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Jan 5, 2017 · “Byron Stevens was a strict father with a fierce temper and frequently lashed out at his daughters,” Victoria Wilson writes in the definitive biography of the star, A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel True, 1907-1940 (Simon & Schuster). He drank heavily, and had skipped out on the family briefly in 1904 when they were living in Chelsea ...
Nov 21, 2019 · The Stevens family can be traced in New England as far back as 1740. Father Byron Stevens was a brick mason who, on a trip to Boston, met Catherine McPhee. The young Canadian of Scotch-Irish descent, nicknamed “Kitty,” was visiting her aunt in the area when Byron fell for her. The duo married in 1886 and established themselves in Lanesville ...
Byron E. Stevens. Father of actress Barbara Stanwyck. He abandoned the family after Barbara's mother was killed in an accident in 1911. He joined a work crew going to dig the Panama Canal, and the family never heard from him again. Records show that he was returning to New York on the S.S. Advance when he died and was buried at sea.
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Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens on July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York, to working class parents Catherine Ann (McPhee) and Byron E. Stevens. Her father, from Massachusetts, had English ancestry, and her Canadian mother, from Nova Scotia, was of Scottish and Irish descent. Stanwyck went to work at the local telephone company ...
- July 16, 1907
- January 20, 1990
Children. 1. Barbara Stanwyck ( / ˈstænwɪk /; born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress, model and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career she was known for her strong, realistic screen presence and versatility. She was a favorite of directors ...
Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Stevens in Brooklyn, New York. She was the fifth child of Catherine McGee Stevens and Byron Stevens of Massachusetts. Barbara was four when her mother died after an accident. Byron left home two weeks after the funeral, and Ruby was cared for by her sister, fourteen-year-old Mildred or Millie as she was known.
