Frank Capra's Meet John Doe is one of my favorite movies. I cry every time. Barbara had COPD for the last part of her life that made her easily short of breath but she insisted on going to every awards show when asked. I've never heard her give a speech without mentioning others in glowing words. old hollywood sure was something
Even at her age here she's so full of grace. Same femme fatale voice, and yet so warm and endearing and humble. Words cannot describe how much I love Barbara Stanwyck's work. Even at young age I loved her movies. My mom has pictures of me eating P&J and watching Stanwyck in Ball of Fire. Didn't know what that movie was about then, just knew I wanted to dance to Drum Boogie, wear a shiny dress like Stanwyck, and have a cool voice like her too!
Look at that face! Glowing, radiant and nary a wrinkle. She was and always will be THE BEST! With all due respect to Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis and Meryl Streep.....none of them can hold a candle to Barbara Stanwyck!!!
They are all light weight with gibberish and pretentious persona except may be Bette Davis. No one took her superior acting craft from stage and to films as well as great Miss Stanwyck. She set the bar that others tried to reach but no one got near it.
As much as I love, Hepburn, Davis, De Havilland, Crawford, and all of the other wonderful oscar (and non) winning actresses over the years no one has hooked me in as completely as this all round actress/actor. She was and still remains a measure to compare be be compared to in terms of the all round acting genre. She saw off her rivals on screen without catfights or spreading bitchy remarks about them. She was one of the very few who rose above all of that and with true class. This lady was THE BEST !!! x
The sentiment is correct but the title is wrong. She was called MISS Barbara Stanwyck and it was a sign of respect that they would call her Miss Stanwyck.
She had been in the hospital that day due to a back injury (you can see her difficulty in walking), checked herself out to receive the award and went back to the hospital when the award show was over. She was beautiful, had an amazing presence and a hypnotic voice. While she wasn't as extreme as Tom Cruise, she did a lot her own stunts. My all-time favorite actress.
It is hard when you watch truly great artists pass on and you see less and less truly great take their place. This generation just accepts what they have not knowing what true greatness they have missed.
My 2 favorite actresses, Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck. They set the standard for acting and to me, no one has lived up to either of them. They were one of a kind and I wanted to be like both of them. Thanks to Turner Classic Movies I can see their màrvelous films over and over again .
What a great icon sadly missed one of the most fabulous actresses of all time she was the best and still on top a class act Love her and her truly the best actress ❤️👍
This more than overwhelming response from the audience was long, long overdue and speaks volume for the very high regard in which that her colleagues hold her. Too bad that the Industry did not.
After all these years, I have recently started watching The Big Valley since we’ve been going through the Pandemic of 2020. ( That’s what I’m calling it.) This video showed up in my recommendations. This lady was something else.
Great again!! I beleive this was her last public appearance...still beautiful, but you could see her pain...but still a trouper with thankfulness as with all her speeches.
What a great lady...so glad I can "remember' when...the so-called 'celebrities' of today pale by comparison. Look at the 'stars' in this clip...we will never see their 'likes' again.
Like all of you, I loved her movies, loved the lady. I can watch--and have--The Lady Eve or Ball of Fire a dozen times. A hundred years from now someone will discover one of her classic movies and say to him or herself, "Wow, was that lady terrific." Yes she was, yes she was.
'Missy' was a real trouper; a professional in every respect. She had no use for actors who were to lazy to learn their lines. This included many of the younger cast in "The Colbys".
This is the first time I'm seeing Barbara Stanwyck receive the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. She was a great actress and it's great that she had gotten her accolades while she was alive. It's great to know that she was admired, respected and appreciated.
We’ve lost most of the Classic Hollywood Actors and Actresses. Not many are left. It’s sad that is happening. Today’s group of Actors just don’t seem to measure up somehow. There will never be such an unprecedented group of entertainers again.
She looked wonderful for 80 years young! What a touching video...I'm wondering if the music playing as she exited was from 'Stella Dallas' (one of the best films ever!)...Sounds like it was but I could be mistaken. So sad she's gone...But, at least she lives in our hearts and memories through her wonderful films.
She was down on earth i've seen some of her movies The big walkey" The thorn bird" was my favorit i learned something from her & still watching all her movie's. i was young or wasn't born some of her movies but i have some of her movies all of her movies with awesome actors she is legend. thanks for new technologys at least we can watch her movies & know about her who she was she's always alive🌹💝⭐🌙🌞:)
The Lady Eve is one of the funniest/sexiest movies ever. (One of the few times Henry Fonda did comedy to great success.) Just the scene with her evening shoes alone is charmingly sexy.
Oh, I wasn't really disagreeing with you. I do think she had a beauty that was great. Not a pinup or glamour girl or fashionista or diva, but a subtle beauty that was great. Davis too. And Marlene Dietrich. Like you said, Stanwyck could cast spells, and was sensual, provocative. There was something magnetic about her face, and then paired with her voice and acting tatent you're hooked! So, I very much agree with you.
We are disagreeing on that one point. :) With our different sensibilities regarding beauty you don't see her as beautiful whereas I think she's what you've posted (alluring, spell binding, etc) but also beautiful.Though, I know she likely wouldn't have described herself as such; it's that having different set of eyes. But, yes, she did have something more rare than beauty.
What A beauty she never did the talk show stuff or the extended tv interviews , and was known to throw a few reporters out for getting personal.... one of a kind
Barbara Stanwyck was a tremendous actress and a great lady! If you want to learn her whole story, go to Audible, Amazon, or iTunes, and download "American Legends: The Life of Barbara Stanwyck", by Charles River Editors, and narrated by Charles McKibben. The narrator does a wonderful job of reverently telling the story of one of the great ladies of American Cinema. Give it a listen, you will not be disappointed!
Inge, I admire her more for her work on The Thorn Birds, as it was her first work that was more than a guest role in 10 years, and it reopened doors (series TV) to her that seemingly had been shut. In doing so, she set a great example for Hollywood that older actresses have GREAT value in movies and TV, and should be utilized to the best fo their ability, not forgotten because their hair is white or anything superficial.
You're right, many 1940's and 1950's movies were tinged with politically underpinnings, often speaking out against what we would call institutional bullying. Even movies that no doubt backed the government - like Casablanca (1942) - had both strong and subtle political messages. Rick represents the US's pre Pearl Harbor stand on the war, and he eventually comes to see he has to take a side. Bergman represents the European Allied nations that begged for US involvement. And the subtle? Most of the supporting cast were German actors who fled Nazi Germany, victims of Hitler's power who got away, and were cast as a show of support for those still under the Nazi thumb.
