Barbara Leigh

Barbara Leigh
Born	Barbara Ann Kish (1946-11-16) November 16, 1946 Ringgold, Georgia, United States
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1969–1979
Spouse(s)	Joe Lewis (m. 1975–77)
Children	Gerry Haynes (1964–1994)

Barbara Leigh (born Barbara Ann Kish; November 16, 1946)^[1] 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 1978).^[2]

Early life

Barbara Leigh was born in Ringgold, Georgia. At the age of 17, she gave birth to her only son, Gerry Haynes.^[3]

Later 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.^[4]

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

Filmography

References

External links

• Barbara Leigh at IMDB
• Personal Website
• - Time Machine