Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

BIOGRAPHY OF A GREAT STAR

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.

Barbara Stanwyck

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Richard Chamberlain

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Gary Cooper

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Kirk Douglas

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Paul Douglas

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Shirley Eder

Frank Fay

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Henry Fonda

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Charlton Heston

William Holden

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Burt Lancaster

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Roddy McDowall

Nolan Miller

Marilyn Monroe

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Ricardo Montalban

Eugene Pallette

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Ronald Reagan

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Edward G. Robinson

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Robert Ryan

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Aaron Spelling

Robert Stack

Robert Taylor

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Bob Thomas

Robert Wagner

Clifton Webb

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Mark Wolper

Brian Aherne

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Edward Arnold

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Janet Beecher

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Eric Blore

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Spring Byington

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Charles Coburn

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Audrey Dalton

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William Demarest

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Brian Donlevy

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Preston Foster

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Ralph Graves

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Robert Greig

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Van Heflin

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Eddie Kane

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J. Farrell MacDonald

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Joel McCrea

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Thelma Ritter

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