Barbara Stanwyck
Born on July 16th, 1907
From Brooklyn, New York
Filmography
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Actoras Martha Ivers- Actoras Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea
- Actoras Deborah Hoople
- Actoras Gwen Moore
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Golden Globe
(1984)
Won
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Screen Actors Guild Awards
(1966)
Won
Life Achievement Award
Due to a telephone glitch, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck), a controlling heiress confined to a wheelchair, overhears a conversation about a plan to kill a woman. Unable to leave her home or reach her husband (Burt Lancaster), and written off by the police, Leona struggles to uncover the truth through a series of phone calls that only lead her deeper into a mystery, which may involve her college rival, Sally (Ann Richards), and a scheme to sell pharmaceuticals on the black market.
Hoping to update his chapter on modern slang, encyclopedia writer Professor Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper) ventures into a chic nightclub. Inside, he meets the snarky burlesque performer "Sugarpuss" O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck). Fascinated by her command of popular jargon, Potts invites her to stay with him. But, unknown to Potts, she is the fiancée of a mobster (Dana Andrews) and wanted by the police. In the ensuing mayhem, Potts must stay on his toes or be swallowed up by bigger fish.