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[h3]Born Ruby Stevens, Stanwyck was the daughter of a bricklayer. Her Mother died in 1910 and her Father ran away to Panama, leaving her sister Mildred to support the children as a chorus girl. She took Ruby on the road, whetting her desire to be a dancer.[/h3]

Ruby found a typing job with the Remick Music Company in Tin Pan Alley. A manager there got her a job at the Strand Roof nightclub.

Ruby Stevens met the playwright Willard Mack, who hired her as a chorus girl in his new play. Mack built up Stevens's role, coached her intensively and persuaded her to change her name to Barbara Stanwyck.

On 20th October 1926, she opened in 'The Noose', to unanimous praise and, in 1927, went on to win a supporting role in the silent film 'Broadway Nights', her first picture.

In August 1928, Stanwyck married the actor-comedian Frank Fay, and they moved to California in August 1929. For six months Stanwyck did only screen tests, until Frank Capra signed her to star in his 'Ladies of Leisure' in 1930, after which her popularity soared.

By the end of 1935, she had starred in fourteen films. However husband Fay became periodically drunk and violent and, on New Year's Eve 1935, the couple signed a divorce settlement. Stanwyck married Robert Taylor in May 1939.

Stanwyck played her most memorable parts when she reached her thirties. Her lead in 'Stella Dallas' earned a first Academy Award nomination. The role many consider to be Stanwyck's best came in 1944, when she played Phyllis Dietrichson in 'Double Indemnity'.

Her marriage to Taylor proved less successful and they were divorced in 1951.

Stanwyck made at least two pictures a year until 1958, after which she made only three more films. She then turned to television, making the 'Barbara Stanwyck Show', and became known for her role as the matriarch in the hit western TV series, 'The Big Valley'.

In 1966, she received both an Emmy and the Screen Actors Guild Award. In 1982, she was awarded an 'honorary' Academy Award for her unique contribution to the art of screen acting.

Barbara Stanwyck died on 20th January 1990.
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- Her nickname among co-workers was "Missy" or "The Queen".

- In 1944, the government listed her as the nation's highest- paid woman, earning $400,000.
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"The Colbys" (24 episodes, 1985-1986)

"Dynasty" (3 episodes, 1985)

"The Thorn Birds" (1983) (mini)

"Charlie's Angels" (1 episode, 1980)

The Letters (1973) (TV)

A Taste of Evil (1971) (TV)

The House That Would Not Die (1970) (TV)

"The Big Valley" (112 episodes, 1965-1969)

The Night Walker (1964)

Roustabout (1964)

"Wagon Train" (4 episodes, 1961-1964)

Calhoun: County Agent (1964) (TV)

"The Untouchables" (2 episodes, 1962-1963)

"The Dick Powell Show" (1 episode, 1962)

Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

"Rawhide" (1 episode, 1962)

"General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1961)

"The Joey Bishop Show" (1 episode, 1961)

"The Barbara Stanwyck Show" (31 episodes, 1960-1961)

"Zane Grey Theater" (4 episodes, 1958-1959)

"Goodyear Theatre" (1 episode, 1958)

Trooper Hook (1957)

"The Christophers" (2 episodes, 1957)

Crime of Passion (1957)

Forty Guns (1957)

"The Ford Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)

These Wilder Years (1956)

The Maverick Queen (1956)

There's Always Tomorrow (1956)

"Letter to Loretta" (2 episodes, 1955)

Escape to Burma (1955)

The Violent Men (1955)

Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)

Executive Suite (1954)

Witness to Murder (1954)

Blowing Wild (1953)

The Moonlighter (1953)

All I Desire (1953)

Titanic (1953)

Jeopardy (1953)

Clash by Night (1952)

The Man with a Cloak (1951)

To Please a Lady (1950)

The Furies (1950)

No Man of Her Own (1950)

The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)

East Side, West Side (1949)

The Lady Gambles (1949)

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

B.F.'s Daughter (1948)

Cry Wolf (1947)

The Other Love (1947)

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)

California (1946)

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

The Bride Wore Boots (1946)

My Reputation (1946)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Double Indemnity (1944)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Lady of Burlesque (1943)

The Gay Sisters (1942)

The Great Man's Lady (1942)

Ball of Fire (1941)

You Belong to Me (1941)

Meet John Doe (1941)

The Lady Eve (1941)

Remember the Night (1940)

Golden Boy (1939)

Union Pacific (1939)

The Mad Miss Manton (1938)

Always Goodbye (1938)

Breakfast for Two (1937)

Stella Dallas (1937)

This Is My Affair (1937)

Internes Can't Take Money (1937)

The Plough and the Stars (1936)

Banjo on My Knee (1936)

His Brother's Wife (1936)

The Bride Walks Out (1936)

A Message to Garcia (1936)

Annie Oakley (1935)

Red Salute (1935)

The Woman in Red (1935)

The Secret Bride (1934)

A Lost Lady (1934)

Gambling Lady (1934)

Ever in My Heart (1933)

Baby Face (1933)

Ladies They Talk About (1933)

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)

The Purchase Price (1932)

So Big! (1932)

Shopworn (1932)

Forbidden (1932)

The Miracle Woman (1931)

Night Nurse (1931)

Ten Cents a Dance (1931)

Illicit (1931)

Ladies of Leisure (1930)

Mexicali Rose (1929)

The Locked Door (1929)

Broadway Nights (1927)
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