My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.

Shortly after Holden's death Stanwyck recalled the moment when receiving her honorary Oscar: "A few years ago I stood on this stage with William Holden as a presenter. Ruby and her brother Byron. She was a film and television star known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong realistic screen presence and a favorite of directors including Cecil B.

She was a film and television star known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong realistic screen presence and a favorite of directors including Cecil B. She was nominated for the Academy Award four times and won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. Orphaned at the age of four and partially raised in foster homes by 1944 Stanwyck had become the highest paid woman in the United States.