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  1. May 29, 2024 · Barbara Stanwyck, American motion-picture and television actress who played a wide variety of roles in more than 80 films but was best in dramatic parts as a strong-willed, independent woman of complex character. Her best-known movies included Stella Dallas (1937) and Double Indemnity (1944).

  2. Jul 8, 2023 · Tour our photo gallery featuring Stanwycks 20 greatest film performances, ranked from worst to best. 20. No Man of Her Own (1950) Single and pregnant, Helen Ferguson (Stanwyck) is rejected by...

  3. Jul 22, 2023 · Barbara Stanwyck is one of the most iconic actresses from Hollywood's Golden Age. Named by the American Film Institute as the eleventh best actress from Classic Hollywood,...

  4. May 6, 2024 · Barbara Stanwyck, an obscene typo and the sordid story behind Double Indemnity. Billy Wilder’s masterpiece was inspired by a printer’s mischief and a lurid murder. But Wilder’s temper almost...

  5. Dec 5, 2023 · In Forty Guns, writer-director Samuel Fuller gave Barbara Stanwyck one of her great star entrances, and a role that seems like a tribute to and summation of her screen persona.

  6. Feb 1, 2024 · Barbara Stanwyck's persona as a movie star was shaped by her observation of panthers at the zoo, which helped to unlock her potential. Baby Face established Stanwyck's...

  7. Aug 4, 2023 · As Lily Powers in Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, 1933), arguably Barbara Stanwyck’s most important role of the pre-Code era, Stanwyck speaks this line with her trademark wry wit: “I’m a ball of fire, I am.”. She was predicting a role of great recognition in her future.

  8. Aug 4, 2023 · How life under Trump, Rosemary's Baby, and Barbara Stanwyck inspired Passages. Director Ira Sachs breaks down the surprising influences on his new film.

  9. Feb 17, 2024 · Tell us about the experience of working with Barbara Stanwyck, who won an Emmy for her role. Astounding. When she really bares her soul about loving him and how being old doesn’t make any ...

  10. Apr 17, 2024 · Yet her beauty is not weaponised in the way we might expect: she is not so much a sexual conniver or money-hungry dame per the genre pinnacles of Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity or...