Candy Barr

Candy Barr
Born
Juanita Dale Slusher

(1935-07-06)July 6, 1935
Edna, Texas, U.S.
DiedDecember 30, 2005(2005-12-30) (aged 70)
Victoria, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Stripper
  • actress
  • adult model
Spouses
Billy Debbs
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(m. 1949, soon divorced)​
Troy Phillips
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(m. 1953; shot him 1956)​
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(m. 1959, divorced)​
Children1 (~1954)

Juanita Dale Slusher (July 6, 1935 – December 30, 2005), better known by her stage name Candy Barr, was an American stripper, burlesque dancer, actress, and adult model in men's magazines of the mid-20th century.[1]

During the 1950s, she received nationwide attention for her stripping career in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, her encounters with the law, shooting her second husband, and her sentence to a prison term for drug possession. Barr was also in relationships with Mickey Cohen and Jack Ruby.[2]

After serving three years in prison, Barr went to South Texas. She returned to stripping in the late 1960s, and posed for Oui magazine in 1976, then retired. In the early 1980s, Barr was acknowledged in the magazine Texas Monthly as one of history's "perfect Texans", along with other Texans, including Lady Bird Johnson.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference martin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Oliver, Myrna (January 3, 2006). "Candy Barr, 70; 1950s Stripper and Stag Film Star Personified the Joy and Danger of Sex". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
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