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Barbara Payton was an American film actress. In 1945, at the age of 17, she headed for Hollywood in search of a career in movies and was eventually placed under contract by Universal Studios where she appeared in several small parts. She first gained notice in the 1949 film noir 'Trapped', co-starring Lloyd Bridges.
In 1950 she signed a contract with Cagney’s production company. Her brief stardom continued with significant roles in the western films 'Dallas' in 1950, co-starring Gary Cooper, and 'Only the Valiant' in 1951, with Gregory Peck.
Sometimes the star that burns brightest, fades fastest and her career decline began as soon as 1951 with the horror film 'Bride of the Gorilla', co-starring Raymond Burr.
The problems seem to have stemmed from her
stormy social life .... In 1951
while engaged to actor Franchot Tone, Payton began
having an affair with B-movie actor Tom Neal. She soon went back
and forth publicly between Neal and Tone.
Eventually Neal, a former college boxer, physically attacked Tone at Payton's apartment
leaving him in an 18-hour coma with a smashed cheekbone, broken nose and concussion. The incident garnered
huge publicity and Payton decided to honor her engagement to Tone. After being
married for just 53 days, she
walked out on Tone and returned to Neal.
This relationship with Neal lasted four years and finished both their Hollywood film careers. During that time the couple capitalized on the notorious press coverage by touring in plays such as 'The Postman Always Rings Twice', based on the popular 1946 film of the same name. They would star together in 'The Great Jesse James Raid', a B-movie western barely released to theaters in 1953.
In addition to
publicized affairs with Howard Hughes, Bob Hope, Woody Strode, Guy Madison, George Raft, John Ireland, Steve Cochran and Texas oilman Bob Neal, she was also married four times ....
As if this wasn't enough, she was also a heavy drinker and taking prescription and heavier drugs .... this led to multiple skirmishes with the law including the passing of bad cheques and eventually an arrest on Sunset Boulevard for
prostitution. In 1963, she was paid $1,000 for her ghost-written autobiography 'I Am Not Ashamed'.
In the book, Payton admitted to being forced to sleep on bus benches and suffering regular beatings as a prostitute.
In 1967, after failed efforts to curb her drinking, she moved in with her parents in San Diego in an attempt to dry out. On May 8, 1967, Payton died at her parents' home; the cause of death was heart and liver failure.
This brief bio hardly touches on her full escapades ..... which includes
- A drug-dealing boyfriend of Barbara's beating up her elderly landlady
- Barbara being called before a Federal Grand Jury in the shooting death of an FBI informant
- A hotel brawl in London
- Stolen furs
- Blackmail attempts
- Overdosing on sleeping pills
- Heroin use
- Hooking in Palm Springs
- Numerous arrests for: passing bad checks, public drunkenness, shoplifting, drunk and disorderly conduct and prostitution
- Knifings and Beatings
- X-rated photos
- Inciting five cowboys to fight for her affections for the night
NB: Couldn't find the 'x-rated' pics that are hinted at in all her Bio's.
However I have
posted some more pictures here