Barbara StanwyckBarbara Stanwyck in Stella Dallas (1937Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Katherine Stevens) (July 16, 1907 - January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. She was born in New York City, and her mother died when she was only four. She took her stage name from the name of a play, "Barbara Frietchie", about a fictional Civil War heroine. The play starred a British actress named Joan Stanwyck. Stanwyck starred in almost a hundred films during her career and received four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress: Stella Dallas (1937), Ball of Fire (1941), Double Indemnity (1944), and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). She received an Academy Honorary Award "for superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting" in 1982. In her later years, she also starred in television, notably in the 1960s Western series, The Big Valley. Her last starring role was in 1985, in The Colbys. During her life, Stanwyck was the subject of rumor that she was a lesbian, and that her marriage to the actor Robert Taylor was a "lavender marriage", designed to conceal the fact that both were homosexual. After her death, biographies began to report these rumors as fact, with several sources who had known both Stanwyck and Taylor willing to go on record and verify these claims. Filmography
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After her death, biographies began to report these rumors as fact, with several sources who had known both Stanwyck and Taylor willing to go on record and verify these claims. She had spent nearly five years incarcerated in Brazil and Mexico. During her life, Stanwyck was the subject of rumor that she was a lesbian, and that her marriage to the actor Robert Taylor was a "lavender marriage", designed to conceal the fact that both were homosexual. On September 21, 2004, Trevi was acquited and set free by a Mexican court, citing a lack of evidence in the case. Her last starring role was in 1985, in The Colbys. After she learned that she would not be allowed to go free, she began a hunger strike. In her later years, she also starred in television, notably in the 1960s Western series, The Big Valley. She was denied freedom at the time, however, and remains jailed. She received an Academy Honorary Award "for superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting" in 1982. On February 24, 2004, she was expecting to be set free by Mexico's justice system. Stanwyck starred in almost a hundred films during her career and received four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress: Stella Dallas (1937), Ball of Fire (1941), Double Indemnity (1944), and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). On November 27 of 2003, her former manager Andrade was extradited to Mexico and jailed in the same facility as Trevi, but they will not be allowed to get in contact there. The play starred a British actress named Joan Stanwyck. However, no body or evidence of that happening for real were found, so they were not charged of any murder. She took her stage name from the name of a play, "Barbara Frietchie", about a fictional Civil War heroine. There were allegations also that, while fugitive, Trevi supposedly gave birth to a baby girl of Andrade, and that they left the baby to die. She was born in New York City, and her mother died when she was only four. Brazil's authorities came to an agreement with Mexican authorities and, on December 21, 2002 they extradited Trevi, Andrade and Boquitas to Mexico so they can face charges there. Her baby ended up living with his grandmother, Trevi's mother. Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Katherine Stevens) (July 16, 1907 - January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. She was released under a Brazilian law that allows women who give birth while prisoners to live in a house with their children, but her new freedom lasted short, because once again, Mexican authorities began to ask for her, so she had to be taken back to jail. "Barbara Stanwyck, Actress, Dead at 82." The New York Times. January 22, 1990. D11. But, after giving birth to a baby boy, she admitted the boy was Andrade's son. Flint. In the new jail facility, she became pregnant, and she initially accused a jail guard of raping her, supposedly causing the pregnancy. Peter B. In the song, which didn't seem to be a written song but one she was making up, she talks of how she'd done everything for the love of a man. Broadway Nights (1927). Soon after, a tape where she can be heard singing songs allegedly to Andrade on the plane ride became public. Mexicali Rose (aka The Girl from Mexico) (1929). Trevi, Andrade and Boquitas were flown from their original jail to another facility because of over-crowding. The Locked Door (1929). A legal battle ensued because Brazilian prosecutors wanted them charged there, but Mexican prosecutors claimed that the three prisoners belonged to them because they had begun their practices while still in Mexico. Ladies of Leisure (1930). When they were caught, the news travelled all over Spanish speaking people instantly. Illicit (1931). In Brazil, Trevi allegedly enjoyed walking around the neighborhood where she was living at, and eating at a local bakery every day. Ten Cents a Dance (1931). But before Trevi, Andrade and Boquitas were caught, they escaped to Brazil, where they were able to live for a couple of years, until they were finally caught by Brazilian police and arrested, being taken to jail. The Slippery Pearls (aka The Stolen Jools) (short) (1931). Trevi, Andrade and the rest of their 'troop' soon escaped to Argentina, where the remaining girls escaped and were soon flown to Mexico. The Miracle Woman (1931). By this time, Trevi, Boquitas and Andrade were the talk of every Spanish tabloid television show in the United States, and most of Latin America. Night Nurse (1931). Soon after, Karina Yapor, a girl from Northern Mexico, gave birth to a baby boy she alleged to be Andrade's son. Forbidden (1932). Around 1997, many of the girls that were allegedly abused escaped Andrade's side and declared stories of horror and violence to television cameras, and Andrade and Trevi were able to fly out of Mexico without being captured, stopping in Spain and Chile before they were declared, along with a third accomplice named Mary Boquitas, as fugitives of the Mexican judicial system. Shopworn (1932). According to the book, named De La Gloria Al Infierno (From Glory to Hell), Trevi was also a willing participant of Andrade's scams, and she had fallen in love with her manager, supposedly participating in his manager's sexual orgies and slavery acts with the teenaged girls just to please him. So Big! (1932). But then, in 1995, Sergio Andrade's former wife pubished a book about how Andrade allegedly would pick up teenaged girls and lure them into a web of sex and slavery by promising to make them superstars. The Purchase Price (1932). Trevi became more seclusive after that, and for years, all that was heard about her was rumors and questions. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933). Then, her second movie, also named like her song, Zapatos Viejos, was released. Baby Face (1933). She released a new calendar, which was, according to many of her fans, more suggestive than the first one. Ladies They Talk About (aka Women in Prison) (1933). The album's name was Me Siento Tan Sola (I Feel so Lonely), and was taped in Los Angeles. Ever in My Heart (1933). Her third album was released in 1993, and it garnered her another hit, Zapatos Viejos (My Old Shoes). A Lost Lady (aka Courageous) (1934)*. Meanwhile, she kept talking in public about such things as teen sex, abortion, drugs, AIDS, prostitution and anything that came into her mind. The Secret Bride (aka Concealment) (1934). She also released her first calendar, which was considered by many of her fans and critics to be very suggestive and sexually oriented. Gambling Lady (1934). In 1992, she began a tour all over the Caribbean and South America, which took her to such countries like Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Venezuela and Chile. Annie Oakley (1935). The movie became a number one ticket hit, and Gloria was invited to tour at many countries. The Woman in Red (1935). In it, she participated with fellow wild living former world boxing champion Jorge Paez. Red Salute (aka Arms and the Girl) (aka Her Enlisted Man) (aka Her Uncle Sam) (aka Runaway Daughter) (1935). Trevi then filmed a movie, also named Pelo Suelto. His Brother's Wife (aka Lady of the Tropics) (1936). She followed up her first record, with the 1991 album Angel De La Guardia (Guardian Angel), which became even more successful than the first one, her song Pelo Suelto (Loose Hair) becoming her most widely known hit and a number one hit all over Latin America and for the Latino population in the United States. A Message to Garcia (1936). A lot of times, during her television interviews, the talk show host would mention her childhood and she'd go from acting happy to spreading her tears from one minute to the other. The Plough and the Stars (1936). Trevi, however, also carried herself to the public as a girl who could break up and cry at any minute and for anything she heard about. The Bride Walks Out (1936). At that point of her career, it became common for many little girls and teenaged females to dress themselves like Gloria during her concerts. Banjo on My Knee (1936). Despite the way she carried herself on stage, she was also able to become very popular among Mexico's and Latin American children. This Is My Affair (aka His Affair) (1937). Trevi would even bring unsuspecting male members of her public during her presentations to the stage and undress them. Stella Dallas (1937). She soon became known as a challenger to the machismo ideas of many of Mexico's men, breaking social standards and taking a feminist stand point on many of her songs, while exploring sexuality in away that not many female Mexican entertainers had done before her. Breakfast for Two (1937). Psychiatrist), and four other songs from that album went up on the charts too. Internes Can't Take Money (aka You Can't Take Money) (1937). Siquiatra (Dr. The Mad Miss Manton (1938). The album scored an instant number one hit for her, Dr. Always Goodbye (1938). In 1989, and with the help of Andrade, Trevi released her first album, named Y Que Hago Aqui? (But What am I Doing Here?). Golden Boy (1939). Before meeting Andrade, she worked singing and dancing on the streets for change money, as well as teaching ballet for twelve hours each day and serving tacos at a taco stand. Before that, in 1985, she was a member of a short lived girl group named Boquitas Pintadas (Little Colored Mouths). Union Pacific (1939). Trevi left her home city at the age of twenty, arriving at Mexico City, and there, she met the also controversial manager Sergio Andrade, alleged child molestor and slave master. Remember the Night (1940). The fact her mother has come out on international television pleading for Trevi to change her wild ways, makes those rumors look even more like just rumors. Meet John Doe (aka John Doe, Dynamite) (1941). The veracity of those rumors, however, are not clear. You Belong to Me (aka Good Morning, Doctor) (1941). There have been allegations that her mother mistreated her and tried to discourage her from being a singer. Ball of Fire (aka The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) (1941). Trevi's parents divorced when she was ten. The Lady Eve (1941). But Gloria wanted to become an entertainer since she was little, and she began to learn poetry when she was five, and then she started taking ballet and piano lessons. The Great Man's Lady (1942). Trevi struggled to survive when she was little, the lack of food and money in her house being a challenge for her. The Gay Sisters (1942). Trevi was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, to a house where supposedly there was violence and poverty. Lady of Burlesque (aka The G-String Murders) (aka Striptease Lady) (1943). All of her scandals and controversies have made some people nickname her The Madonna of Mexico. Flesh and Fantasy (aka Six Destinies) (1943). Gloria de los Angeles Treviņo Ruiz (born 1968) is a Mexican pop rock singer, who is better known in the entertainment world as Gloria Trevi, and whose life has been as controversial as her career as a singer has been successful. Double Indemnity (1944). Hollywood Canteen (1944). Christmas in Connecticut (aka Indiscretion) (1945). My Reputation (1946). The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). California (1946). The Bride Wore Boots (1946). Carrolls (1947). The Two Mrs. Variety Girl (1947). The Other Love (1947). Cry Wolf (1947). Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). F.'s Daughter (aka Polly Fulton) (1948). B. No Man of Her Own (aka I Married a Dead Man) (1949). The Lady Gambles (1949). The File on Thelma Jordan, (aka Thelma Jordan) (1949). East Side, West Side (1949). To Please a Lady (aka Red Hot Wheels) (1950). The Furies (1950). The Man with a Cloak (1951). Clash by Night (1952). Titanic (1953). The Moonlighter (1953). All I Desire (aka Stopover) (aka You Belong to Me) (1953). Jeopardy (1953). Blowing Wild (1953). Witness to Murder (1954). Executive Suite (1954). Cattle Queen of Montana (1954). The Violent Men (aka The Bandits)(aka Rough Company) (1955). Escape to Burma (1955). The Maverick Queen (1956). These Wilder Years (1956). There's Always Tomorrow (1956). Crime of Passion (1957). Trooper Hook (1957). Forty Guns (1957). Walk on the Wild Side (1962). Roustabout (1964). The Night Walker (aka The Dream Killer) (1964). |