The youngest of five children, Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens on Jul. 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York. Tragedy struck early in her life. Her mother, Catherine, died after a drunk ...

In her late 70s, Barbara Stanwyck was tirelessly working in front ... whose real name was Ruby Stevens, was born into a poor family of Scottish-Irish descent in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn ...

During the run of the highly successful play it was suggested that she change her name, and Barbara Stanwyck was born. Two years later saw Stanwyck on the way to Hollywood with her new husband ...

Born Ruby Stevens on July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, Barbara Stanwyck would later admit to having “had a terrible childhood. Let’s just say,” she added, “‘poor’ is something I understand.” ...

Brooklyn-born Barbara arrived in Hollywood in 1929 ... physical beauty at that time,” says Dan Callahan, author of Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman. “He was very, very beautiful.” ...

Celebrity biographies are rarely as long and dense as Victoria Wilson's nearly 900-page tome about screen star Barbara Stanwyck ... stuff of A Star is Born, and Stanwyck divorced him in the ...

“Steel-True,” the massive new biography of Barbara Stanwyck by Victoria Wilson ... rough upbringing to play many of her finest roles. Born Ruby Stevens in Brooklyn in 1907, she was four ...