Quick Facts
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
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | The Ballad of Andy Crocker | Mia | |
| 1970 | The Most Deadly Game | Karen | TV 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 | WAF | TV Movie |
| 1974 | Smile Jenny, You’re Dead | Mildred | TV Movie |
| 1975 | Boss Nigger | Miss Pruitt | |
| 1975 | Baretta | Karen Dennsion | TV Series: 1 Episode |
| 1975 | Harry O | Gina | TV Series: 2 Episodes |
| 1978 | The Rockford Files | Sylvia | TV Series: 1 Episode |
| 1978 | CHiPs | Paula | TV Series: 1 Episode |
| 1978 | The Incredible Hulk | June Tobey | TV Series: 1 Episode |
| 1979 | Swim Team | Mrs. Mandrake, the Biorhythms Coach | |
| 1979 | Seven | Alexa | |
| 1979 | Mistress of the Apes | Laura |