Barbara Leigh (born Barbara Kish, in Ringgold, Georgia, November 16, 1946) 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).[1] As of September 2011 she was Assistant Photo Editor for Playboy Magazine in Santa Monica, CA.