BARBARA BATES SUICIDE STARLET Original Vintage HOLLYWOOD Publicity Photo

Description: This is an BARBARA BATES Original Vintage HOLLYWOOD Publicity Photo , a FAN CLUB SOUVENIR This is an ORIGINAL Photo not a REPRINT ! In the very last scene of All About Eve (1950). Barbara turns up in the role of Phoebe, a devious school girl and wannabe actress who shows startling promise as a future schemer along the lines of her equally ruthless idol, Eve Harrington, superbly played by Anne Baxter. Barbara's image is enshrined in the picture's very last scene - posing in front of a 3-way mirror while clutching Baxter's just-received acting award. It's this brief, moment for which she'll best be remembered. Interestingly, the one role she'll always be identified with is also one of the smallest parts given her during her brief tenure as leading lady. Emotionally unable to withstand the pressures of Hollywood any more, Barbara abandoned her career, save for an appearance in The Loaded Tourist (1962),starring Roger Moore. Nothing was heard of Barbara until her March 1969 death. It was learned she'd returned to her hometown of Denver and worked in various jobs, including stints as a secretary, dental assistant and hospital aide. Her much older husband and chief supporter, Cecil Coan, died of cancer in January 1967, and Barbara fell apart. Although she remarried in December of 1968 to a childhood friend, sportscaster William Reed, she remained increasingly despondent. She committed suicide just 4 months later. She was found dead in her car by her mother in her mother's garage of carbon monoxide poisoning. Charles Chaplin offered Barbara the lead role in his film Limelight (1952), but 20th Century-Fox made her turn it down. In 1945 agent Cecil Coan left his wife to marry Barbara. Despite a big age difference, they stayed married until he died from cancer in 1967. Suicide death caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. Barbara Bates was 19 years old when she married Cecil Coan on his 42nd birthday, 27th March 1945. Buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Plot Section 2, Block 69, Lot 144, Unit A. "I have no illusions about being a star. Every time I did something really important, they ended up cutting it." "Every Hollywood newcomer goes through a sex school. They have regular exercises to bring out your . . . uh . . . fire." ORIGINAL VINTAGE PHOTO is about 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 and on PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER ORIGINAL VINTAGE PHOTO is in GOOD CONDITION PLEASE SEE PICS TO DETERMINE CONDITION COMBINED SHIPPING Pays one mailing fee

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