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Fay married Barbara Stanwyck in 1928, when she was relatively unknown. He helped her further her career in films, and she was given a contract by Warner Bros. late in 1930. Their only film appearance together was a brief skit in the short film The Stolen Jools (1931). [citation needed] They adopted a son, Dion, on December 5, 1932. The marriage ...
When Stanwyck became a TV star in the 1960s, tales of her adopted son, Dion, began to circulate as celebrity gossip, particularly in the context of the “TV family” of The Big Valley. This chapter details Stanwyck’s failed attempt to be a mother, which parallels a surprising number of films in which she is also out of sync with motherhood ...
Barbara Stanwyck was born on July 16, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Byron Stevens (the son of English immigrants) and Catherine McGee (whose parents were Irish). Her mother died when she was four, not long before her father abandoned the family. She was raised by an elder sister but began working at age 13, and was a Broadway chorine in 1922 at the age of 15. Her first husband was ...
Due to shrewd financial investments Barbara became one of the wealthiest women in the United States. The Fays adopted a son, Anthony Fay (Dion), in the early 1930’s. By 1935 the marriage crumbled due to her success and Frank Fay’s drinking problem that made him unemployable. The divorce was finalized on December 31, 1936.
An Interview with Victoria Wilson, Author of A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel True 1907-1940. From Barbara Stanwyck to Mrs. Frank Fay | Biography Series Part 2. An Interview with Linda Alexander, Robert Taylor Biographer. A Visit to Marwyck, Barbara Stanwyck’s 1930s Movie-Star Ranch in the San Fernando Valley.
Aug 30, 2019 - Adopted Son California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Name: Dion Anthony Fay Birth Date: 5 Feb 1932 Gender: Male Mother's Maiden Name: Stanwyck Birth County: Los Angeles Source Citation: Birthdate: 5 Feb 1932; Birth County: Los Angeles Source Information: Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 [database on-line]....
WEST LOS ANGELES 01PI) - Actress Barbara Stanwycke's adopted son, Anthony D. Fay. 28, pleaded innocent Friday to charges he sold pronographic literature to juveniles. Bail was set at *5OO for the unemployed shipping clerk who was arrested Thursday night in a creek bed slaked out by police after receiving complaints from parents.
