Happy Birthday Barbara "Missy" Stanwyck

[libnnc]

b. July 16, 1907 in Brooklyn, NY.
d. January 20, 1990 in CA.













What a dame.

[TheDebbieDee]

1. She was a classy dame...she almost always played strong

female roles that made the decisions that shaped their destinies.

[burrowowl]

2. She was!!

[MrSandman]

3. One of the best femme fatales...

In film noir was her character in Double Indemnity.

[Wetzelbill]

5. I was just going to say that

Great movie. Great Performance.

[libnnc]

6. FYI: Double Indemnity airs tonight

at 9:30 EST on Turner Classic Movies

:popcorn:

[MrSandman]

16. Thanks for the heads up...

I forgot about Edward G. Marshall's great performance in that movie.

:toast:

[Skittles]

4. a great dame

:thumbsup:

[Southsideirish]

7. Wow -thanks! I love the old "black and white" stars of the '40's - when

movies were movies. Double Indemnity, Sorry, Wrong Number - two of the best ever made, imho.

[arwalden]

8. I've Always Adored Her.

[Kahuna]

9. One of my all time favorites....

She rocked!

[readermostly]

10. What a wonderful actress! By coincidence, I'm watching Barbara in

"Double Indemnity" right now.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. In her youth she was the hottest, sexiest, most beautiful babe ever

along perhaps with another all-time favorite of mine, Merle Oberon:

[frylock]

12. must be why double indemnity is on now..

WOW!! She was freakin' hot as a brunette! Love that first pic.

[libnnc]

14. She was freakin' hot...

check out this pic



*whew*

[no_hypocrisy]

13. I'll never understand why she married Frank Fay.

He turned out to be a real asshole.

[libnnc]

15. She was awfully young

and he was "Broadway's Favorite Son". Maybe she was looking to the future as far as professional connections were concerned? I've read in a couple of bios that she was mourning her boyfriend who died unexpectedly and Fay stepped in as a "shoulder to cry on".

Who knows? Had she stayed in NYC a while longer her stage career probably would have been white-hot and she would never have had a reason to go to Hollywood.