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Barbara Stanwyck despite her share of wicked or malignant characters, remained one of America’s most-loved screen personalities. Barbara Stanwycj is known for her television role 1960s four-year run in “The Big Valley”, as “The Barbara Stanwyck Show" (1960-61) ), both of which won her Emmys,which brought Barbara Stanwyck’s personality to a new generation of fans,. Her last success was winning the Emmy for best actress in 1983 for her role in The Thorn Birds as the matriarch who lusts after priest Richard Chamberlain. Stanwyck hit her peak in the 1940s, alternating between comic roles, in classics such as “The Lady Eve (1941) and “Ball of Fire”,(1941), and tough femme fatale parts in “Double Indemnity”,(1944) and “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers”,(1946). Most of Barbara's characters were strong-willed and feisty, holding their own against, and even dominating, their male counterparts in films such as “Annie Oakley (1935) and “Cattle Queen of Montana”,(1954) In “Baby Face”, Barbara Stanwyck plays a mantrap cut from common clay, her screen persona in the early 1930s. When she throws open the window of her Erie, Pennsylvania, shanty in the opening scene and blows the soot off the geraniums in the window box, there’s no question Barbara has got to be reckoned with. In those days she also was striking a blow for every working girl who had her own nose pressed against the window pane but came to the movies to escape. For the male moviegoer, she had even more to offer. Often shopworn but usually sincere, she was an earthy temptress, the variety that screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz defined as “ideal”. He wrote, “I dream of being married to her and living in a little cottage in Beverly Hills. I’d come home from a hard day at MGM and Barbara would be there to greet me with an apple pie she had cooked herself . . . and wearing no panties”. Barbara Upgraded her image in the 1940s, Barbara landed better scripts. The blue-collar days were over, but she remembered all the tricks of the trade and still got her way. In Preston Sturges’s “The Lady Eve”, playing a cardsharp vamp who passes for an English lady, Barbara creates a deliciously cunning character. Her victim is a gullible herpetologist named Hopsy Pike (Henry Fonda), who gasps: “You’re certainly a funny girl for anyone to meet who’s been up the Amazon for a year”. Barbara’s other great role around this period was the deadly, peroxided Phyllis Dietrichson in Billy Wilder’s chilling “Double Indemnity”, in which she ensnares a weakling (Fred MacMurray) in a scheme to knock off her husband and collect the insurance. These roles, the light side and the dark of the American breed of desirable femme fatale, demonstrate what critic Richard Corliss said: “When she was good, she was very, very good. And when she was bad, she was terrific”. Barbara Stanwyck began life in 1907 as Ruby Stevens, the youngest of five children. She lost her mother when she was two, and her father, a bricklayer, deserted his family two years later. Ruby knew four or five foster homes before she was 10, though sister Mildred, a show girl, looked after her when she wasn’t touring. Mildred’s boyfriend, James “Buck” Mack of the vaudeville team of Miller and Mack, taught little Ruby how to dance. (He lived with Barbara into the 1950s.) By 13, she had eluded the truant officers and was working full-time-store clerk, receptionist at Vogue, a stint at the phone company. Lying about her age, Ruby was soon dancing at the Strand Roof. She rode an elephant in the 1922 Ziegfeld Follies, and during those “cold-water flat” days one producer gave her some good advice: “Go to the zoo and watch how the animals move”. Legend has it that Ruby studied the panther with its long, powerful stride. The Stanwyck walk, authoritative and assured, would become a trademark. The big chance came on Broadway in “The Noose”, followed by her silent film debut in “Broadway Nights”, and then a personal triumph in “Burlesque” in 1927. If she had not met and married Frank Fay, the comedian who was on his short-lived stardom kick in the movies, Barbara might have been a major stage actress. Instead, she followed Fay to Hollywood, where the worst happened. His career nose-dived, hers skyrocketed. Fay became a drunk, they fought often and openly in public, went through an ugly divorce and custody battle over an adopted son. A workaholic, Barbara existed only on the sound stage, her friends the crew and technicians. When she fell in love with Robert Taylor in 1936, it looked as if personal happiness was at hand. For a while it was. But when they divorced in 1952, Barbara retreated into her work again and made six films in a year. She also fell in love with Robert Wagner while making “Titanic”, but a 23-year age difference sank this romance. In print Hedda Hopper accused her of being a bitter recluse, while Barbara herself faced the years frankly. “When an actress reaches a certain age, then she’s got to know where she stands”. When the Film Society of Lincoln Center honored her,in 1982, Barbara confessed she thought they had made a mistake and wanted Barbara Streisand. Frank Capra, who directed Barbara in five films starting with her first movie hit, “Ladies of Leisure”, told the 2,500 guests, “It’s this gift of hers to communicate the truth of a role which has made Barbara the great actress she is. She’s played them all-big-city dames and cattle queens, adulterous wives and dewy-eyed ingenues. Her many faces are all different, and all dazzling”. Earlier that same day at the photo session with Horst, this shy star said she wanted only one thing. “It would be nice to work as long as I can. I always said I was never much for hobbies”. Barbara Stanwyck Filmography • "The Colbys" (1985) TV Series .... Constance Colby Patterson (1985-1986) ... aka Dynasty II: The Colbys (original title (first four episodes title)) • "The Thorn Birds" (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Mary Carson • The Letters (1973) (TV) .... Geraldine Parkington • A Taste of Evil (1971/II) (TV) .... Miriam Jennings • The House That Would Not Die (1970) (TV) .... Ruth Bennett • "The Big Valley" (1965) TV Series .... Victoria Barkley • The Night Walker (1964) .... Irene Trent ... aka The Dream Killer ... aka William Castle's The Night Walker (USA: complete title) • Roustabout (1964) .... Maggie Morgan • Walk on the Wild Side (1962) .... Jo Courtney • Trooper Hook (1957) .... Cora Sutliff • Crime of Passion (1957) .... Kathy Ferguson Doyle • Forty Guns (1957) .... Jessica Drummond • These Wilder Years (1956) .... Ann Dempster • The Maverick Queen (1956) .... Kit Banion • There's Always Tomorrow (1956) .... Norma Miller Vale • Escape to Burma (1955) .... Gwen Moore • The Violent Men (1955) .... Martha Wilkison ... aka Rough Company (UK) ... aka The Bandits (USA) • Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) .... Sierra Nevada Jones • Executive Suite (1954) .... Julia O. Tredway • Witness to Murder (1954) .... Cheryl Draper • Blowing Wild (1953) .... Marina Conway • The Moonlighter (1953) .... Rela • All I Desire (1953) .... Naomi Murdock ... aka You Belong to Me (USA) • Titanic (1953) .... Julia Sturges • Jeopardy (1953) .... Helen Stilwin • Clash by Night (1952) .... Mae Doyle D'Amato • The Man with a Cloak (1951) .... Lorna Bounty • To Please a Lady (1950) .... Regina Forbes ... aka Red Hot Wheels • The Furies (1950) .... Vance Jeffords • No Man of Her Own (1950) .... Helen Ferguson/Patrice Harkness • The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) .... Thelma Jordon ... aka Thelma Jordon • East Side, West Side (1949) .... Jessie Bourne • The Lady Gambles (1949) .... Joan Phillips Boothe • Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) .... Leona Stevenson • B.F.'s Daughter (1948) .... Pauline 'Polly'/'Pol' Fulton ... aka Polly Fulton (UK) • Cry Wolf (1947) .... Sandra Marshall • The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) .... Sally Morton Carroll • The Other Love (1947) .... Karen Duncan • California (1946) .... Lily Bishop • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) .... Martha Ivers • The Bride Wore Boots (1946) .... Sally Warren • My Reputation (1946) .... Jessica Drummond • Christmas in Connecticut (1945) .... Elizabeth Lane ... aka Indiscretion (UK) • Double Indemnity (1944) .... Phyllis Dietrichson • Flesh and Fantasy (1943) .... Joan Stanley ... aka Six Destinies • Lady of Burlesque (1943) .... Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy ... aka Striptease Lady (UK) ... aka The G-String Murders • The Gay Sisters (1942) .... Fiona Gaylord • The Great Man's Lady (1942) .... Hannah Sempler • Ball of Fire (1941) .... Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea ... aka The Professor and the Burlesque Queen • You Belong to Me (1941) .... Helen Hunt ... aka Good Morning, Doctor (UK) • Meet John Doe (1941) .... Ann Mitchell ... aka Frank Capra's 'Meet John Doe' (USA: complete title) ... aka John Doe, Dynamite (UK) • The Lady Eve (1941) .... Jean Harrington/Lady Eve Sidwich • Remember the Night (1940) .... Lee Leander • Golden Boy (1939) .... Lorna Moon • Union Pacific (1939) .... Mollie Monahan • The Mad Miss Manton (1938) .... Melsa Manton • Always Goodbye (1938) .... Margot Weston • Breakfast for Two (1937) .... Valentine 'Val' Ransome • Stella Dallas (1937) .... Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas • This Is My Affair (1937) .... Lil Duryea ... aka His Affair (UK) • Internes Can't Take Money (1937) .... Janet Haley ... aka You Can't Take Money (UK) • The Plough and the Stars (1936) .... Nora Clitheroe • Banjo on My Knee (1936) .... Pearl Holley • His Brother's Wife (1936) .... Rita Wilson Claybourne ... aka Lady of the Tropics (UK) • The Bride Walks Out (1936) .... Carolyn Martin • A Message to Garcia (1936) .... Raphaelita Maderos • Annie Oakley (1935) .... Annie Oakley • Red Salute (1935) .... Drue Van Allen ... aka Her Enlisted Man (USA) ... aka Her Uncle Sam (USA: reissue title) ... aka Runaway Daughter (USA: reissue title) • The Woman in Red (1935) .... Shelby Barret Wyatt • The Secret Bride (1934) .... Ruth Vincent ... aka Concealment • A Lost Lady (1934) .... Marian Ormsby Forrester ... aka Courageous (UK) • Gambling Lady (1934) .... Jennifer 'Lady' Lee • Ever in My Heart (1933) .... Mary Archer Wilbrandt • Baby Face (1933) .... Lily Powers • Ladies They Talk About (1933) .... Nan Taylor, Alias of Nan Ellis, aka Mrs. Andrews ... aka Women in Prison • The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) .... Megan Davis • The Purchase Price (1932) .... Joan Gordon, aka Francine La Rue • So Big! (1932) .... Selina Peake De Jong • Shopworn (1932) .... Kitty Lane • Forbidden (1932) .... Lulu Smith/aka "66" • The Miracle Woman (1931) .... Florence 'Faith' Fallon • Night Nurse (1931) .... Lora Hart • Ten Cents a Dance (1931) .... Barbara O'Neill • Illicit (1931) .... Anne Vincent Ives • Ladies of Leisure (1930) .... Kay Arnold • Mexicali Rose (1929) .... Mexicali Rose ... aka The Girl from Mexico • The Locked Door (1929) .... Ann Carter • Broadway Nights (1927) .... Fan dancer • The American Film Institute Salute to Barbara Stanwyck (1987) (TV) .... Herself • The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982) (TV) .... Herself (Honorary Award Recipient) • The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound • The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (1978) (TV) .... Herself • That's Action (1977) .... Herself • The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille (1963) (TV) .... Herself • "The Barbara Stanwyck Show" (1960) TV Series .... Herself/Various Characters (1960-1961) • Variety Girl (1947) .... Herself • Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945) .... Herself • Hollywood Canteen (1944) .... Herself • Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 6 (1940) .... Herself • Screen Snapshots: Stars on Horseback (1939) .... Herself • Hollywood Goes to Town (1938) (uncredited) .... Herself • The Slippery Pearls (1931) .... Herself ... aka The Stolen Jools • Christmas From Hollywood (2003) (V) .... Herself • Pulp Cinema (2001) (V) .... Herself • The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996) (TV) .... Herself • The Casting Couch (1995) (V) • Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993) (TV) .... Melsa Manton • Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V) .... Herself • Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) (TV) .... Herself • The Love Goddesses (1965) .... Herself • "Dynasty" playing "Constance Colby Patterson" in episode: "The Titans" (episode # 6.6) 13 November 1985 • "Dynasty" playing "Constance Colby Patterson" in episode: "The Man" (episode # 6.4) 16 October 1985 • "Dynasty" playing "Constance Colby Patterson" in episode: "The Californians" (episode # 6.3) 9 October 1985 • "Charlie's Angels" playing "Toni" in episode: "Toni's Boys" (episode # 4.24) 2 April 1980 • "Wagon Train" playing "Kate Crawley" in episode: "The Kate Crawley Story" (episode # 7.19) 27 January 1964 • "Wagon Train" playing "Kate Crawley" in episode: "The Molly Kincaid Story" (episode # 7.1) 16 September 1963 • "The Untouchables" playing "Lt. Agatha Stewart" in episode: "Search for a Dead Man" (episode # 4.13) 1 January 1963 • "The Untouchables" playing "Lt Agatha 'Aggie' Stewart" in episode: "Elegy" (episode # 4.8) 20 November 1962 • "Wagon Train" playing "Caroline Casteel" in episode: "The Caroline Casteel Story" (episode # 6.2) 26 September 1962 • "The Dick Powell Show" playing "Irene Phillips" in episode: "Special Assignment" (episode # 2.1) 25 September 1962 • "Rawhide" playing "Nora Holloway" in episode: "The Captain's Wife" (episode # 4.14) 12 January 1962 • "General Electric Theater" playing "Lili Parrish" in episode: "Star Witness: The Lili Parrish Story" (episode # 10.8) 8 November 1961 • "Wagon Train" playing "Maud Frazer" in episode: "The Maud Frazer Story" (episode # 5.3) 11 October 1961 • "The Joey Bishop Show" in episode: "A Windfall for Mom" (episode # 1.3) 4 October 1961 • "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Leona Butler" in episode: "The Lone Woman" (episode # 4.2) 8 October 1959 • "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Regan Moore" in episode: "Hang the Heart High" (episode # 3.15) 15 January 1959 • "The Jack Benny Program" playing "Herself" in episode: "Autolight" (episode # 9.9) 11 January 1959 • "The Real McCoys" playing "Herself" in episode: "The McCoys Visit Hollywood" (episode # 2.15) 8 January 1959 • "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Julie Holman" in episode: "Trail to Nowhere" (episode # 3.1) 2 October 1958 • "Goodyear Theatre" playing "Midge Varney" in episode: "Three Dark Years" (episode # 1.19) 23 June 1958 • "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Belle Garrison" in episode: "The Freighter" (episode # 2.15) 17 January 1958 • "The Christophers" playing "Guest Host" in episode: "Two Worlds of Ann Foster" 19 May 1957 • "The Christophers" playing "Guest Host" in episode: "Sentence Deferred" 7 April 1957 • "The Ford Television Theatre" playing "Irene Frazier" in episode: "Sudden Silence" (episode # 5.2) 10 October 1956 • "Letter to Loretta" playing "Guest Hostess" in episode: "The Waiting Game" (episode # 3.7) 9 October 1955 • "Letter to Loretta" playing "Guest Hostess" in episode: "My Uncle O'Moore" (episode # 3.4) 8 September 1955 • "Toast of the Town" playing "Herself" (archive footage) (episode # 6.34) 3 May 1953 • "The Jack Benny Program" playing "Herself" in episode: "Gaslight" (episode # 2.3) 27 January 1952 (End of diaryscape Sexy hot barbara stanwyck Biography) - 2429
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