Barbara Bach

Born: 1947-08-27

Barbara Ann Goldbach (born August 27, 1947) is an American actress and model. She was born to Howard and Marjorie Goldbach in Queens, New York. Her father was a policeman. Barbara is the oldest of five children. She met her first husband Augusto Gregorini in New York while she worked as a model and he was visiting from Italy for a business trip in 1966. Barbara followed him to Italy to be with him. In 1968, they married. They had two children, Francesca (b. 1969) and Gian Andrea (b. 1972). During Gianni's birth, he had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, nearly choking him, and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, although a later operation improved his condition. While in Italy, Barbara began her acting career, starting with the TV mini-series Odissea in 1968, where she was billed as Barbara Gregorini. Other roles followed in the giallo / horror films Black Belly of the Tarantula and Short Night of the Glass Dolls in 1971, the crime-thrillers Stateline Motel (1973) and Street Law (1974) and other films. In 1975, Barbara and Augusto Gregorini separated when she moved to Los Angeles, California to further her career. The couple would divorce in 1978 and share custody of their two children. As that was going on, Barbara received her most famous role as Russian secret agent Major Anya Amasova / Agent XXX in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). She returned to Italian cinema in the late 70s for a supporting role in the sci-fi film The Humanoid (1979), starring roles in the horror films The Great Alligator and Screamers (1979) and more, which earned her the "Queen of the B Movies" label by some in the press. In 1979, Barbara was in consideration for the Tiffany Welles role, a replacement for Kate Jackson's character, in Charlie's Angels but ultimately lost out to Shelley Hack due to being deemed too attractive for the role. She then appeared in the comedy Up the Academy (1980), produced by her then-boyfriend Danton Rissner, and played a menaced TV reporter in the sleazy horror film The Unseen (1980). The following year, Barbara met Ringo Starr on the set of Caveman (1981) in 1980, and they became a couple during the filming. Ringo and Barbara were on a holiday in December 1980 when her daughter called to inform them that John Lennon had been shot. Ringo and Barbara went to New York to console Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon. Ringo and Barbara married on April 27, 1981. By their own admission, the couple pretty much partied the 80s away and both entered a rehab clinic in Tucson, Arizona to straighten their lives out in 1988. By then, Barbara's show business career was over. She has since received her Master's degree in psychology from UCLA and focuses on charity work. (Biography By: Jeannette, Pedro and Justin)


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as Major Anya Amasova
Released: 1977-07-07

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a...

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Caveman

as Lana
Released: 1981-04-17

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle...

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Force 10 from Navarone

as Maritza
Released: 1978-08-16

World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent...

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The Humanoid

as Lady Agatha
Released: 1979-04-11

Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the...

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Jaguar Lives!

as Anna Thompson
Released: 1979-08-09

The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.

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The Unseen

as Jennifer Fast
Released: 1980-09-01

A trio of female reporters find themselves staying overnight in a house occupied by a hostile...

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The Great Alligator

as Alice Brandt
Released: 1979-11-03

Tourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and...

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Odissea

as Nausicaa
Released: 1968-03-24

Odysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus...

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Bond Girls Are Forever

as Major Anya Amasova (archive footage)
Released: 2002-11-06

Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several...

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The Black Belly of the Tarantula

as Jenny
Released: 1971-08-12

Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their...

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Give My Regards to Broad Street

as Journalist
Released: 1984-11-28

When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts...

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Short Night of Glass Dolls

as Mira Svoboda
Released: 1971-10-28

An American journalist in Prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared.

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Island of the Fishmen

as Amanda Marvin
Released: 1979-01-18

After their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on...

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The Cooler

as Head Prison Camp (uncredited)
Released: 1982-05-24

Ringo Starr is taken to prison where he goes through several musical sequences.

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Street Law

as Barbara
Released: 1974-09-17

Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own...

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Up the Academy

as Bliss
Released: 1980-06-06

Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a...

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Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

as Self
Released: 2012-10-29

Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the...

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Here We for Example...

as Ludovica
Released: 1977-10-28

Poet Palmambrogio Guanziroli loses his wallet mere moments after arriving in Milan. He locates...

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as Anna, nipote del farmacista
Released: 1973-01-01

From his youth, Paolo Castorini, a Sicilian baron, is as attracted to women as they to him....

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Stateline Motel

as Emily
Released: 1973-09-14

After robbing a jewellery shop in Canada, two Americans arrange a meeting near the US borders in...

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Il maschio ruspante

as Rema
Released: 1973-08-31

Romulus, a rough but genuine country man, finds, on the occasion of a religious festival, a...

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An Audience with Billy Connolly

as Self
Released: 1985-10-26

Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a...

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One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1988-12-25

The gloriously glamorous Dame Edna entertains a celebrity audience in this 1988 special.

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The Queen Special

as Self
Released: 1981-10-11

Promotional special for the band's albums "The Game" and "Flash Gordon," featuring concert...

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My Father Monsignor

as Chiara
Released: 1971-05-25

Against the backdrop of the Unification of Italy, two men have the dream of being recognized by...

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A Little Sun in Cold Water

as Héloïse / Elvire
Released: 1971-10-29

Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown....

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The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

as Self
Released: 1977-07-19

Behind the scenes of 'The Spy Who Loved Me', produced by The Open University.

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Legend of the Sea Wolf

as Maud Brewster
Released: 1975-08-04

Italian production of Jack London's well-known, often filmed tale. Gentleman is forced to work...

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Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

as uncredited
Released: 2010-12-03

A sex in cinema retrospective that uncovers long-forgotten gems buried for years as well as some...

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007 Stage Dedication

as uncredited
Released: 2006-01-01

Original archival footage of the opening of the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at Pinewood...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Top Gear

as Major Anya Amasova / Agent XXX (archive footage)
First aired: 2002-10-20

This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary,...

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The Odyssey

as Nausicaa
First aired: 1968-03-24

Italian miniseries based on Homer's Odyssey.

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Princess Daisy

as Vanessa Valerian
First aired: 1983-11-06

The lovely Daisy is the daughter of a Russian prince and an American movie star. After her...

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