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Barbara Stanwyck (/ ˈ s t æ n w ɪ k /; born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career, she was known for her strong, realistic screen presence and versatility.
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? [a] – May 10, 1977) was an American actress.She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway.
Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of Academy Award winning actress Joan Crawford.Officially released by William Morrow and Company on November 10, 1978 (though thousands of copies had already been placed in bookstores in October), [1] the book attracted much controversy for its portrayal of Joan Crawford as a cruel, unbalanced, and ...
Joan Crawford’s Brentwood Home, 1956. Nextrecord Archives/Getty Images. 5. Dinah Shore’s Palm Springs Ranch House, 1956 ... Barbara Stanwyck’s Holmby Hills ‘Shingled Bungalow,’ 1956 ...
David quits his job and takes her to Mexico, where he intends to write a book. A couple Joan met in Vegas get her into a dice game, where she loses all of their life savings. David leaves, intending to file for a divorce. Not knowing where else to go, Joan returns to Vegas, where she is hired by Corrigan to front a horse-racing operation.
Della is a 1964 American made-for-television drama film starring Joan Crawford, Paul Burke, Charles Bickford and Diane Baker.Directed by Robert Gist, the film was originally produced by Four Star Television as a television pilot for a proposed NBC series named Royal Bay which was to star Burke as a lawyer and Bickford as his cantankerous, righteous father.
Emilia's drive and willfulness, combined with a new sense of maternal obligation, would have exhausted Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck and all those legendary stars who played hard-working, social ...
Barbara Stanwyck was cast in the title role following her lead in Billy Wilder's film noir Double Indemnity (1944). [6]The film marked the screen debut of Kirk Douglas, [7] who was recommended to producer Hal B. Wallis by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who suggested that Wallis attend a play which featured Bacall's old drama school classmate, Issur Demsky, who later took the name Kirk ...