Barbara Payton's life has been the subject of several books, including her autobiography, I am Not Ashamed.
19 Facts About Barbara Payton
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Barbara Payton's mother encouraged this type of attention due to her pride in Barbara's looks.
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The marriage seemingly amounted to nothing more than an act of impulsive teenage rebellion, and Barbara Payton did not fight her parents' insistence that the marriage be annulled.
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In 1944, Redfield met her second husband, decorated combat pilot John Barbara Payton, stationed at Midland Army Airfield.
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Barbara Payton started a modeling career by hiring a photographer to take photos of her sporting fashionable outfits.
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Barbara Payton managed to combine the responsibilities of wife, new mother, and professional model, yet the marriage was strained, and the couple separated in July 1948.
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Barbara Payton's drive, fueled by her high-energy personality, had become focused on promoting her career and showcasing her around the town's hot spots.
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Barbara Payton first gained notice in the 1949 film noir Trapped co-starring Lloyd Bridges.
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Barbara Payton's acting skills were recognized, and her significant screen charisma was widely acknowledged.
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Barbara Payton soon went back and forth publicly between Neal and Tone.
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The incident garnered huge publicity and Barbara Payton decided to honor her engagement to Tone.
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In England that year, Barbara Payton co-starred in two low-budget pictures for Hammer Films: Four Sided Triangle and The Flanagan Boy.
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In May 1953, Barbara Payton announced that she and Neal were to be married that summer in Paris.
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In November 1955, Payton married George A "Tony" Provas, a 23-year-old furniture-store executive in Nogales, Arizona.
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Barbara Payton's hard drinking and hard living ultimately destroyed her physically and emotionally.
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Writer Robert Polito recalled 34-year-old Barbara Payton in 1962, when she was a frequent visitor to Coach and Horses, a Hollywood establishment on Sunset Boulevard, where Polito's father tended bar.
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In 1963, Barbara Payton was paid $1,000 for her autobiography, I Am Not Ashamed, which was ghostwritten by Leo Guild; the memoir was reissued in 2016 by Spurl Editions.
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In 1967, Barbara Payton was ill and seeking refuge from her turbulent circumstances when she moved to San Diego to live with her parents.
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Barbara Payton was cremated and her ashes interred at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego; her parents, who suffered from alcoholism, died a few years later.