The western genre is a massive and diverse corner of cinema history, but plenty of excellent westerns fly under the radar and ...

The Big Valley, starring Barbara Stanwyck, first premiered on Sept. 13, 1965. By 1965, the popularity of Westerns had largely ... a bit too bland to headline movies, Majors’ popularity and ...

Actresses such as Barbara Stanwyck, Maureen O'Hara and Jane Russell ... This list is updated with more of the best female western movie stars and to reflect CBR's current style guide.

She hosted her own dramatic anthology series, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, in 1961, and starred as the matriarch of a ranching family on the Western series The Big Valley, which ran from 1965 to 1969.