Barbara Stanwyck

One of Barbara's largest influences was silent film actress Pearl White.

Barbara won the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1986.

Barbara was considered for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in the Civil War epic Gone with the Wind, but was never even given a screen test.

Barbara was named the 11th Greatest Female Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.

Mildred Pierce director Michael Curtiz wanted Barbara Stanwyck for the lead role but producer Jerry Wald and the studio wanted Joan Crawford.

Barbara loved horses and the outdoors.

She was voted the 40th "Greatest Movie Star of All Time" by Entertainment Weekly.

Her wicked portrayal as Phyllis Dietrichson in "Double Indemnity" (1944) was ranked #8 on the American Film Institute's villains list of the "100 Years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains."

Barbara Stanwyck has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 1751 Vine St.

Barbara Stanwyck attended Erasmus Hall High School, the same school which Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond also attended.

Barbara Stanwyck received three Best Actress Golden Globe nominations for her work on "The Big Valley" TV series. She won the Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actress in 1984 for the mini series "The Thorn Birds".

Barbara's subsequent Academy Award nominations were for the films, "Ball of Fire" (1941), "Double Idemnity" (1944), and "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948).

Barbara received her first Academy Award nomination for the 1937 film "Stella Dallas".

Barbara married actor Robert Taylor in May of 1939 and the couple divorced in 1951.

Barbara married actor-comedian Frank Fay in August of 1928 and on New Year's Eve 1935 the couple divorced.

Barbara made her film debut in the silent picture "Broadway Nights" in 1926, were she played a dancer.

Barbara made her Broadway debut in 1926 with "The Noose" and became a star with her second Broadway show "Burlesque".

Barbara says the worst film she ever made was "Mexicali Rose".

During the filming of "Titanic" in 1952, Barbara Stanwyck who played Julia Sturges, had an affair with Robert Wagner who was 23 years her junior.

Barbara Stanwyck received her third Emmy in 1983 for "The Thorn Birds".

Barbara Stanwyck received four Oscar nominations during her career and never won.

Barbara Stanwyck was honored by the Film Society at Lincoln Center in 1982.

Barbara Stanwyck received the Academy Award in 1981 for Lifetime Achievement.

Barbara Stanwyck was a former Ziegfeld chorus girl.

On the set of The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Lee Marvin was guesting on one particular episode when a reporter asked him what was it like working with Miss Stanwyck. He replied, "Zoom!". Translated from the original Marvinese, zoom meant that Stanwyck is simple and direct to work with, straight to the heart of a scene with no fooling around.