Barbara Stanwyck was a dazzling study in contrasts. At times sultry and sweet; vulnerable and tough;... (Learn more)
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"Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what I love doing." - Stanwyck (from the PR for the TNT special, "Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire" 1991)
"I would have to say that I have never worked with an actress who was more cooperative, less temperamental and a better workman, to use my term of highest compliment, than Barbara Stanwyck." - Cecil B. DeMille, on directing Stanwyck (from the PR for the TNT special, "Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire" 1991)
In 1944 the IRS claimed that Stanwyck was the highest-paid woman in the US, with an annual salary of $400,000.
Stanwyck changed her name from Ruby Stevens when she appeared in the Broadway play, "The Noose" in 1926. The inspiration was said to come from a theatrical poster which announced "Jane Stanwyck in 'Barbara Frietchie.'"
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