Barbara Payton Death
Barbara passed away on May 8, 1967 at the age of 39 in San Diego, California, USA. Barbara's cause of death was heart & liver failure.
When did Barbara Payton die?
May 8, 1967How did Barbara Payton die? What was the cause of death?
Heart & liver failureHow old was Barbara Payton when died?
39Where did Barbara Payton die? What was the location of death?
San Diego, California, USA
Barbara Payton Birthday and Date of Death
Barbara Payton was born on November 16, 1927 and died on May 8, 1967. Barbara was 39 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: November 16, 1927
Date of Death: May 8, 1967
Age at Death: 39
Is Barbara Payton's father, Erwin Lee, dead or alive?
Erwin Lee's information is not available now.
Is Barbara Payton's mother, Mabel Irene Todahl, dead or alive?
Mabel Irene Todahl's information is not available now.
Barbara Payton's brother :
- Frank Leslie III
Barbara Payton - Biography
Barbara Lee Payton was an American film actress best known for her stormy social life and eventual battles with alcohol and drug addiction. Her life has been the subject of several books including Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story, by John O'Dowd, L.A. Despair: A Landscape of Crimes and Bad Times (2005), by John Gilmore, and B Movie: A Play in Two Acts (2014), by Michael B. Druxman. In her brief life, she married four times.
Payton first gained notice in the 1949 film noir Trapped, co-starring Lloyd Bridges. In 1950, she was given the opportunity to make a screen test for John Huston's production of the forthcoming MGM crime drama The Asphalt Jungle. She was not chosen and the part of the sultry mistress of a mob connected lawyer went to Marilyn Monroe.
In addition to her first two marriages and affairs with Howard Hughes, Bob Hope, Woody Strode, Guy Madison, George Raft, John Ireland, Steve Cochran, and Texas oilman Bob Neal, Payton was married two more times.
Payton's hard drinking and hard living ultimately destroyed her physically and emotionally. From 1955 to 1963, her growing alcoholism and drug addiction led to multiple skirmishes with the law, which included arrests for passing bad checks and eventually an arrest on Sunset Boulevard for prostitution.
In 1967, Payton was ill and seeking refuge from her turbulent circumstances when she moved back to San Diego, California to live with her parents. On May 8, 1967, she died at her parents' home of heart and liver failure at the age of 39. Payton was cremated and was interred at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego, California.
