Candy Barr

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.

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

1998Nominee

Best Performance

Playboy: The Story of X

1983Nominee

Best Performance

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1970Winner

Best Performance

Hollywood Blue

Career Highlights

1987Highlight

Best Performance

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1985Highlight

Best Performance

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