50 minSeason 4 • Episode 26
LatestThe final episode of The Big Valley
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
Acting
Stanwyck commands every frame at 58, no notes
Costume
Victoria Barkley's wardrobe: frontier fashion icon
Creators
Louis F. Edelman, A.I. Bezzerides
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barbara Stanwyck was the highest-paid woman on American television at the time, earning roughly $20,000 per episode—she also owned 25% of the series.
The show was developed specifically as a vehicle to compete with NBC's Bonanza, but centered a female patriarch—a radical inversion that network executives initially hated.
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