Portrait of Barbara Payton

Acting

Barbara Payton

Career

Active from 1949 to 1963, busiest in 1953 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for Murder Is My Beat
Murder Is My Beat
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Payton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Social Commentary
    3.5, average 4.9
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

15
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title ยท average score 29
4 for Texas
4 for Texas (1963)
GoodWatch score 29

as Town citizen

1950s

10 titles ยท average score 55
Murder Is My Beat
Murder Is My Beat (1955)
GoodWatch score 77

as Eden Lane

Four Sided Triangle
Four Sided Triangle (1953)
GoodWatch score 50

as Lena / Helen

The Flanagan Boy
The Flanagan Boy (1953)
GoodWatch score 45

as Lorna Vecchi

The Great Jesse James Raid
The Great Jesse James Raid (1953)

as Kate

Run for the Hills
Run for the Hills (1953)

as Jane Johnson

Only the Valiant
Only the Valiant (1951)
GoodWatch score 59

as Cathy Eversham

Bride of the Gorilla
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
GoodWatch score 38

as Dina Van Gleder

Drums in the Deep South
Drums in the Deep South (1951)
GoodWatch score 45

as Kathy Summers

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
GoodWatch score 69

as Holiday Carleton

Dallas
Dallas (1950)
GoodWatch score 60

as Flo

1940s

4 titles ยท average score 56
Trapped
Trapped (1949)
GoodWatch score 47

as Meg Dixon

Once More, My Darling
Once More, My Darling (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

as Girl Photographer

The Pecos Pistol
The Pecos Pistol (1949)

as Kate McCormick

Silver Butte
Silver Butte (1949)

as Rita Landon