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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)