Barbara Payton
AKA Barbara Lee Redfield
Born: 16-Nov-1927
Birthplace: Cloquet, MN
Died: 8-May-1967
Location of death: San Diego, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory, San Diego, CA
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
"For several months, Barbara and I holed up in that godforsaken Wilcox dump where we drank all day, screwed, wrote poems and talked about religion. I laid around on my ass like a bum while she turned tricks to support us. I remember the room smelling like booze, dirty bodies and even dirtier sex. Real nice life, huh?" John Rayborn, down-and-out actor, quoted by John O'Dowd.
Father: Erwin Lee Redfield ("Flip")
Mother: Mabel Todahl
Brother: Frank (younger)
Husband: William Hodge (annulled)
Husband: John Payton (m. 10-Feb-1945, div. Sep-1950, one child)
Son: John Payton, Jr. (b. 28-Mar-1947)
Boyfriend: Howard Hughes
Boyfriend: John Ireland
Boyfriend: Greg Bautzer (entertainment lawyer, broken engagement)
Boyfriend: Bob Hope (1949, rumored)
Husband: George A. Provas (m. 1957, div. Aug-1958)
Husband: Franchot Tone (actor, m. 28-Sep-1951, div. 1952)
Boyfriend: Tom Neal (actor, together early 1950s)
High School: Odessa High School, Odessa, TX
Miscarriage
Suicide Attempt New York City (10-Mar-1952)
Drug Overdose sleeping pills (10-Mar-1952)
Fainted on stage in Chicago, twice (1953)
Passing Bad Checks Hollywood, CA (Oct-1955)
Lost Child Custody Los Angeles, CA (Mar-1956)
Solicitation Los Angeles, CA (7-Feb-1962)
Drunk and Disorderly (28-Jul-1962)
Raped
Stabbed Hollywood, CA (1963), 38 stitches
Prostitution 1963
Failure to Appear Los Angeles (8-Mar-1963)
Shoplifting 1964
Drug Possession: Heroin 1965, charge dismissed
Drug Paraphernalia Possession 1965, charge dismissed
Autopsy
German Ancestry
Norwegian Ancestry
Risk Factors: Obesity, Alcoholism, Heroin, Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Murder Is My Beat (27-Feb-1955)
The Great Jesse James Raid (17-Jul-1953)
Four Sided Triangle (25-May-1953)
Bad Blonde (10-Apr-1953)
Only the Valiant (13-Apr-1951)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Dallas (30-Dec-1950) · Flo
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (4-Aug-1950)
Trapped (1-Oct-1949)
Author of books:
I Am Not Ashamed (1963, memoir)
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