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    • Barbara Payton - Biography - IMDb
      • She reached her peak with routine but promising co-star work opposite James Cagney in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950), Gary Cooper in Dallas (1950) and Gregory Peck in Only the Valiant (1951). Although her talent was overshadowed by her brassiness and looks, her slightly lurid appeal seemed to be enough to carry her through.
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  2. Nov 10, 2021 · 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. This beautiful actress had an animal magnetism that powerful players in Hollywood could not resist, and she used it to her advantage.

  3. 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).

  4. Jan 6, 2021 · Nicknamed the “new queen of clubs” by a journalist, the hard-partying Payton was gaining a scandalous reputation as an actress and a sexpot. According to Payton, the “sensitive, hardworking...

  5. Sep 23, 2024 · The late actress Barbara Payton was beautiful, and she possessed screen presence. Her most notable film is “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye,” with James Cagney.

  6. Sep 28, 2009 · 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Jun 5, 2013 · Barbara spent much time traveling from America to Mexico and back again. Tanned, slim, and looking gorgeous, Barbara held an August 12, 1958 press conference to announce her comeback. But filmmakers did not hire the scandal prone actress.