Barbara Payton | |
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Born | Barbara Lee Redfield November 16, 1927 Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S. |
Died | May 8, 1967 San Diego, California, U.S. | (aged 39)
Resting place | Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1949–1963 |
Spouses | John Lee Payton Sr.
(m. 1945; div. 1950)George Anthony Provas
(m. 1957; div. 1958)Jess Rawley
(m. 1962) |
Children | 1 |
Barbara Lee Payton[1] (née Redfield; November 16, 1927 – May 8, 1967) was an American film actress best known for her stormy social life and battles with alcohol abuse and drug addiction. Her life has been the subject of several books, including her autobiography I Am Not Ashamed (1963). Also, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story (2007) by John O'Dowd, L.A. Despair: A Landscape of Crimes and Bad Times (2005) by John Gilmore and B Movie: A Play in Two Acts (2014) by Michael B. Druxman. She married five times.