| MISSY DAY --- Monday, July 16, 2007 |
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Monday, July 16, 2007
MISSY DAY
Sorry Wrong Number - 1948 She was born Ruby Stevens on this day in
worked with her. We knew her as Barbara Stanwyck, her stage name. She
used it for the first time, at age 18, when she won a leading role in
a Broadway play titled, Noose.
This was not the last time Ms. Stanwyck would win a leading role. In
fact she was nominated for Best Actress by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences four times out of her 82 films. Her Oscar
nominations were for her roles as Stella Dallas in Stella Dallas
in Double Indemnity (1944), and Leona Stevenson in Sorry Wrong Number
(1948).
Barbara Stanwyck easily crossed over from film to TV as the matriarch,
Victoria Barkley, in The Big Valley, and later, as Mary Carson, in the
miniseries, The Thorn Birds, and as Constance Colby Patterson in the
won. Her first Emmy was in 1960-61 for her lead role in The Barbara
Stanwyck Show. She received another Emmy for her Big Valley
performances in 1965-66 and one for The Thorn Birds in 1983.
Her popularity increased over the years as did her pay check. In 1944,
Ms. Stanwyck was listed by the government as the highest paid woman in
the U.S., at $400,000 per year. Not bad for a chorus girl from
Brooklyn.
We miss you, Missy.
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