Stage Name: Barbara Stanwyck
Birth Name: Ruby Katherine Stevens
Occupation: Stage, Screen, TV actress /Pinup Model
Years Active: 1927 – 1986
Notable Works: She started on the theater stage and made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before starting her legendary award winning television career and is ranked as the eleventh greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. Barbara Stanwyck has a list of nominations awards a mile long oddly she never received an Oscar until after her death; she received an Honorary Oscar for superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting.
Date/Place Birth: July 16, 1907(1907-07-16), Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
Date/Death/Cause: Barbara Stanwyck died of congestive heart failure, emphysema and COPD (chronic obstructive lung disease) at St. John's Hospital, in Santa Monica, California January 20, at age 82. Her body was cremated, and her ashes scattered in Lone Pine, California.
Spouse(s) & Children: actor Frank Fay (1928 – 1935 divorced) 1 child adopted, December 5, 1932, they adopted a son, Dion Anthony "Tony" Fay, who was one month old; actor Robert Taylor (1939 – 1951 divorced)
Short Biography: Barbara Stanwyck was a truly dynamic person, much too busy with her entertainment career that spanned 60 years to write a one paragraph biography which does her any justice, she and her life were just too big to be distilled to something this small so if you are looking for a short biography I will direct you to a good one page one at AllSands.com/..., the biography offered by Wikipedia is a bit longer but quite good, if you are looking for in-depth biographical information much has been written: Barbara Stanwyck biographical articles links