Died Today (January 20th): Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990)

Barbara Stanwyck (1907–1990)

Born: July 16, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: January 20, 1990 (age 82) in Santa Monica, California, USA

[on filming Titanic (1953)] The night we were making the scene of the dying ship in the outdoor tank at Twentieth, it was bitter cold. I was 47 feet up in the air in a lifeboat swinging on the davits. The water below was agitated into a heavy rolling mass and it was thick with other lifeboats full of women and children. I looked down and thought, “If one of these ropes snaps now, it’s good-by for you”. Then I looked up at the faces lined along the rail -those left behind to die with the ship. I thought of the men and women who had been through this thing in our time. We were re-creating an actual tragedy and I burst into tears. I shook with great racking sobs and couldn’t stop.

Meet John Doe 1941 dir. Capra starring Gary Cooper Stanwyck

THE FURIES 1950 dir. Anthony Mann Starring Barbara Stanwyck Wendell Corey

Ball of Fire 1941 dir. Howard Hawks starring Gary Cooper Stanwyck

Double Indemity 1944 dir. Billy Wilder starring Fred MacMurray Stanwyck

My Reputation 1946 dir. Curtis Bernhardt Starring George Brent Stanwyck

Sorry Wrong Number 1948 dir. Anatole Litvak Starring Stanwyck Burt Lancaster

Executive Suite 1954 dir. Robert Wise Starring William Holden Stanwyck June Allyson

THE LADY EVE 1941 dir. Preston Sturges Stars: Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda

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