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Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990)

Biography / Bio:

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York.
Birthname: Ruby Stevens.

At the age of 3 Ruby is orphaned - her mother is killed in an accident and her father leaves. Ruby is brought up in foster homes and raised by her sister Mildred.
Her sister is a showgirl and takes Ruby from time to time with her on jobs. Ruby becomes very good at memorizing her sister's dance routines. One of Mildred's professional dancer associates, James Buck Mack, has a big influence on encouraging Ruby into show business.
She gets a part in the Ziegfeld Follies 1922 at the age of 16. Ruby begins her dancing in the back row of the chorus - she also is dancing at night clubs, restaurants, and as a dance instructor at a Speak Easy. Ruby then gets a part in the Broadway show The Noose. The producer gives her a scene and a new name, Barbara Stanwyck. Her next role is in burlesque. She is introduced to Frank Fay – an established star in vaudeville. Fay and Stanwyck marry. Fay helps Stanwyck break into the business. Barbara Stanwyck gets her first talkie, The Locked Door. Next comes a screen test with Frank Capra, who likes what he sees and casts her in her first successful part in the movie Ladies of Leisure (1930).

Marriages: Frank Fey (1928-1936) (Adoped Son, Dion), Robert Taylor (1939-1951)

Barbara Stanwick Movies / Movie list:

Movies: Broadway Nights (1927); The Locked Door (1929); Mexicali Rose (1929); Ladies of Leisure (1930); Illicit (1931); The Slippery Pearls (1931); Ten Cents a Dance (1931); Night Nurse (1931); Forbidden (1932); The Purchase Price (1932); So Big (1932); Shopworn (1932); Baby Face (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Ladies They Talk About (1933); The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933); The Secret Bride (1934); A Lost Lady Gambling Lady (1934); The Woman in Red (1935); Annie Oakley (1935); Red Salute (1935); His Brother's Wife (1936); Banjo on My Knee (1936); The Plough and the Stars (1936); A Message to Garcia (1936); The Bride Walks Out (1936); This is My Affair (1937); Breakfast for Two (1937); Stella Dallas (1937); Internes Can't Take Money (1937); Always Goodbye (1938); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); Golden Boy (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Remember the Night (1940); You Belong to Me (1941); Ball of Fire (1941); The Lady Eve (1941); Meet John Doe (1941); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Great Man's Lady (1942); Lady of Burlesque (1943); Double Indemnity (1943); Flesh and Fantasy (1943); Christmas in Connecticut (1945); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); My Reputation (1946); California (1946); Cry Wolf (1947); The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947); The Other Love (1947); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); East Side, West Side (1949); The Lady Gambles (1949); The File on Thelma Jordan (1949); No Man of Her Own (1950); The Furies (1950); To Please a Lady (1950); The Man with a Cloak (1951); Clash by Night (1952); Blowing Wild (1953); Jeopardy (1953); Titanic (1953); The Moonlighter (1953); All I Desire (1953); Executive Suite (1954); Witness to Murder (1954); Cattle Queen of Montana (1954); The Violent Men (1955); Escape to Burma (1955); There's Always Tomorrow (1956); These Wilder Years (1956); The Maverick Queen (1956); Trooper Hook (1957); Forty Guns (1957); Crime of Passion (1957); Walk on the Side (1962); The Night Walker (1964); Roustabout (1964); The Love Godessess (1965).

Television Movies:

The House That Would Not Die (1970); A Taste OF Evil (1973); The Letters (1973) ; The House That Would Not Die (1970)

Television Series:

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960-61);
The Big Valley (1965-69);
Dynasty(1981)(3 episodes); The Thorn Birds (1983) (mini); The Colbys (1985-1986).

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