I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. Don't try to make me i… - Barbara Stanwyck

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I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. Don't try to make me into something I'm not. If you want someone to tiptoe down the Barkley staircase in crinoline and politely ask where the cattle went, get another girl.

Barbara Stanwyck

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Barbara Stanwyck (born Ruby Catherine Stevens, July 16 1907 – January 20 1990) was an American actress of film, stage, and screen.

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Birth Name: Ruby Catherine Stevens

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