Barbara Stanwyck Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.

Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.

I'm now the Lord of the Brighton Manor.

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.

Treat your child-care worker as you want your boss to treat you; with respect, professionalism, adherence to policies and prompt payments.

Trivia

Her wicked portrayal as Phyllis Dietrichson in "Double Indemnity" (1944) was ranked #8 on the American Film Institute's villains list of the "100 Years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains."

Barbara Stanwyck attended Erasmus Hall High School, the same school which Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond also attended.

Barbara's subsequent Academy Award nominations were for the films, "Ball of Fire" (1941), "Double Idemnity" (1944), and "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948).

Barbara married actor Robert Taylor in May of 1939 and the couple divorced in 1951.

Barbara made her film debut in the silent picture "Broadway Nights" in 1926, were she played a dancer.

Barbara says the worst film she ever made was "Mexicali Rose".

Barbara Stanwyck received her third Emmy in 1983 for "The Thorn Birds".

Barbara Stanwyck was honored by the Film Society at Lincoln Center in 1982.

Barbara Stanwyck was a former Ziegfeld chorus girl.