Barbara Stanwyck

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Birth Name: Ruby Catherine Stevens

Born: 16 July 1907 Died: 20 January 1990

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 5"

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Barbara Stanwyck receives Honorary Oscar®

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Description: Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress. She was a film and television star, known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong, realistic screen presence, and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra. After a short but notable career as a stage actress in the late 1920s, she made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning to television. Orphaned at the age of four and partially raised in foster homes, by 1944 Stanwyck had become the highest paid woman in the United States. She was nominated for the Academy ... (more)

Tags: Actress (26), American (7), Born 1907 (5), Died 1990 (4), Brunette (4), Lead Actress (3), Female (3), Gorgeous (3), 1930s (3), Movies (2), Heart Failure (2), Emphysema (2), Old Hollywood (2), Starlet (2), Femme Fatale (2), 1950s (2), 1940s (2), Film Noir (2), Legend (2), Tv (2)

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“Making her debut in the acclaimed Broadway show, Burlesque, Barbara Stanwyck gained accolades for her sensitive and moving performance. Soon after, she began appearing in films, making a breakthrough with Stella Dallas (1937) that earned her the first Oscar nomination of her career. Stanwyck had a penchant for roles that required her to portray unlikeable characters in a sympathetic light. She was adept at comedic roles, appearing in films like Ball of Fire (1941), The Lady Eve (1941) and You Belong to Me (1941). She balanced out her lighthearted roles with parts in noir thrillers.

For her role as a murderous wife in Double Indemnity, she received much praise and recognition. The film, which was made before the restrictions of the Hays Code, is widely considered as one of the ”

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