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Barbara Payton

BornBarbara Lee Redfield
November 16, 1927(1927-11-16)
Cloquet, Minnesota, United States
DiedMay 8, 1967 (aged 39)
San Diego, California, United States
Years active1949-1955

Barbara Payton (born Barbara Lee Redfield, November 16, 1927 – May 8, 1967) was an American film actress. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cloquet (kloʊˈkeɪ is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States, located at the junction of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

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Life

Early life and career

Born Barbara Lee Redfield in Cloquet, Minnesota, she was the daughter of restaurateurs, and raised in Odessa, Texas. Cloquet (kloʊˈkeɪ is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States, located at the junction of Odessa is a city in Ector and Midland Counties in the US state of Texas. In 1945, at age seventeen, she headed for Hollywood in search of a career in movies and was eventually placed under contract by Universal Studios where she began appearing in bit parts. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American After being discovered by James Cagney and his producer brother William, Payton starred in Cagney’s Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye in 1950. James Francis Cagney Jr ( July 17, 1899 &ndash March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award -winning American Film Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950 is a Film noir directed by Gordon Douglas based on the novel by Horace McCoy. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She signed a contract with Cagney’s production company.

From 1955 to 1963, there were several skirmishes with the law - passing bad checks, public drunkenness, mental illness, drug abuse, and, ultimately, prostitution. Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. [1] She was paid $1,000 for the ghost-written autobiography I Am Not Ashamed in 1963. Payton admitted to being forced to sleep on bus benches and was often beaten as a prostitute.

Personal life

In 1951, while engaged to movie actor Franchot Tone, Payton proposed marriage to b-movie actor Tom Neal. Franchot Tone ( February 27, 1905 &ndash September 18, 1968) was an American Actor. A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double Thomas Neal ( January 28, 1914 – August 7, 1972) was an American Actor famous for She went back and forth publicly from being engaged to Neal to being engaged to Tone. Eventually, Neal, a former college boxer, fought with Tone, giving him a smashed cheekbone, a broken nose and a concussion, and leaving him in a coma in hospital for 18 hours. In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. After being married to Tone for 53 days, she walked out on him and returned to Neal. Their relationship lasted for four years. During that time, the couple capitalized on the press coverage of their steamy affair by touring in plays, such as "The Postman Always Rings Twice. "

In addition to numerous love affairs (including ones with Texas oilman Bob Neal and actor Guy Madison, and, reportedly, James Cagney and Bob Hope),[2], she was married four times:

  1. William Hodge (m. Guy Madison ( January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American Film and Television Actor. James Francis Cagney Jr ( July 17, 1899 &ndash March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award -winning American Film Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in 1943, annulled)
  2. John Lee Payton, an Air Force pilot (m. An air force, also known in some countries as an air army or historically an army air corps, is in the broadest sense the national military or armed service 10-Feb-1945, div. 1950, one child, John Lee Payton Jr. , born 1947)
  3. Franchot Tone, actor (m. Franchot Tone ( February 27, 1905 &ndash September 18, 1968) was an American Actor. 1951, div. 1952)
  4. George A. Provas (a. k. a. Tony Provas, m. 1957, div. Aug. 1958)

Death

In 1967, after failed efforts to curb her drinking, she moved in with her parents in San Diego in an attempt to dry out. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. On May 8, 1967, the 39-year-old died at her parents' home; the cause of death was heart and liver failure. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply Liver failure is the inability of the Liver to perform its normal synthetic and metabolic function as part of normal physiology Payton was cremated and is interred in a niche at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego, California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

Filmography

Further reading

References

  1. ^ The Big Chat: John O'Dowd Interview May 20, 2003
  2. ^ Arthur Marx, The Secret Life of Bob Hope

External links


Persondata
NAMEPayton, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMESRedfield, Barbara Lee
SHORT DESCRIPTIONActress
DATE OF BIRTH1927-11-16
PLACE OF BIRTHCloquet, Minnesota, United States
DATE OF DEATH1967-05-08
PLACE OF DEATHSan Diego, California, United States
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