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 would later go on to become the first model to wear the Vampirella costume on the cover of the original Warren Vampirella magazine, #67 (March 1978).
Early life
Barbara Leigh was born in Ringgold, Georgia. At the age of 17, she gave birth to her only son, Gerry Haynes.
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.
Barbara Leigh retired from Playboy Enterprises Inc., January 2014, after working with Playboy for almost 17 years.
Filmography
References
External links
- Barbara Leigh at IMDB
- Personal Website
- Time Machine