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Status
Released
Release
1997
Runtime
58m
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"BIOGRAPHY OF A GREAT STAR"
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
43 Cast Members
Barbara Stanwyck
Self (archive footage)
Richard Chamberlain
Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
Self (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
Self (archive footage)
Paul Douglas
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Eder
Self
Frank Fay
Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
Self
William Holden
Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
Self (archive footage)
Roddy McDowall
Self
Nolan Miller
Self
Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Ricardo Montalban
Self
Eugene Pallette
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson
Self (archive footage)
Robert Ryan
Self (archive footage)
Aaron Spelling
Self