Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress. A film and television star, she was known during her 60-year career as a ...

Born in Brooklyn as Ruby Stephens, she went from dancer to dramatic actress and became Barbara Stanwyck in 1926, when a scene in the third act of the play The Noose was rewritten and Stanwyck (a ...