Barbara Leigh

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Barbara Leigh, 2004

Barbara Leigh (* 16th November 1946 as Barbara Ann Kish in Ringgold , Georgia ) is an American actress .

Life

Leigh moved to Los Angeles in 1967 and worked as a photo model. Among other things, she was seen four times in Playboy between 1971 and 1977 , and was photographed several times by Helmut Newton . She began her acting career in 1969 with an appearance in the television film The Ballad of Andy Crocker with Lee Majors in the title role. She chose her stage name because of the actress Vivien Leigh . In 1970 she starred in one of the leading roles in Stephanie Rothman's low-budget film The Student Nurses , the first film by Roger Corman's production company New World Pictures. The following year she was seen alongside Rock Hudson and Telly Savalas in Roger Vadim's comedy One by One . She played the part of Charmagne in Sam Peckinpah's Western Junior Bonner . As a result, she played in the Blaxploitationfilmen men like the Tiger by Stephanie Rothman and Boss Nigger of Jack Arnold .

It was a few years before her next screen appearance, in the meantime she appeared in guest roles in television series such as The Incredible Hulk and Detective Rockford - a call is enough . Your last roles date back to 1979; she played the leading female role alongside William Smith in the action film Seven - The Super Professionals and one of the lead roles in the adventure film Diane - Lady of the Jungle . Both were low-budget productions.

In 1970 she met through the mediation of James Aubrey , with whom she had an affair in Las Vegas on Elvis Presley . As a result, she also had a love affair with Presley. Her love life got even more complicated when she also started an affair with Steve McQueen . From 1976 to 1977 she was married to the martial artist and actor Joe Lewis .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Barbara Leigh: The King, McQueen and the Love Machine: My Secret Hollywood Life with Elvis Presley, Steve McQueen and the Smiling Cobra , Xlibris 2002, ISBN 978-1401038847
  2. ↑ Barbara Leigh Publicity on IMDb (English)
  3. ↑ The Skinny: Legendary Fashion Photographers Capture Their Best Muses (English)
  4. ^ Richard Sydenham: Steve McQueen: The Cooler King: His Life Through His Movie Career , Big Star Creations 2013, ISBN 978-0992684808
  5. ↑ Abortion secret of Steve McQueen movie lover: Ex reveals affair torment in the Daily Star (English)
personal data
SURNAME Leigh, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kish, Barbara Ann (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Ringgold , Georgia