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Barbara Stanwyck Acting Filmography (118)

Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008·Various Roles (archive footage)
Warner at War
2008·(archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007·Self (archive footage)
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005·Nan Taylor (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003·Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002·Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997·Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1995
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991·Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989·Self
Hollywood Uncensored
1987·Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986·archive footage
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982·(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982·(archive footage)
This Is Elvis
1981
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·Self (archive footage)
The Letters
1973·Geraldine Parkington
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973·Self (archive footage)
A Taste of Evil
1971·Miriam Jennings
The House That Would Not Die
1970·Ruth Bennett
Roustabout
1964·Maggie Morgan
The Night Walker
1964·Irene Trent
Calhoun
1964·Abby Rayner
Walk on the Wild Side
1962·Jo Courtney
Dragon by the Tail
1961·Self - Host/Josephine Little
Forty Guns
1957·Jessica Drummond
Trooper Hook
1957·Cora Sutliff
Crime of Passion
1956·Kathy Ferguson
There's Always Tomorrow
1956·Norma Miller Vale
These Wilder Years
1956·Ann Dempster
The Maverick Queen
1956·Kit Banion
The Violent Men
1955·Martha Wilkison
Escape to Burma
1955·Gwen Moore
Executive Suite
1954·Julia O. Tredway
Witness to Murder
1954·Cheryl Draper
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954·Sierra Nevada Jones
Jeopardy
1953·Helen Stilwin
All I Desire
1953·Naomi Murdoch
Titanic
1953·Julia Sturges
Blowing Wild
1953·Marina Conway
The Moonlighter
1953·Rela
Clash by Night
1952·Mae Doyle D'Amato
The Man with a Cloak
1951·Lorna Bounty
The Furies
1950·Vance Jeffords
No Man of Her Own
1950·Helen Ferguson
To Please a Lady
1950·Regina Forbes
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949·Thelma Jordon
The Lady Gambles
1949·Joan Phillips Boothe
East Side, West Side
1949·Jessie Bourne
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948·Leona Cotterell Stevenson
B.F.'s Daughter
1948·Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947·Sally Morton Carroll
Cry Wolf
1947·Sandra Marshall
The Other Love
1947·Karen Duncan
California
1947·Lily Bishop
Variety Girl
1947·Barbara Stanwyck
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947·Self
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946·Martha Ivers
My Reputation
1946·Jessica Drummond
The Bride Wore Boots
1946·Sally Warren
Christmas in Connecticut
1945·Elizabeth Lane
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945·Barbara Stanwyck
Double Indemnity
1944·Phyllis Dietrichson
Hollywood Canteen
1944·Self
Breakdowns of 1944
1944·Self
Lady of Burlesque
1943·Dixie Daisy
Flesh and Fantasy
1943·Joan Stanley (segment 3)
The Gay Sisters
1942·Fiona Gaylord
Breakdowns of 1942
1942·Self
The Lady Eve
1941·Jean Harrington
Meet John Doe
1941·Ann Mitchell
Ball of Fire
1941·Sugarpuss O’Shea
You Belong to Me
1941·Helen Hunt
The Great Man's Lady
1941·Hannah Sempler Hoyt
Remember the Night
1940·Lee Leander/Anna Rose Malone
Golden Boy
1939·Lorna Moon
Union Pacific
1939·Mollie Monahan
The Mad Miss Manton
1938·Melsa Manton
Always Goodbye
1938·Margot Weston
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938·Self
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1938·Self
Stella Dallas
1937·Stella Dallas
Breakfast for Two
1937·Valentine Ransome
Internes Can't Take Money
1937·Janet Haley
This Is My Affair
1937·Lil Duryea
The Bride Walks Out
1936·Carolyn Martin
His Brother's Wife
1936·Rita Wilson Claybourne
A Message to Garcia
1936·Raphaelita Maderos
Banjo on My Knee
1936·Pearl Elliott Holley
The Plough and the Stars
1936·Nora Clitheroe
Annie Oakley
1935·Annie Oakley
The Woman in Red
1935·Shelby Barret Wyatt
Red Salute
1935·Drue Van Allen
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935·Self
Gambling Lady
1934·Jennifer Lady Lee
The Secret Bride
1934·Ruth Vincent
A Lost Lady
1934·Marian Ormsby Forrester
Baby Face
1933·Lily Powers
Ladies They Talk About
1933·Nan Taylor
Ever in My Heart
1933·Mary Archer Wilbrandt
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932·Megan Davis
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932·Herself
Forbidden
1932·Lulu Smith
The Purchase Price
1932·Joan Gordon Gilson
So Big!
1932·Selina Peake De Jong
Shopworn
1932·Kitty Lane
The Miracle Woman
1931·Florence Fallon
Night Nurse
1931·Lora Hart
The Stolen Jools
1931·Mrs. Frank Fay
Ten Cents a Dance
1931·Barbara O'Neill
Illicit
1931·Anne Vincent
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931·Self
Round About Hollywood
1931·Self
Ladies of Leisure
1930·Kay Arnold
The Locked Door
1929·Ann Carter
Mexicali Rose
1929·Mexicali Rose
Broadway Nights
1927·Showgirl (uncredited)