Stanwyck, Barbara (orig. Ruby Stevens)

1907 – She was born on the 16th day of July this year in New York City, New York, USA.

1922 - She was raised in foster homes and by an elder sister but began working at age 13, and was a fashion model and Broadway chorine in this year at the age of 15.

1926 – A friend introduced Stanwyck (then known under her original name) to Willard Mack who was casting his play The Noose. Asked to audition, she was cast on the spot. Willard thought a great deal of the actress and believed that to change her image she needed a first class name, one that would stand out.

1928 – When Cherryman died at the age of 30 of septic poisoning. He was on vacation in Le Havre, France. Barbara's performance in The Noose earned her rave reviews from critics and she was summoned by film producer Bob Kane to make a screen test for his upcoming 1927 silent film Broadway Nights where she won a minor part of a fan dancer. The film marked Stanwyck's first film appearance. In the same year, she married Frank Fay in this year and had one child. She divorced him in 1935.

1939 – She married Robert Taylor. Taylor was to have had several affairs during the marriage, including one with Ava Gardner. Stanwyck was rumored to have attempted suicide when she learned of Taylor's fling with Lana Turner.

1941 – Her one of the most notable role was the role of Jean Harrington in “The Lady Eve”.

1950 - She ultimately filed for divorce in this year when a starlet Turner made her romance with Taylor public, the decree being granted on February 21, 1951. After her divorce from Taylor, Stanwyck had several discreet romances including one which was revealed many years later by actor Robert Wagner, 23 years her junior.

1973 – She was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1987 – The American Film Institute awarded her a televised AFI Life Achievement Award.

1990 – She died at the age 82 of congestive heart disease on the 20th day of January this year in her home at Santa Monica, California.