Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
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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).
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.
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...
Oct 20, 2002 · 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.
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.
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.
