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The first volume of The untold story of Barbara Stanwyck recounts the actress's early life, theatrical, film, and television career, marriage to Robert Taylor, romances, and reclusive retirement. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!.
The untold story of We see the quintessential Brooklyn girl whose family was in fact of old New England stock her years in New York as a dancer and Broadway star her fraught marriage to Frank Fay, Broadway genius, who influenced a generation of actors and comedians (among them, Jack Benny and Stanwyck herself) the adoption of a son, embattled.
An incisive biography explores A compelling portrait of one of Hollywood’s most invincible women, the late Barbara Stanwyck. A most unusual movie star, Stanwyck was an actress of considerable and neglected talent who elevated every role she had, a woman whose personal life matched the rocky road of her career.
Frank Capra called her, "The Barbara Stanwyck (–) rose from the ranks of chorus girl to become one of Hollywood's most talented leading women―and America's highest-paid woman in the mids. Shuttled among foster homes as a child, she took a number of low-wage jobs while she determinedly made the connections that landed her in successful Broadway productions.
The biography provides detailed insights Here is Stanwyck, revealed as the quintessential Brooklyn girl whose family was in fact of old New England stock; her years in New York as a dancer and Broadway star; her fraught marriage to Frank Fay, Broadway genius; the adoption of a son, embattled from the outset; her partnership with Zeppo Marx (the “unfunny Marx brother”) who altered.
In this biography of Barbara Barbara Stanwyck () rose from the ranks of chorus girl to become one of Hollywood's most talented leading women-and America's highest paid woman in the mids. Shuttled among foster homes as a child, she took a number of low-wage jobs while she determinedly made the connections that landed her in successful Broadway productions.
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A compelling portrait of one of Hollywood’s most invincible women, the late Barbara Stanwyck. A most unusual movie star, Stanwyck was an actress of considerable and neglected talent who elevated every role she had, a woman whose personal life matched the rocky road of her career.