--- name: "Kim Stanley" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kim-stanley" fi1m_id: "kim-stanley" imdb_id: "nm0822535" tmdb_id: 31440 wikidata_id: "Q259474" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 February 1925" died: "20 August 2001" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:36:58.740745+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kim Stanley ## Identity Kim Stanley - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kim-stanley - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kim-stanley - **IMDb ID:** nm0822535 - **TMDB ID:** 31440 - **Wikidata ID:** Q259474 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stanley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259474, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822535/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31440 Actor. Born 11 February 1925 in Tularosa, New Mexico, USA. Died 20 August 2001. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 February 1925, Tularosa, New Mexico, USA - **Died:** 20 August 2001 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1980s 86 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stanley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259474, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822535/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31440 ## Biography Kim Stanley (born Patricia Reid) was an American actress. She was born on 11 February 1925 in Tularosa, New Mexico, and died on 20 August 2001 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She began her career in theatre and studied at the Actors Studio. Stanley appeared in Broadway productions including *Picnic* (1953) and *Bus Stop* (1955), and received Theatre World and Tony Award nominations. She performed extensively in 1950s television. Her film roles include *The Goddess* (1958), the narrator (uncredited) in *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), *Séance on a Wet Afternoon* (1964), *Frances* (1982) and Pancho Barnes in *The Right Stuff* (1983). She received Academy Award nominations for the latter two films and a Primetime Emmy Award for a 1984 television adaptation of *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *The Right Stuff* (1983), Fi1m 86, as Pancho Barnes — [page](https://film.one/film/the-right-stuff.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), Fi1m 84, as Scout as an Adult - Narrator (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md) ## Complete filmography (19) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1984), as Big Mama - *The Right Stuff* (1983), as Pancho Barnes — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-right-stuff.md) - *Frances* (1982), as Lillian Farmer - *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Ida 'Big Mama' Pollitt - *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Actor - *Dragon Country* (1970), as One (segment "I Can't Imagine Tomorrow") - *Operation Heartbeat* (1969), as Joanna Hanson - *The Three Sisters* (1966), as Masha - *Seance on a Wet Afternoon* (1964), as Myra - *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), as Scout as an Adult - Narrator (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md) - *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor - *The Goddess* (1958), as Emily Ann Faulkner (Rita Shawn) - *Clash by Night* (1957), as Mae D'Amato - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Georgette Thomas, Millie Norman - *Playwrights '56* (1955), series, Actor - *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor - *Goodyear Television Playhouse* (1951), series, as Kay - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Georgette Thomas - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Wilma Thompson ## Gallery - ![Kim Stanley](https://film.one/media/person/117902/gallery-cbd14550007e.jpg) Kim Stanley — Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Kim_Stanley.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Title: Portrait of Kim Stanley Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. (1961)](https://film.one/media/person/117902/gallery-11f6db60e4f6.jpg) Title: Portrait of Kim Stanley Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. (1961) — Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Portrait_of_Kim_Stanley_LCCN2004663580.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Kim Stanley](https://film.one/media/person/117902/gallery-456af0151556.jpg) Kim Stanley — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 1983: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Frances* - 1965: Best Actress (nominated), for *Séance on a Wet Afternoon* ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won - 1985: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* - 1963: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *Ben Casey* ### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated - Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1962: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated) - Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1959: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated) - Theatre World Award 1952: Theatre World Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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