Barbara Stanwyck filmography
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[edit] Overview
Barbara Stanwyck appeared in a total of 84 theatrically released motion pictures. She played the lead - or one of the leads - in all but three of these films. Below is a chronological list of her film appearances along with the names of her leading men and directors and also the names of the characters she played. Also listed are her Academy Award nominations for Best Actress.
[edit] Studio Name Abbreviations
| Studio | Abbreviation | Studio | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | Col | RKO Radio | RKO |
| First National Pictures | FN | 20th Century-Fox | 20th |
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | MGM | Universal Pictures | Uni |
| Paramount Pictures | Par | United Artists | UA |
| Republic Pictures | Rep | Warner Bros. | WB |
[edit] Films
| Year | # | Title | Studio | Role | Leading Man | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 1 | Broadway Nights | FN | Fan dancer | - | Joseph C. Boyle | Starring Lois Wilson. Stanwyck's film debut and only silent film. Now a lost film. |
| 1929 | 2 | The Locked Door | UA | Ann Carter | Rod La Rocque | George Fitzmaurice | Stanwyck's first talking picture and first starring role. |
| 3 | Mexicali Rose | Col | Mexicali Rose | Sam Hardy | Erle C. Kenton | ||
| 1930 | 4 | Ladies of Leisure | Col | Kay Arnold | Lowell Sherman | Frank Capra | Stanwyck's first film with Capra. |
| Ralph Graves | |||||||
| 1931 | 5 | Illicit | WB | Anne Vincent Ives | James Rennie | Archie Mayo | |
| Ricardo Cortez | |||||||
| 6 | Ten Cents a Dance | Col | Barbara O'Neill | Ricardo Cortez | Lionel Barrymore | ||
| 7 | Night Nurse | WB | Lora Hart | Ben Lyon | William A. Wellman | w/ Joan Blondell. Stanwyck's first film with Wellman. | |
| Clark Gable | |||||||
| 8 | The Miracle Woman | Col | Florence "Faith" Fallon | David Manners | Frank Capra | ||
| 1932 | 9 | Forbidden | Col | Lulu Smith | Adolphe Menjou | Frank Capra | |
| Ralph Bellamy | |||||||
| 10 | Shopworn | Col | Kitty Lane | Regis Toomey | Nicholas Grinde | w/ ZaSu Pitts. | |
| 11 | So Big![1] | WB | Selina Peake De Jong | George Brent | William A. Wellman | w/ Bette Davis. Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Edna Ferber. | |
| 12 | The Purchase Price | WB | Joan Gordon, aka Francine La Rue | George Brent | William A. Wellman | ||
| Lyle Talbot | |||||||
| 1933 | 13 | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Col | Megan Davis | Nils Asther | Frank Capra | |
| 14 | Ladies They Talk About | WB | Nan Taylor, Alias of Nan Ellis, aka Mrs. Andrews | Preston Foster | Howard Bretherton | ||
| Lyle Talbot | William Keighley | ||||||
| 15 | Baby Face | WB | Lily Powers | George Brent | Alfred E. Green | Features John Wayne in a supporting role. This was the only time he worked with Stanwyck. | |
| 16 | Ever in My Heart | WB | Mary Archer Wilbrandt | Otto Kruger | Archie Mayo | ||
| Ralph Bellamy | |||||||
| 1934 | 17 | Gambling Lady | WB | Lady Lee | Joel McCrea | Archie Mayo | Stanwyck's first film with McCrea |
| Pat O'Brien | |||||||
| 18 | A Lost Lady | WB | Marian Ormsby Forrester | Frank Morgan | Alfred E. Green | ||
| Ricardo Cortez | |||||||
| 19 | The Secret Bride | WB | Ruth Vincent | Warren William | William Dieterle | ||
| 1935 | 20 | The Woman in Red | Shelby Barret Wyatt | Gene Raymond | Robert Florey | ||
| 21 | Red Salute | UA | Drue Van Allen | Robert Young | Sidney Lansfield | ||
| 1935 | 22 | Annie Oakley | RKO | Annie Oakley | Preston Foster | George Stevens | The only film where Stanwyck played a real-life person. |
| Melvyn Douglas | |||||||
| 1936 | 23 | A Message to Garcia | 20th | Raphaelita Maderos | Wallace Beery | George Marshall | |
| John Boles | |||||||
| 24 | The Bride Walks Out | RKO | Carolyn Martin | Gene Raymond | Leigh Jason | ||
| Robert Young | |||||||
| 25 | His Brother's Wife | MGM | Rita Wilson Claybourne | Robert Taylor | W.S. Van Dyke | ||
| 26 | Banjo on My Knee | 20th | Pearl Elliott Holley | Joel McCrea | John Cromwell | w/ Buddy Ebsen. | |
| 27 | The Plough and the Stars | RKO | Nora Clitheroe | Preston Foster | John Ford | ||
| 1937 | 28 | Internes Can't Take Money | Par | Janet Haley | Joel McCrea | Alfred Santell | McCrea plays Dr. Kildare. |
| 29 | This Is My Affair | 20th | Lil Duryea | Robert Taylor | William A. Seiter | ||
| 30 | Stella Dallas[2] | UA | Stella Martin "Stell" Dallas | John Boles | King Vidor | w/ Alan Hale, Anne Shirley. Based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty. Stanwyck received an Academy Award nomination for her performance. | |
| 31 | Breakfast for Two | RKO | Valentine "Val" Ransome | Herbert Marshall | Alfred Santell | ||
| 1938 | 32 | Always Goodbye | 20th | Margot Weston | Herbert Marshall | Sidney Lansfield | |
| 33 | The Mad Miss Manton | RKO | Melsa Manton | Henry Fonda | Leigh Jason | ||
| 1939 | 34 | Union Pacific | Par | Mollie Monahan | Joel McCrea | Cecil B. DeMille | |
| Robert Preston | |||||||
| 35 | Golden Boy | Col | Lorna Moon | William Holden | Rouben Mamoulian | w/ Lee J. Cobb. Based on the play by Clifford Odets. | |
| Adolphe Menjou | |||||||
| 1940 | 36 | Remember the Night | Par | Lee Leander | Fred MacMurray | Mitchell Leisen | |
| 1941 | 37 | The Lady Eve | Par | Jean Harrington | Henry Fonda | Preston Sturges | Generally considered to be one of Stanwyck's finest roles. |
| 38 | Meet John Doe | WB[3] | Ann Mitchell | Gary Cooper | Frank Capra | ||
| 39 | You Belong to Me | RKO | Dr. Helen Hunt | Henry Fonda | Wesley Ruggles | ||
| 40 | Ball of Fire | RKO | Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea[4] | Gary Cooper | Howard Hawks | w/ Dana Andrews. Stanwyck received an Academy Award nomination for her performance. | |
| 1942 | 41 | The Great Man's Lady | Par | Hannah Sempler | Joel McCrea | William A. Wellman | |
| 42 | The Gay Sisters | WB | Fiona Gaylord | George Brent | Irving Rapper | ||
| 1943 | 43 | Lady of Burlesque | UA | Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy | Michael O'Shea | William A. Wellman | |
| 44 | Flesh and Fantasy | Uni | Joan Stanley | Charles Boyer | Julien Duvivier | ||
| 1944 | 45 | Double Indemnity | Par | Phyllis Dietrichson | Fred MacMurray | Billy Wilder | Based on the novel by James M. Cain. Another Academy Award nomination for Stanwyck. |
| Edward G. Robinson | |||||||
| 46 | Hollywood Canteen | WB | Herself | - | Delmer Daves | Stanwyck appeared in a cameo. | |
| 1945 | 47 | Christmas in Connecticut | WB | Elizabeth Lane | Dennis Morgan | Peter Godfrey | |
| 1946 | 48 | My Reputation | WB | Jessica Drummond | George Brent | Curtis Bernhardt | |
| 49 | The Bride Wore Boots | Par | Sally Warren | Robert Cummings | Irving Pichel | ||
| 50 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Par | Martha Ivers | Van Heflin | Lewis Milestone | ||
| Kirk Douglas | |||||||
| 51 | California | Par | Lily Bishop | Ray Milland | John Farrow | w/ Barry Fitzgerald. Filmed in Technicolor, this was Stanwyck's first color film. | |
| 1947 | 52 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls | WB | Sally Morton Carroll | Humphrey Bogart | Peter Godfrey | |
| 53 | The Other Love | UA | Karen Duncan | David Niven | Andre de Toth | ||
| 54 | Cry Wolf | WB | Sandra Marshall | Errol Flynn | Peter Godfrey | ||
| 55 | Variety Girl | Par | Herself | - | George Marshall | ||
| 1948 | 56 | B.F.'s Daughter | MGM | Pauline "Polly" Fulton Brett | Van Heflin | Robert Z. Leonard | |
| 57 | Sorry, Wrong Number[5] | Par | Leona Stevenson | Burt Lancaster | Anatole Litvak | Stanwyck was nominated for an Academy Award. | |
| 1949 | 58 | The Lady Gambles | Uni | Joan Phillips Boothe | Robert Preston | Michael Gordon | |
| 59 | East Side, West Side | MGM | Jessie Bourne | James Mason | Mervyn LeRoy | ||
| 1950 | 60 | The File on Thelma Jordon | Par | Thelma Jordon | Wendell Corey | Robert Siodmak | |
| 61 | No Man of Her Own | Par | Helen Ferguson/Patrice Harkness | John Lund | Mitchell Leisen | ||
| 62 | The Furies | Par | Vance Jeffords | Wendell Corey | Anthony Mann | ||
| 63 | To Please a Lady | MGM | Regina Forbes | Clark Gable | Clarence Brown | ||
| 1951 | 64 | The Man with a Cloak | MGM | Lorna Bounty | Joseph Cotten | Fletcher Markle | |
| 1952 | 65 | Clash by Night | RKO | Mae Doyle D'Amato | Paul Douglas | Fritz Lang | w/ Marilyn Monroe. |
| Robert Ryan | |||||||
| 1953 | 66 | Jeopardy | MGM | Helen Stilwin | Ralph Meeker | John Sturges | |
| Barry Sullivan | |||||||
| 67 | Titanic | 20th | Julia Sturges | Clifton Webb | Jean Negulesco | ||
| Robert Wagner | |||||||
| 68 | All I Desire | Uni | Naomi Murdock | Richard Carlson | Douglas Sirk | ||
| 69 | The Moonlighter | WB | Rela | Fred MacMurray | Roy Rowland | Filmed in 3D. | |
| 70 | Blowing Wild | WB | Marina Conway | Gary Cooper | Hugo Fregonese | ||
| 1954 | 71 | Witness to Murder | UA | Cheryl Draper | George Sanders | Roy Rowland | |
| Gary Merrill | |||||||
| 72 | Executive Suite | MGM | Julia O. Tredway | William Holden | Robert Wise | ||
| Fredric March | |||||||
| Walter Pidgeon | |||||||
| 73 | Cattle Queen of Montana | RKO | Sierra Nevada Jones | Ronald Reagan | Allan Dwan | Filmed in Technicolor. | |
| 1955 | 74 | The Violent Men | Col | Martha Wilkison | Glenn Ford | Rudolph Maté | Filmed in CinemaScope andTechnicolor. |
| Edward G. Robinson | |||||||
| Brian Keith | |||||||
| 75 | Escape to Burma | RKO | Gwen Moore | Robert Ryan | Alan Dwan | Filmed in SuperScope andTechnicolor. | |
| 1956 | 76 | There's Always Tomorrow | Uni | Norma Miller Vale | Fred MacMurray | Douglas Sirk | |
| 77 | The Maverick Queen | Rep | Kit Banion | Barry Sullivan | Joseph Kane | Filmed in Naturama and Trucolor. Based on a novel by Zane Grey. | |
| 78 | These Wilder Years | MGM | Ann Dempster | James Cagney | Roy Rowland | ||
| 1957 | 79 | Crime of Passion | UA | Kathy Ferguson Doyle | Sterling Hayden | Gerd Oswald | |
| Raymond Burr | |||||||
| 1957 | 80 | Trooper Hook | UA | Cora Sutliff | Joel McCrea | Charles Marquis Warren | |
| 81 | Forty Guns | 20th | Jessica Drummond | Barry Sullivan | Samuel Fuller | ||
| 1962 | 82 | Walk on the Wild Side | Col | Jo Courtney | Laurence Harvey | Edward Dmytryk | |
| 1964 | 83 | Roustabout | Par | Maggie Morgan | Elvis Presley | John Rich | Filmed in Techniscope and Technicolor. |
| 84 | The Night Walker | Uni | Irene Trent | Robert Taylor | William Castle |
[edit] Academy Award Nominations
Barbara 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. |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Previously filmed in 1925 and remade in 1952 with, respectively, Colleen Moore and Jane Wyman in the Stanwyck role.
- ^ Previously filmed in 1925 with Belle Bennett in the Stanwyck role.
- ^ Produced at Warner Bros. studio by Frank Capra Productions.
- ^ For the song, "Drum Boogie," Stanwyck's vocals were dubbed by jazz singer Martha Tilton.
- ^ Originally a radio drama starring Agnes Moorehead.
[edit] References
Peary, Danny. The Alternate Oscars. New York, NY. Delta, 1993.
- The author's choices of what or who he feels should have won Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Peary believes that Stanwyck should have won Oscars for her performances in Ball of Fire and Double Indemnity.
Smith, Ella. Starring Miss Barbara Stanwyck. New York, NY. Crown Publishers, 1985.
- An excellent and beautifully illustrated survey of Stanwyck's career.
