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Barbara Stanwyck

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Actress

The Resume

    (July 16, 1907-January 20, 1990)
    Birth name was Ruby Stevens
    Acted in 'Ladies of Leisure (1930),' 'The Miracle Woman (1931),' 'Annie Oakley (1935),' 'Stella Dallas (1937),' 'The Mad Miss Manton(1938),' 'Golden Boy (1939),' 'Meet John Doe (1941),' 'You Belong to Me (1941),' 'The Lady Eve (1941),' 'Double Indemnity (1944),' 'Clash by Night (1952),' 'Titanic (1953),' 'All I Desire (1953),' 'These Wilder Years (1956),' 'Walk on the Wild Side (1962)' and 'The House That Would Not Die (1970)'
    Appeared on 'The Big Valley,' 'Dynasty,' 'The Colbys,' 'The Thorn Birds' and 'The Barbara Stanwyck Show'

Why she might be annoying:

    She smoked.
    She was twice divorced.
    She was nominated for four Academy Awards but never won.
    She often portrayed fallen women.
    She had a face lift.
    Once her adopted son, Don Anthony Fay, turned eighteen, she virtually cut him off and distancing herself from him.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is often referred to as 'The Best Actress Who Never Won an Oscar.'
    She was listed as the highest paid actress in Hollywood in 1944.
    She is Tori Amos' favorite actress.
    She looks like Tori Amos.
    She had a serious, yet easy going attitude on the set which made her co-stars enjoy working with her.
    She received The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award (1987).
    Walter Matthau said: 'Barbara Stanwyck has played five gun molls, two burlesque queens, half a dozen adulteresses and twice as many murders. When she was good, she was very, very good. And when she was bad, she was terrific.'

Credit: Cosmic Princess


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 101 Votes: 42.57% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 31.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 93 Votes: 41.94% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 79 Votes: 53.16% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 35 Votes: 74.29% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 29 Votes: 68.97% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 154 Votes: 53.25% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 52 Votes: 51.92% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 84 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 146 Votes: 51.37% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 97 Votes: 39.18% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 144 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 240 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 444 Votes: 42.34% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 831 Votes: 43.44% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 954 Votes: 43.92% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 718 Votes: 43.87% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1209 Votes: 51.45% Annoying