“According to Hollywood historians, actress Barbara Stanwyck wasn’t only a diva

“According to Hollywood historians, actress Barbara Stanwyck wasn’t only a diva of gay culture, but a hero too—a real-life lesbian who also played one in the movies (Walk on the Wild Side) and probably had flings with Joan Crawford and Marlene Dietrich. Like many Cancers, Stanwyck fiercely gaurded her privacy and vulnerability. ‘She talks a tough game,’ said a family insider, 'but…she isn’t so cocksure like she always pretends. But it was a very hard shell she built.’ On TV she played the stereotypical Cancer-type of matriarch in The Big Valley.”

-Excerpt from Gay Stars The Ultimate Gay Guy’s Guide to Astrology by Matthew Abergel