Candy Barr
Juanita Dale Slusher (July 6, 1935 – December 30, 2005), better known by her stage name Candy Barr, was an American stripper, burlesque dancer, actress, and adult model in men's magazines of the mid-20th century.
Candy Barr | |
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| Born | Juanita Dale Slusher July 6, 1935 Edna, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 30, 2005 (aged 70) Victoria, Texas, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Spouses | Billy Debbs
(m. 1949, soon divorced)Troy Phillips
(m. 1953; shot him 1956) |
| Children | 1 (~1954) |
During the 1950s, she received nationwide attention for her stripping career in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, her encounters with the law, shooting her second husband, and her sentence to a prison term for drug possession. Barr was also in relationships with Mickey Cohen and Jack Ruby.
After serving three years in prison, Barr went to South Texas. She returned to stripping in the late 1960s, and posed for Oui magazine in 1976, then retired. In the early 1980s, Barr was acknowledged in the magazine Texas Monthly as one of history's "perfect Texans", along with other Texans, including Lady Bird Johnson.