Barbara Leigh was born in Ringgold, Georgia. Ringgold sits on the border of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and had a population of approximately 2000 at the time she was born.

Barbara Lived in Georgia until the age of 5 when she, her mother, and siblings moved to Miami, Florida where she grew up. At the age of 16 Miss Leigh visited her family in Georgia and Tennessee during her summer vacation, and met the first love of her life. She ended up staying to marry, and finished school while living with her Inlaws. Her husband was in the Marine Corps and was stationed in Cuba during the "Bay of Pigs". Two years later her son, Gerry Haynes was born.

Miss Leigh currently works for Playboy magazine, and has done two celebrity pictorials (may '73, Jan.'77). She is best friends with Marilyn Grabowski, West Coast Photo Editor and Vice President to Playboy, and has great respect for Hugh Hefner and the magazine in general. Barbara works with animal rescue as a hobby and writes in her spare time. She is also generous in civic and community activities, and volunteers her time to the AIDS Health Care Foundation, as well as the Starlight Foundation.

Barbara has recently written a biography entitled "The King, McQueen and The Love Machine", with the help of well-known autobiographer Marshall Terrill, who wrote the best-selling biography "Steve McQueen". The book is about Barbara's life and details the excitement, passion and heartache of her extraordinary romantic relationships with Elvis Presley, Steve McQueen and Jim Aubrey.

  Mistress of the Apes (1979) .... Laura
Seven (1979) .... Alexa
... aka Sevano's Seven (USA)
Swim Team (1979) .... Mrs. Mandrake, the Biorhythms Coach
"The Incredible Hulk"
- Killer Instinct (1978) TV Episode .... June Tobey
"CHiPs"
... aka CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
- Trick or Trick (1978) TV Episode .... Paula
"The Rockford Files"
... aka Jim Rockford, Private Investigator (USA: syndication title)
- The Competitive Edge (1978) TV Episode .... Sylvia
"Harry O"
- Mayday (1975) TV Episode .... Gina
- The Acolyte (1975) TV Episode .... Gina
"Baretta"
- Ragtime Billy Peaches (1975) TV Episode .... Karen Dennison
Boss Nigger (1975) .... Miss Pruitt
... aka Boss
... aka The Black Bounty Hunter
... aka The Black Bounty Killer (UK)
Smile, Jenny, You're Dead (1974) (TV) (uncredited) .... Mildred
... aka Don't Call the Police (USA: new title)
... aka Harry-O
The President's Plane Is Missing (1973) (TV) .... WAF
Terminal Island (1973) .... Bunny
... aka Knuckle-Men (UK)
Junior Bonner (1972) .... Charmagne
The Christian Licorice Store (1971) .... 1st Starlet
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) .... Jean McDrew
The Student Nurses (1970) .... Priscilla
"The Most Deadly Game"
- Witches' Sabbath (1970) TV Episode .... Karen

The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969) (TV) .... Mia