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).
Oct 20, 2002 · Years later, she would recall an incident that occurred when she was 11 or 12, when a famous actor appeared at a war-bond rally near her hometown. A star struck Barbara claimed she got to see the celebrity only after negotiating with an older boy to get her into the auditorium.
Mar 29, 2023 · 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. She was a street prostitute and an alcoholic.
Jan 6, 2021 · In 1963, Barbara Payton, former movie starlet and tabloid sensation, sat down with an opportunistic ghostwriter named Leo Guild to tell the story of her tortured life.
Dec 6, 2015 · One of Hollywood’s truly tragic stories was that of Barbara Payton, a pretty and talented actress who experienced both the highs and lows of life in Tinsel Town. Just sixteen years after starring alongside Gregory Peck in the western feature Only the Valiant (1951) she was dead.
Dec 7, 2007 · She died in 1967 at the age of 39, barely remembered by the Hollywood elite who once made her the center of their attention. 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.”
Jun 5, 2013 · On July 21, 1962, Barbara called police to report that the hotel room she shared with diaper seller Robert Sherry had been broken into and that the invaders had beaten Barbara.
