 14 Feb 2025
Linda Evans posted a sweet Valentine's Day message on her Instagram account ... The colors blended into the snowy scenery ... View this post on Instagram ... She played stunning Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck) ... .
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The Timelessness of Bridget Jones

Time Magazine 14 Feb 2025
if you were a woman in 1932 watching Barbara Stanwyck sleep her way to the top in Baby Face, or Jean Harlow doing the same in Red-Headed Woman, you would of course know that what these women were ...
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Looking for love this Valentine's Day? Don't fall for Instagram or Facebook romance scams

Journal Gazette 14 Feb 2025
MENLO PARK, Calif. — If your social media suitor seems too good to be true, it might be a scam ... 14, 2022 ... Updated ... In “The Lady Eve,” Barbara Stanwyck plays a con artist named Jean, who has set her eye on a wealthy bachelor named Charles (Henry Fonda) ... .
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The 200 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time

Rotten Tomatoes 13 Feb 2025
A career highlight for Preston Sturges, The Lady Eve benefits from Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda's sparkling chemistry -- and a script that inspired countless battle-of-the-sexes comedies.
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SEMENTILLI TRIAL: Fabio's son blames Monica for destroying his family

Canoe 11 Feb 2025
Story continues below. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content ... Play Video ... The couple were the poor man’s Double Indemnity duo of Fred McMurray and Barbara Stanwyck.HERE’S THE LATEST FROM TRIAL – DAY 10 ... .
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These days an Oscar snub is almost a badge of honor

The Los Angeles Times 10 Feb 2025
But take comfort, you're in very good company ... This includes the obvious — eight-time bridesmaid Glenn Close, the “Susan Lucci of the Oscars” — as well as Golden Age legends — Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Charlie Chaplin, etc ... .
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