Barbara Leigh
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Barbara Leigh is an American former actress and fashion model. In 1972 she appeared in the film Junior Bonner
with former boyfriend Steve McQueen
.
She published a memoir titled The King, McQueen, and The Love Machine (ISBN 1401038859) with an account of her romances with McQueen, Elvis Presley
, and Jim Aubrey in the early 1970s.
She had a son, Gerry Haynes (1964–1994).
She was the first model to wear the Vampirella
costume on the cover of the original Warren Vampirella magazine, #67 (March 1978).
As of September 2011 she was Assistant Photo Editor for Playboy Magazine in Santa Monica, CA.
Junior Bonner
Junior Bonner is a film released in 1972 directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Joe Don Baker, Robert Preston and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizona to participate in an annual rodeo competition and reunite with...
with former boyfriend Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen was an American movie actor. He was nicknamed "The King of Cool." His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination...
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She published a memoir titled The King, McQueen, and The Love Machine (ISBN 1401038859) with an account of her romances with McQueen, Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
, and Jim Aubrey in the early 1970s.
She had a son, Gerry Haynes (1964–1994).
She was the first model to wear the Vampirella
Vampirella
Vampirella is a fictional character, a comic book vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and costume designer Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine Vampirella #1 . Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostess, in...
costume on the cover of the original Warren Vampirella magazine, #67 (March 1978).
As of September 2011 she was Assistant Photo Editor for Playboy Magazine in Santa Monica, CA.