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Barbara Stanwyck (Ruby Catherine Stevens (Missy, The Queen, Babs)) was born on 16 July, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, is an actress,soundtrack. Discover Barbara Stanwyck's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As Ruby Catherine Stevens (Missy, The Queen, Babs)
Occupation actress,soundtrack
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 16 July, 1907
Birthday 16 July
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Date of death 20 January, 1990
Died Place Santa Monica, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Barbara Stanwyck Height, Weight & Measurements

At 83 years old, Barbara Stanwyck height is 5' 5" (1.65 m) .

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Height 5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Who Is Barbara Stanwyck's Husband?

Her husband is Robert Taylor (14 May 1939 - 25 February 1952) ( divorced), Frank Fay (26 August 1928 - 30 December 1935) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

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Husband Robert Taylor (14 May 1939 - 25 February 1952) ( divorced), Frank Fay (26 August 1928 - 30 December 1935) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
Sibling Not Available
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Barbara Stanwyck Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Barbara Stanwyck worth at the age of 83 years old? Barbara Stanwyck’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Barbara Stanwyck's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Forbidden (1932)$50,000
Ever in My Heart (1933)$50,000
Gambling Lady (1934)$50 .000
Stella Dallas (1937)$50 .000
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)$60,000
Titanic (1953)$75,000

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1751

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 1751 Vine St.

1907

Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens on July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York, to working class parents Catherine Ann (McPhee) and Byron E. Stevens. Her father, from Massachusetts, had English ancestry, and her Canadian mother, from Nova Scotia, was of Scottish and Irish descent. Stanwyck went to work at the local telephone company for fourteen dollars a week, but she had the urge (a dream--that was all it was) somehow to enter show business. When not working, she pounded the pavement in search of dancing jobs. The persistence paid off. Barbara was hired as a chorus girl for the princely sum of $40 a week, much better than the wages she was getting from the phone company. She was seventeen, and was going to make the most of the opportunity that had been given her.

1920

Worked briefly as a fashion model in the late 1920s.

1927

But she was known to millions of other fans for her movie career, which spanned the period from 1927 until 1964, after which she appeared on television until 1986. It was a career that lasted for 59 years.

1928

In 1928 Barbara moved to Hollywood, where she was to start one of the most lucrative careers filmdom had ever seen. She was an extremely versatile actress who could adapt to any role.

1932

Barbara was equally at home in all genres, from melodramas, such as Forbidden (1932) and Stella Dallas (1937), to thrillers, such as Double Indemnity (1944), one of her best films, also starring Fred MacMurray (as you have never seen him before).

1935

Her stormy 7 year marriage to Frank Fay finally ended after a drunken brawl, during which he tossed their adopted son, Dion, into the swimming pool. Their divorce was finalized on December 30, 1935. The couple had adopted Dion on December 5, 1932. Dion (born John Charles Greene, February 5, 1932, Los Angeles County, California - died May 17, 2006, Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, California) became permanently estranged from Stanwyck in February 1951, when he was 19 years old; the rift never healed.In 1957, Dion was arrested for trying to sell lewd pictures while waiting to cash his unemployment check. When questioned by the press about his famous mother, he replied, "We don't speak." He and Stanwyck only saw each other a few times after their falling out. He was reportedly bequeathed some money from Stanwyck's estate on condition he never speak publicly about her.

1937

A Star Is Born (1937) starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March is said to be modeled after Stanwyck's rise to stardom and first husband Frank Fay's descent into obscurity.

1939

Another genre she excelled in was westerns, Union Pacific (1939) being one of her first and TV's The Big Valley (1965) (her most memorable role) being her last.

1940

She also excelled in comedies such as Remember the Night (1940) and The Lady Eve (1941).

1941

Picked up the starring role in Ball of Fire (1941) after Ginger Rogers dropped out.

1944

In 1944, when she earned $400,000, the government listed her as the nation's highest-paid woman.

1945

Planned to play the lead in Mildred Pierce (1945), but Joan Crawford was faster and got the role.

1946

She twice played a character named Jessica Drummond in two completely different movies: My Reputation (1946) and Forty Guns (1957).

1948

In Italy, almost all of her films were dubbed by Lydia Simoneschi. She was occasionally dubbed by Tina Lattanzi and Marcella Rovena. As Leona Stevenson in Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), she was dubbed by Andreina Pagnani. This was the only time the Italian actress lent her voice to Stanwyck.

1950

Stanwyck, a staunch Republican, along with, among others, Ginger Rogers, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, John Wayne and Irene Dunne, was a member of The Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a right-wing political action group during the McCarthy-era of the early to mid-1950s.

1952

Throughout her career she was known for her kindness and patience with younger performers. Marilyn Monroe, who worked with Stanwyck in the 1952 film Clash by Night (1952) said that Stanwyck was the only member of Hollywood's older generation who was kind to her.

1955

In February 1955 she was rumored to be one of the female stars of Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) but she didn't make the film.

1965

Today Barbara Stanwyck is remembered primarily as the matriarch of the family known as the Barkleys on the TV western The Big Valley (1965), wherein she played Victoria, and from the hit drama The Colbys (1985).

1972

She was replaced by Susan Hayward in Heat of Anger (1972), which was to have been a pilot for a prospective TV series to be called "Fitzgerald and Pride.".

1973

Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1973.

1981

On October 27, 1981, Stanwyck was awakened by a burglar at 1:00 in the morning. She was hit on the head with an unknown object then forced into a closet while the intruder ransacked the house and got away with $5,000 worth of jewels. She was treated for minor head wounds at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and released the next day. Four years later, in 1985, the house was destroyed in a fire. She expressed upset at losing personal keepsakes, including love letters from Robert Taylor.

1982

However, in 1982 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for "superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting.

1983

In 1983, she played in the ABC hit mini-series The Thorn Birds (1983), which did much to keep her in the eye of the public. She turned in an outstanding performance as Mary Carson. Barbara was considered a gem to work with for her serious but easygoing attitude on the set. She worked hard at being an actress, and she never allowed her star quality to go to her head. She was nominated for four Academy Awards, though she never won. She turned in magnificent performances for all the roles she was nominated for, but the "powers that be" always awarded the Oscar to someone else.

1986

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 796-798. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

1987

American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. [1987]

1990

Was a heavy smoker who later developed bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); the latter claimed her life in 1990, aged 82.

1991

According to the biographical film Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991), Stanwyck became a role model for female actors. Such stars as Sally Field and Virginia Madsen have publicly declared Stanwyck their role model.

1998

Profiled in "Back in the Saddle: Essays on Western Film and Television Actors", Gary Yoggy, ed. (McFarland, 1998).

1999

Profiled in book "Funny Ladies" by Stephen Silverman. [1999]

2004

Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" by Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004).

2012

She was honored as Turner Classic Movie's Star of the Month for December 2012.

2013

Forty of the movies she appeared in in her 35-year-long career were screened through the month of December 2013 in a special tribute at New York City's Film Forum.