| 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. 1951, div. 1952)
Boyfriend: Tom Neal (actor, together early 1950s)
High School: Odessa High School, Odessa, TX
Miscarriage
Passing Bad Checks Hollywood, CA
Drug Overdose sleeping pills (10-Mar-1952)
Prostitution Los Angeles, CA (7-Feb-1962)
Failure to Appear
Drunk and Disorderly (28-Jul-1962)
Raped
Drug Possession: Heroin 1965
Drug Paraphernalia Possession 1965
Autopsy
German Ancestry
Norwegian Ancestry
Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Heroin
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Only the Valiant (13-Apr-1951)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Dallas (30-Dec-1950)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (4-Aug-1950)
Author of books:
I Am Not Ashamed (1963, memoir)
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