Candy Barr

Date of Birth: 1935-07-06
Date of Death: 2005-12-30
Place of Birth: Edna, Texas, USA

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... 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.