Barbara Leigh

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Barbara Leigh
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Born
Barbara Ann Kish

(1946-11-16) November 16, 1946 (age 77)
Ringgold, Georgia, United States
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1969–1979
Spouse
(m. 19751977)
Children
  • Gerry Haynes (1964–1994)

Barbara Leigh (born Barbara Ann Kish; November 16, 1946) [1] is a former American actress and fashion model. Her breakthrough role came in 1972 with the film Junior Bonner , in which she starred alongside her then-boyfriend Steve McQueen. She became the first model to wear the Vampirella costume on the cover of the original Warren Publishing Vampirella magazine, #67 (March 1975). [2]

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Early life

Barbara Leigh was born in Ringgold, Georgia. Leigh married at age 15. At the age of 17, she gave birth to her only son, Finley Gerald "Gerry" Haynes, Jr. on July 8, 1964 in Tennessee. He died on February 20, 1994 in Riverside, California at age 29. [3]

Career

In 2002, she published a memoir titled The King, McQueen, and The Love Machine ( ISBN   1401038859), which accounts for her romances with McQueen, Elvis Presley, and Jim Aubrey in the early 1970s. [4]

In January 2014, Leigh retired from Playboy Enterprises Inc. after working with the company for almost 17 years.[ citation needed ]

She developed hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease) and has been a spokeswoman for the National Graves' Disease Foundation. [5]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969 The Ballad of Andy Crocker Mia
1970 The Most Deadly Game KarenTV series: 1 Episode
1970 The Student Nurses Priscilla
1971 Pretty Maids All in a Row Jean McDrew
1971 The Christian Licorice Store 1st Starlet
1972 Junior Bonner Charmagne
1973 Terminal Island Bunny
1973 The President's Plane is Missing WAFTV movie
1974Smile Jenny, You’re DeadMildredTV movie
1975 Boss Nigger Miss Pruitt
1975 Baretta Karen DennsionTV series: 1 Episode
1975 Harry O GinaTV series: 2 episodes
1978 The Rockford Files SylviaTV series: 1 Episode
1978 CHiPs PaulaTV series: 1 Episode
1978 The Incredible Hulk June TobeyTV series: 1 Episode
1979Swim TeamMrs. Mandrake, the Biorhythms Coach
1979 Seven Alexa
1979 Mistress of the Apes Laura

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References

  1. "Bio & Resume". My World in Pictures. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  2. The Warren Magazines Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Manning, Michael (January 29, 2009). "The Interview: Actress & Model Barbara Leigh (Conclusion)". The Interview. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  4. "Interview with Barbara Leigh". Elvis Information Network. July 2002. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  5. "Barbara Leigh". Home.rmci.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2013-02-27.