Actor

Candy Barr

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Movies: 8Series: 0

TMDB ID: 1610014

IMDb ID: nm0056478

Known for: Acting

Born: July 6, 1935

Died: December 30, 2005

Age: 70

Place of birth: Edna, Texas, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: Yes

Career span: 1951 - 2009

Years active: 59

Wikidata: Q444001

Also known as

Carol Barr • Juanita Phillips • Juanita Slusher • Juanita Dale Slusher

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Biography

Candy Barr (born Juanita Dale Slusher) was an exotic dancer and pornographic film star who dated mobster Mickey Cohen and was friends with Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby (killer of Lee Harvey Oswald). Her measurements were 41D-25-36. Barr trained actress Joan Collins for her role as an exotic dancer in the movie Seven Thieves (1960) and later served four months of a 15-year sentence for possessing less than 4/5 of an ounce of marijuana, ending her career. She died of pneumonia in Abilene, Texas on December 30, 2005.