Barbara Stanwyck

Nascido(a) em
16 de julho de 1907 · Brooklyn, Nova Iorque, Nova Iorque, EUA
Falecido(a) em
20 de janeiro de 1990 · Santa Mônica, Califórnia, EUA (insuficiência cardíaca congestiva, doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica, enfisema)
Nome de nascimento
Ruby Catherine Stevens
Apelidos
- Missy
- The Queen
- Babs
- Stany
Altura
1,65 m

Often called "The Best Actress Who Never Won an Oscar."
When she was awarded an Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement, the statuette was presented to her by John Travolta who later confessed that the experience was his supreme Oscar moment. Stanwyck had been a Travolta family favorite for years.
Nasce uma Estrela (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.
Throughout her career she was known for her kindness and patience with younger performers. Marilyn Monroe, who worked with Stanwyck in the 1952 film Só a Mulher Peca (1952) said that Stanwyck was the only member of Hollywood's older generation who was kind to her.
Lived near Joan Crawford during her marriage to Frank Fay. According to Christina Crawford, between 1932 and 1934, Stanwyck would escape from the alcoholic and volatile Fay when things got too hot by scaling a fence on their property. She would stay with Crawford, who lived across the street, until the heat died down. Stanwyck and Crawford had been friends since the days when they were single young actresses and remained friends until Crawford's death.

During Pacto de Sangue (1944), Fred MacMurray would go to rushes [viewings of daily completed shots]. I remember asking Fred, "How was I?" [Fred's response was] "I don't know about you, but I was wonderful!" Such a true remark. Actors only look at themselves.
I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety and they won't need to paste my face with make-up.
[referring to director Frank Capra] Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure, it's nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting - watch the eyes!
Put me in the last fifteen minutes of a picture and I don't care what happened before. I don't even care if I was IN the rest of the damned thing - I'll take it in those fifteen minutes.
My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.