Barbara Stanwyck as Vance Jeffords in 'The Furies' Designed by Edith Head

Two-piece green wool period traveling suit, [481A] fitted long-sleeve bodice with peplum, brown sable fur lapel and cuffs, dark green soutache trim cording in circular motif at front closure, bottom hem of bodice, sleeve cuffs (Paramount cleaning tag, blue tag stamped "FHL 52", tan tag inscribed "Friday" and inscribed ("MPCC"); [481B] matching full skirt sporadically ornamented around the lower portion of the skirt with dark green soutache cording in a stacked circular pattern (Inscribed "MPCC"); [481C] prop petti-coat and [481D] prop lace dickey.

Barbara Stanwyck was an American actress who was most commonly known for her portrayal of strong female roles-- rejecting the roles of distressed housewives. Her sixty year career made a transformation into Television, where she is most known for her portrayal of Victoria Barkley in the “Big Valley” (1965-1969) and later in the 1983 miniseries “The Thorn Birds”. The role in “The Furies” was very similar to the role she would later play in “Big Valley” of a woman, who is as tough and as ruthless as any man when it came to protecting her ranch.

The traveling suit, designed by Edith Head, was somewhat atypical of the ranch clothes the character wore in the film, being her “going to town” suit.