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Barbara Leigh
Former American actress and model

Barbara Leigh

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Former American actress and model
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia, U.S.A.
Age
78 years
Family
Spouse:
Joe Lewis
Barbara Leigh
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Biography

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

Early life

Barbara Leigh was born in Ringgold, Georgia. Married at 15, at the age of 17, she gave birth to her only son, Gerry Haynes.

Career

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

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

Leigh developed Hyperthyroidism aka Graves Disease and has been spokeswoman for the National Graves' Disease Foundation.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1969The Ballad of Andy CrockerMia
1970The Most Deadly GameKarenTV Series: 1 Episode
1970The Student NursesPriscilla
1971Pretty Maids All in a RowJean McDrew
1971The Christian Licorice Store1st Starlet
1972Junior BonnerCharmagne
1973Terminal IslandBunny
1973The President's Plane is MissingWAFTV Movie
1974Smile Jenny, You’re DeadMildredTV Movie
1975Boss NiggerMiss Pruitt
1975BarettaKaren DennsionTV Series: 1 Episode
1975Harry OGinaTV Series: 2 Episodes
1978The Rockford FilesSylviaTV Series: 1 Episode
1978CHiPsPaulaTV Series: 1 Episode
1978The Incredible HulkJune TobeyTV Series: 1 Episode
1979Swim TeamMrs. Mandrake, the Biorhythms Coach
1979SevenAlexa
1979Mistress of the ApesLaura
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