Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens on July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York. She was the fifth – and youngest – child of Catherine Ann (née McPhee) (1870-1911) and Byron E. Stevens (1872-1919), working-class parents.
Ruby and her older brother, Malcolm Byron (later nicknamed "By") Stevens, were raised by their eldest sister Laura Mildred, (later Mildred Smith) (1886–1931), who died of a heart attack at age 45. Mildred worked as a showgirl.
She does not have a gravestone.
Father: Byron E. Stevens
Mother: Catherine MacPhee Stevens
Husband: Arthur Smith
Ruby and her older brother, Malcolm Byron (later nicknamed "By") Stevens, were raised by their eldest sister Laura Mildred, (later Mildred Smith) (1886–1931), who died of a heart attack at age 45. Mildred worked as a showgirl.
She does not have a gravestone.
Father: Byron E. Stevens
Mother: Catherine MacPhee Stevens
Husband: Arthur Smith
Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens on July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York. She was the fifth – and youngest – child of Catherine Ann (née McPhee) (1870-1911) and Byron E. Stevens (1872-1919), working-class parents.
Ruby and her older brother, Malcolm Byron (later nicknamed "By") Stevens, were raised by their eldest sister Laura Mildred, (later Mildred Smith) (1886–1931), who died of a heart attack at age 45. Mildred worked as a showgirl.
She does not have a gravestone.
Father: Byron E. Stevens
Mother: Catherine MacPhee Stevens
Husband: Arthur Smith
Ruby and her older brother, Malcolm Byron (later nicknamed "By") Stevens, were raised by their eldest sister Laura Mildred, (later Mildred Smith) (1886–1931), who died of a heart attack at age 45. Mildred worked as a showgirl.
She does not have a gravestone.
Father: Byron E. Stevens
Mother: Catherine MacPhee Stevens
Husband: Arthur Smith
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