Born on July 16, 1907 to father Byron E. and mother Catherine Ann Stevens in Brooklyn, New York, Barbara Stanwyck’s birth name was Ruby Catherine Stevens. She is an American by nationality and her ancestry is English-Scottish. She lost her mother at a young age of four owing to a miscarriage. Her father left them and disappeared after two weeks of her mother’s funeral. It was her elder sister Mildred who took the responsibility of Ruby. ... Read more