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Barbara Stanwyck Trivia
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- Godmother of Bobbie Poledouris.
- Her siblings were named Maude, Mable, Mildred ("Millie"), and Malcolm Byron Stevens. Her parents were Byron and Catherine McGee Stevens.
- Her stormy marriage to Frank Fay finally ended after a drunken brawl, during which he tossed their adopted son, Dion, into the swimming pool. Despite rumours of affairs with Marlene Dietrich and Joan Crawford, Stanwyck wed Robert Taylor, who had gay rumours of his own to dispel. Their marriage started off on a sour note when his possesive mother demanded he spend his wedding night with her rather then Barbara.
- Was of Scots-Irish and English descent.
- Sister-in-law of actress Caryl Lincoln.
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