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Barbara Stanwyck (/ ˈ s t æ n w ɪ k /; born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic screen presence and versatility.
Stanwyck on the cover of the September 1931 Photoplay magazine Stanwyck in Stella Dallas (1937) Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire (1941) Lobby poster of Fred MacMurray, Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson in Double Indemnity (1944) James Mason, Ava Gardner, and Stanwyck in East Side, West Side advertisement in Modern Screen magazine (1949)
The Big Valley main cast. Left to right: Long, Majors, Evans, Stanwyck, and Breck L-R: Linda Evans, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Long, Peter Breck, Lee Majors, and Charles Briles (1965) Barbara Stanwyck, Michael Burns and Colleen Dewhurst in episode "A Day of Terror" (1966) Episode "In Silent Battle", Barbara Stanwyck and Adam West (1968)
Stanwyck as Phyllis in the 1944 film Double Indemnity. Phyllis Dietrichson (Phyllis Nirdlinger in the book) is a fictional character in the book and two film adaptations of James M. Cain's novella Double Indemnity. For the 1944 film of the same name, Barbara Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Wilder supposedly chose a bad wig for Stanwyck to underscore Phyllis's "sleazy phoniness". Sistrom and Wilder wanted Barbara Stanwyck to play Phyllis Dietrichson. She was the highest-paid woman in America. [1] Stanwyck was reluctant to play a femme fatale, fearing it would have an adverse effect on her career. She recalled being "a little ...
In 1965, at the age of 38, Long began his role as attorney Jarrod Barkley, the oldest son of rancher Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck), in 112 episodes of The Big Valley, the last of the major Four Star Television series, a Western that ran on ABC from 1965 to 1969. The series was set in the 1870s.
Morgan and Stanwyck in a scene from the film. The idea for Christmas in Connecticut was based on an original story by Aileen Hamilton, with Bette Davis initially cast in the female lead for the film. However, she was replaced by Stanwyck in April 1944. [4] Dennis Morgan was cast in the male lead, having been a contract player for Warner Bros.
In the 1960s she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck) in the Western television series The Big Valley (1965–1969). She is best known for portraying Krystle Carrington in the 1980s ABC primetime soap opera Dynasty , a role she played from 1981 to 1989.