- Acting films
- 14
- Acting avg
- 6.95
- Peak run
- 1939’50
- Oscar noms
- 1
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Barbara by the numbers
Average
6.95
9 rated films
Vote weighted
7.03
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.52
rating spread
Career
23y
1937 to 1959
Total votes
5.52K
across every film
Best
7.9
Gone with the Wind
Worst
6.2
Tower of London
Newest first
Filmography
| 1959 |  The Nun's Story | Mother Didyma | 7.2 | 205 |
| 1955 | Flame of the Islands | Charmaine Duryea | · | 9 |
| 1953 |  Angel Face | Mrs. Catherine Tremayne | 7.1 | 197 |
| 1950 |  Whirlpool | Theresa "Terry" Randolph | 6.4 | 104 |
| 1948 |  I Remember Mama | Jessie Brown | 7.2 | 68 |
| 1947 |  Secret Beyond the Door | Miss Robey | 6.5 | 166 |
| 1941 | Shining Victory | Miss Leeming | · | 9 |
| 1940 |  All This, and Heaven Too | Duchesse de Praslin | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1939 |  Gone with the Wind | Ellen O'Hara | 7.9 | 4,509 |
| 1939 |  Tower of London | Queen Elyzabeth | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1939 |  When Tomorrow Comes | Madeleine | · | 17 |
| 1938 |  I Am the Law | Jerry Lindsay | · | 11 |
| 1938 | The Toy Wife | Louise Brigard | · | 8 |
| 1937 |  Stella Dallas | Helen Morrison | 6.9 | 102 |
Better together?
Barbara O'Neil's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Otto Preminger and Barbara O'Neil movies
Takes
On Barbara O'Neil
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1941Barbara O'Neil