About
American actress who made eighty-five films in Hollywood throughout her career. She eventually turned from film to a TV career and appeared in The Big Valley and The Thorn Birds. The American Film Institute has named her the eleventh greatest classic Hollywood actress of all time.
Before Fame
She took a job wrapping packages at a department store in Brooklyn.
Trivia
She starred in Double Indemnity and cultivated a tough-girl image.
Family Life
She had four older siblings. She married and divorced twice, first to Frank Fay and then to Robert Taylor. She adopted a child in 1932 with her first husband.
Associated With
She was in The Lady Eve with Henry Fonda.
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Barbara Stanwyck Highlights
