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Barbara Payton

American actress (1927-1967) · United States · Actors · Died at 39

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Barbara Lee Payton was an American film actress best known for her stormy social life and battles with alcohol abuse and drug addiction. A. Despair: A Landscape of Crimes and Bad Times (2005) by John Gilmore, and B Movie: A Play in Two Acts (2014) by Michael B. Druxman. She married five times.

A life in dates

1967Died8 May 196719634 for TexasFilm, Town citizen1955Murder Is My BeatFilm, Eden Lane1953Four Sided TriangleFilm, Lena / HelenThe Flanagan BoyFilm, 1953Lorna VecchiThe Great Jesse James RaidFilm, 1953Kate1951Bride of the GorillaFilm, Dina Van GlederDrums in the Deep SouthFilm, 1951Kathy SummersOnly the ValiantFilm, 1951Cathy Eversham1950DallasFilm, FloKiss Tomorrow GoodbyeFilm, 1950Holiday Carleton1949Once More, My DarlingFilm, Girl PhotographerSilver ButteFilm, 1949Rita LandonThe Pecos PistolFilm, 1949Kate McCormick1927Born16 November 1927

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Payton and Gregory Peck in Only the Valiant (1951)Payton and Gregory Peck in Only the Valiant (1951)Payton in 1955, during her arraignment for check fraudPayton in 1955, during her arraignment for check fraud

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FTFreeing “Trapped”2019
FT4 for TexasTown citizen1963 · ★ 5.2
MBMurder Is My BeatEden Lane1955
TBThe Flanagan BoyLorna Vecchi1953
FTFour Sided TriangleLena / Helen1953
TRThe Great Jesse James RaidKate1953
RHRun for the HillsJane Johnson1953
OVOnly the ValiantCathy Eversham1951
BGBride of the GorillaDina Van Gleder1951
DSDrums in the Deep SouthKathy Summers1951
KGKiss Tomorrow GoodbyeHoliday Carleton1950 · ★ 6.8
DADallasFlo1950
TRTrappedMeg Dixon1949
ODOnce More, My DarlingGirl Photographer1949
TPThe Pecos PistolKate McCormick1949
SBSilver ButteRita Landon1949

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About this person

Barbara Lee Payton 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), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story (2007) by John O'Dowd, L.A. Despair: A Landscape of Crimes and Bad Times (2005) by John Gilmore, and B Movie: A Play in Two Acts (2014) by Michael B. Druxman. She married five times. Payton has been dubbed "one of the all-time great 'hot messes' in Hollywood history."

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 1967 · aged 39

In common with Barbara

Richard FleischerAlso in Trapped (1949)Neville BrandAlso in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)Robert AldrichAlso in 4 for Texas (1963)Lon Chaney Jr.Also in Bride of the Gorilla (1951)Ruth RomanAlso in Dallas (1950)Guy MadisonAlso in Drums in the Deep South (1951)

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