
She just turned it on-and everything else on the stage stopped.

She knew nothing about camera tricks: how to "cheat" her looks so her face could be seen, how to restrict her body movements in close shots. Naive, unsophisticated, caring nothing about make-up, clothes, or hairdos, this chorus girl could grab your heart and tear it to pieces. A life of Barbara Stanwyck : steel-true, 1907-1940 by Wilson, Victoria, 1949- author. Stanwyck knew the most notable directors, writers, actors, studio. Underneath her sullen shyness smoldered the emotional fires of a young Duse, or a Bernhardt. One answer: A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True, 1907-1940 is not about the actress alone. Stanwyck receives an honorary Oscar (1982).The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946).Stanwyck movies in The Paramount Vault on youtube:

She is most famous for playing femme fatale Phyllis Dietrichson in Billy Wilder's iconic noir movie Double Indemnity (1944). Barbara Stanwyck (née Ruby Catherine Stevens, 1907-1990) was a renowned actress with a six-decade career than spanned Broadway, 80+ Hollywood movies (4 Oscar nominations), and television (5 Emmy nominations, 3 wins).
