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Barbara Lee Payton (born Redfield; November 16, 1927 – May 8, 1967) was an American film actress best known for her stormy social life and battles with alcoholism and drug addiction. Her life has been the subject of several books, including her autobiography I Am Not Ashamed (1963).
Jan 6, 2021 · Blazing Blonde Bombshell: Barbara Payton’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams. In I Am Not Ashamed, the midcentury starlet recounted her heartbreaking descent into sex work and addiction. By Hadley...
When Barbara Payton was found beside the garbage dumpster in February 1967, she had spent the last decade of her life in a self-imposed prison that spanned a 20-to-25-block radius of Hollywood — an area roughly the size of New York City's Central Park.
Mar 29, 2023 · Mar 29, 2023 12:24 PM EDT. Barbara Payton. Fall From Old Hollywood. When Barbara Payton died in 1967, aged just 39, her body was in such a terrible state it took the police two days to make an accurate identification. She weighed over 200 lbs, had a red, blotchy complexion, and most of her teeth had been punched out.
Barbara Payton. Actress: Bride of the Gorilla. One of the saddest tales ever to come out of Hollywood has to be that of Barbara Payton. A blue-eyed, peroxide blonde sexpot who had a lot going for her, her life eventually disintegrated, mostly by her own doing.
November 16, 1927 · Cloquet, Minnesota, USA. Died. May 8, 1967 · San Diego, California, USA (heart failure/liver failure) Birth name. Barbara Lee Redfield. Height. 5′ 4″ (1.63 m) Mini Bio. One of the saddest tales ever to come out of Hollywood has to be that of Barbara Payton.
16 Nov 1927. Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota, USA. Death. 8 May 1967 (aged 39) San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA. Burial. Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory. San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA Show Map. Plot. Chapel of Promise Niche 28 (downstairs) in the middle at the top right side. Memorial ID. 3994. · View Source.
Nov 10, 2021 · Seductive Facts About Barbara Payton, The Succubus Of Old Hollywood - Factinate. You know the saying, “You only live once?” Barbara Payton was the very embodiment of that saying, and you only need to take one look at her wild life to see that it’s true.
Dec 7, 2007 · Veteran film journalist John O’Dowd captures Payton’s tumultuous life and tragic death in his brilliant biography “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story.”. Rather than wallow in “Hollywood Babylon” slime, O’Dowd investigates all aspects of Payton’s complex and often baffling self-destructive personality.
Barbara Lee Payton (born Redfield; November 16, 1927 – May 8, 1967) was an American film actress best known for her stormy social life and battles with alcoholism and drug addiction. Her life has been the subject of several books, including her autobiography I Am Not Ashamed (1963).
