BARBARA STANWYCK 1987 Receives AFI Award

Clip of Barbara Stanwyck receiving her AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987

[@gladystoukie]

This is what class looks and acts like, epitome of grace

[@syhooverman5418]

AGREED! No dreadful ego trip Diva here.

[@alexberkely4237]

She aged well. She was still pretty in later years, and still had the ability to hold your attention, which is a true gift. Love this woman!

[@jimbob1277]

because being pretty is important to be a worthwhile human being...

[@leongardner710]

@@jimbob1277 ...couldn't have said it better.

[@dwainwilson5080]

@@jimbob1277 lol do you want a tissue?

[@tammytsang3487]

I feel touched by her humanity. My eyes are wet as I see her talking. Thank you Barbara Stanwyck for your remarkable movies, and so much more.

[@windstorm1000]

I could listen to her all day. She's the real thing--no bull shit. Thank you Barbara.

[@jpm4444]

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

[@nilasanders2044]

What a beautiful, gracious, lady. We were so lucky to have been able to see her amazing talent.

[@chandrabalisattir3233]

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

[@ToughXArmy69]

Stanwyck was a truly great star of Movies, Theatre and TV. Gutsy, classy, alluring, a classic star. RIP Miss Stanwyck

[@larkpraise]

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!!!

[@roberta.lofgrenjr.9182]

justness martin, WITHOUT A DOUBT!

[@jamesyu9926]

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.

[@charliepc56]

I love her! She was my all time favorite!

[@nexttimewelove51]

She was beautiful at 80.

[@noirkiss3]

she was a class act

[@RMS1103]

Barbara was a true original. There was no one like her in Hollywood..thank goodness for that.

[@cecillbill]

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!

[@Mollexi]

She's truly an inspiration

[@jlim0385]

she's still got that velvet voice! gorgeous!

[@mvies77]

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.

[@cecillbill]

Stanwyck's beauty may not have been conventional, but it was certainly great.

[@lawranew5125]

I thought, she was lovely

[@elizabethwalker205]

One of my favourite actresses quiet simply a legend.

[@bubu10435]

The great Barbara Stanwyck receiving the Lifetime Achievment Award from AFI...truly a moment to cherish!

[@HollyGoLightly1978]

LOVE HER SO MUCH.

[@trevorthompson7604]

Barbara stanwick a beautiful lady and top class actress miss you xx

[@Phoenix85006]

People, that is a true LEGEND right there. That word gets used way too much nowadays. But Ms. Barbara Stanwyck is a legend. 👏

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

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.

[@dennisanderson7829]

She was more than a straight shooter. She was everyone`s mother when she portrayed Mrs Barkley. Keeping Heath Jerod Audra & Nick in line.

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

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.

[@rosebud3971]

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.

[@marcellacasey1324]

What a Beauty ♦️

[@pegleg747]

Class act if there ever was one. They don't, nor will they ever again, make 'em like Stanwyck.

[@scotnick59]

There will NEVER be another like this classy, gutsy, natural lady with the gorgeous skin

[@catman8670]

Last of the real Hollywood actors ❤️

[@rosemaryruisi1461]

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 ❤️👍

[@tobykeane6214]

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 .

[@theresabollman8061]

She was in a class all her own, as an actress and as a human being.

[@alexberkely4237]

Barbara was a true class act, and an ispiration. She is a "legend amongst legends". Rest in Peace dear Barbara, we still love you!

[@shytownprovoked6761]

A TRUE AMERICAN LEGEND of film. What an actress!! When u watch a Stanwyick movie prepare to be entertained.

[@grabit1]

I won't argue with her T.V. stuff, but I think she is the best Movie actress I have ever seen.

[@rabahelaawar2499]

That is a speech from the heart... From Experience... From a great character and mind. RIP Barbara Stanwyck 🙏

[@abevillanueva1974]

My oh my! Barbara ends this grateful speech with a blessing for the audience!! Beautiful!!

[@onirannam]

Stanwyck...one of the great stars of the golden years. No one today can touch any of them in any way.

[@scotnick59]

To be honest with you, this lady gave me timeless hours of sheer enjoyment!

[@1966marlon]

ANGELS ARE ABOVE US. SHE WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AND GREAT,GREAT ACTRESS.

[@thalialuvmx]

wow, homegurl's like 85 years old just speeding across the stage...rip the best of them all!!!

[@zriter59escritor33]

What a terrific woman. Great movie star, GREAT actress. One of a kind. Love her always --

[@roblewis3565]

One of the greatest of the greats. Just saw her in The Lady Eve. Magnificent performance. One of the funniest movies ever.

[@SweetnSaltyLife99]

(-_-)

[@ingriddubbel8468]

Amen.

[@josecandal9412]

Sensational movie written and directed by the great Preston Sturges. Barbara was amazing as usual and so was Henry Fonda.

[@troypix]

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.

[@elainestoffer6178]

BARBARA STANWYCK SHE'S IS A BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS GOD LOVE HER❤

[@michaelmiller1215]

Total class.

[@norfolk03]

Excellent, they really broke the mold with Barbara Stanwyck! Thanks so much for sharing this. Also, I happen to think she was lovely!

[@sandyoquin6286]

great legend ...beautiful lady

[@rosebud3971]

Such love! So humble and truthful. Greatly missed.

[@Jolene8]

Class act! Brilliant actress and beautiful woman.... I swear I'm in love with this lady's movies.

[@ra86226]

Another great lady and a heck of an actress. That's how you give a speech.

[@TheRacherry]

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.

[@realfrantic]

Beautifully said!

[@littlejoe9381]

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.

[@MyraAhmedCopywriter]

Jimmy Stewart's smile at 2:05 is ridiculously cute.

[@SholieSholie]

The glamorous 80s xx

[@gatepromise]

I was introduced to Miss Stanwyck as a child through repeats of The Big Valley. She has always exuded strength, beauty, class and compassion. She was amazing.

[@luvvinlovelock7254]

This is real acting ladies the best

[@scotnick59]

Such a legendary lady. Her skin was exquisite for the age of 80!

[@TheBigValley]

Great actress, great woman

[@siempremarisol]

Respond to this video... divina , grande

[@jettyoeill]

Wowzy wow wow!!!! Just love this woman,her work was fantastic and so was she, in everyway!

[@tallulahdarling]

You can see she was struggling with breathlessness as she had emphysema. A great abd very gracious lady!

[@markrichards6863]

Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis are my favorite actresses from old Hollywood. They weren't afraid to play wide ranging, guest, gritty characters.

[@astravalle]

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.

[@radiootoo]

may the Good Lord keep His arms around all of us!

[@CLASSICxFILMxROMANCE]

oh barbara! that's all i can say! what a wonderful person!! :) thanks for posting!!

[@DAVEJJR]

A CLASS ACT!!!! Not like today's so called actors.....

[@scotnick59]

Cannot believe how gorgeous her facial skin was even at this age

[@rygysmom]

She was and always will be beautiful to me and many!!! And Stella Dallas is one of my favorites ending with Thorn Birds!!!

[@Eurafrican]

shirley macclaine looked exactly the same! thanx so much for posting, barbara is a true legend.x

[@jamesbrown5526]

Loved her so much in the big valley series !

[@citizen1163]

She was 80yo in '87. Still a force & a beauty!

[@davorpavlovic948]

Soooooo great actress and lady. One of five greatest and best actresses ever.

[@gordonowens7794]

I just saw a biography of Ms. Stanwyck, to see her speak in this clip, it is obvious age and time did not diminish her strength or radiance.

[@veronicaswilliams6511]

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.

[@edwardjames50]

@JONROSE44 ~ I simply adore her. As my mother always said about her: "A class act!"

[@madelinetramantano8302]

WHAT A CLASSY LADY. SHES A WONDER. BEAUTIFULL PERSON THAT WAS HELPFULL TOO OTHERS. KIND LADY.

[@marclaw4511]

Loved watching her films with my Grand Parents ,just priceless.

[@backsweet]

+Marc Law me too....just watch the Mavrick Queen

[@teribreci1539]

Its 2023 and this just popped up. I have been watching THE BIG VALLEY...WOW!!! She was truly beautiful inside and out.

[@Mackon645.]

Unbelievable what a true legend wonderful speech!! RIP

[@britishtvlover2038]

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.

[@grabit1]

@swordpunisher Yup. Capra was a genius. He and John Ford (who, by the way, loved Capra) knew more about us than we do about ourselves.

[@ingriddubbel8468]

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.

[@rawk2hard]

she aged so gracefully

[@tiggeredgington6908]

Love this woman

[@grabit1]

The best film actress I have ever seen Sorry, Ms. Streep, but I still love you, too.

[@dougallen8305]

I loved Big Valley. Wanted to be a Barkley. But she stood up. Strength, grace, beauty, always.

[@ChristopherScottDixon]

TY for the upload, wonderful! :-)

[@cacritic28]

Born in 1907! Lovely 80 year old lady then! Died in 1980 at age 83. So humble and gracious and classy!

[@jslasher1]

'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".

[@yasminenazarine1629]

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🌹💝⭐🌙🌞:)

[@blondfashionista]

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.

[@rowens4538]

WONDERFUL ACTRESS!, I miss her!

[@eamestv]

A lady to the end. How I miss old Hollywood.

[@jeanellwanger7460]

One of the greatest of all time.

[@windstorm1000]

Ms. Barbara Stanwyck--a class act--and BEST Hollywood actress of all time. She was a national treasure. Heh, lets get a commemorative stamp going for this great woman!! Davis, Hepburn got theirs--Ms. S is just as memorable.

[@didigo93]

oh jonrose44 please post more, more... thats really wonderfull... thanks

[@JONROSE44]

Yes, sadly, this was her very last public appearance....I still miss her after 19 years....she died in 1990

[@victoriahazel989]

Perfection ❤️ With no pretense.