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The beginning of the end really came with Bluebeard (pictured below) where Joey bared it all, inciting a decent amount of controversy and buzz. Additionally, throughout the 1960s, she interspersed her variety show appearances with strong dramatic turns in theatrical films and on numerous episodes of series such as Route 66. Heatherton was a long-time member of Bob Hope’s USO troupe between 19, delighting soldiers with her enticing singing, dancing and provocatively revealing outfits. She could turn a boring variety show into smoking hot entertainment in seconds. Although Heatherton could act, sing, and dance, her main asset was, without a doubt, her raw sexuality. Indeed, this swingin’ chick would pop in on seemingly every variety special on TV and even had several of her own. Heatherton is pictured above on the Perry Como and Red Skelton variety shows. Poor Barb died in 1967 of heart and liver failure. Her autobiography I Am Not Ashamed (1963) tells of gang bangs, knifings, arrests for public drunkenness, heroin addiction, and the murder of an FBI informant. She muscled through some B-grade movies before entering a life of prostitution and sleeping in bus stations. Sleeping with Hollywood’s A-List did nothing for her career. Then, she started hopping from bed to bed in Hollywood with publicized affairs with Howard Hughes, Bob Hope, Woody Strode, Guy Madison, George Raft, John Ireland, Steve Cochran and Texas oilman Bob Neal. Barbara attacked her boyfriend (actor Franchot Tone), putting him in a coma, and causing scandal.
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That same year, she worked with Raymond Burr in Bride of the Gorilla (full movie below). Soon after, she signed a contract with James Cagney’s production company, and continued to ride the wave of good fortune with significant roles in the western films Dallas (1950) with Gary Cooper, and Only the Valiant in 1951, with Gregory Peck. Payton got some Hollywood buzz via the 1949 film noir ‘ Trapped’, with Lloyd Bridges.
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Then, in 2011, a disturbing discovery: Yvette’s mummified remains were found in her apartment – she had been dead for over a year! Yvette lived a full life, but her later years were lonely and sad. Those that knew her in her later years say she was paranoid and delusional, ultimately becoming a total recluse.
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