FAVORITE BARBARA STANWYCK ROLES/PERFORMANCES

[Hannibal21]

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1. Phyllis Dietrichson in DOUBLE INDEMNITY
2. Jean Harrington/Lady Eve Sidwich in THE LADY EVE
3. Ann Mitchell in MEET JOHN DOE
4. Stella Martin Dallas in STELLA DALLAS
5. Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea in BALL OF FIRE
6. Leona Stevenson in SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
7. Martha Ivers in THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS
8. Julia Struges in TITANIC
9. Sally Morton Carrolls in THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS

TCM is showing movies of Barbara Stanwyck today. I taped The Two Mrs. Carrolls and watched The Strange Love of Martha Ivers for the first time today. I haven't seen Clash By Night, but I also have it taped, and at ten o'clock I'be taping The Lady Eve (can't believe I don't own or tape this one yet!). She's one of the 5 greatest actresses ever lived.

[Trinity]

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1. tie: Sugarpuss O’Shea in BALL OF FIRE (10/10)
Phyllis Dietrichson in DOUBLE INDEMNITY (10/10)
3. Ann Mitchell in MEET JOHN DOE (10/10)
4. Jean Harrington/Lady Eve Sidwich in THE LADY EVE (9/10)
5. Lily Powers in BABY FACE (7/10)
6. Stella Dallas in STELLA DALLAS (9/10)
7. Mae Doyle D'Amato in CLASH BY NIGHT (8/10)
8. Sally Morton Carroll in THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS (8/10)
9. Lil Duryea in THIS IS MY AFFAIR (7/10)
10. Jessica Drummond in FORTY GUNS (7/10)
11. Jessie Bourne in EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE (6/10)
12. Julia O. Treadway in EXECUTIVE SUITE (6/10)

One of my top 3 actresses (along with Vivien Leigh and Myrna Loy). I haven’t seen a less than great performance from her yet - at her weakest she’s still engaging and at her best she’s absolutely electrifying. Just watching her in “Baby Face” (1933) it’s interesting to see she was a natural from the start, unlike many actresses at the time who had to be carefully groomed by the studios before reaching their full potential. And she never had a studio contract yet worked consistently under the studio system - not an easy thing to do and only goes to prove her qualities as an actress. Her two best performances (Ball of Fire and Double Indemnity) couldn’t be more different characters and yet she played them both to perfection. One of the Academy's biggest mistakes was not awarding Stanwyck a competetive Oscar.

[Ted Pikul]

Double Indemnity.

She was a real trouper acting right into her dotage. Even if it was in tosh like The Colbys.

[Antonio]

1. Phyllis Dietrichson in DOUBLE INDEMNITY
2. STELLA DALLAS
3. Ann Mitchell in MEET JOHN DOE
4. Leona Stevenson in SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
5. Julia Sturges in TITANIC (1953)
6. Jean Harrington/Lady Eve Sidwich in THE LADY EVE
7. Martha Ivers in THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS
8. Katherine O'Shea in BALL OF FIRE
9. Mary Carson in The Thorn Birds
10. Irene Trent in THE NIGHT WALKER