Barbara Bach

Born

August 27, 1947 (77 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Queens, New York USA

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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Self

6.2

2012

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

7.0

2010

007 Stage Dedication

007 Stage Dedication

4.7

2006

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

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Alice Brandt (archive footage)

4.6

2004

Best Ever Bond

Major Anya Amasova / Agent XXX (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0

2002

Bond Girls Are Forever

Bond Girls Are Forever

Major Anya Amasova,'The Spy Who Loved Me' (archive footage)

5.9

2002

Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn

Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn

Anya Amasova (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.5

2000

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

Self (uncredited)

0.0

1988

An Audience with Billy Connolly

An Audience with Billy Connolly

Self

8.4

1985

Give My Regards to Broad Street

Give My Regards to Broad Street

Journalist

4.7

1984

Princess Daisy

Princess Daisy

Vanessa Valerian · (2 episodes)

7.3

1983

The Cooler

The Cooler

Head Prison Camp (uncredited)

5.0

1982

Caveman

Caveman

Lana

6.5

1981

The Queen Special

The Queen Special

Self

0.0

1980

The Unseen

The Unseen

Jennifer Fast

4.9

1980

Up the Academy

Up the Academy

Bliss

4.6

1980

Okay

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1979

The Great Alligator

The Great Alligator

Alice Brandt

4.4

1979

Jaguar Lives!

Jaguar Lives!

Anna Thompson

4.0

1979

The Humanoid

The Humanoid

Lady Agatha

3.5

1979

Island of the Fishmen

Island of the Fishmen

Amanda Marvin

5.6

1979

Force 10 from Navarone

Force 10 from Navarone

Maritza

6.2

1978

Here We for Example...

Here We for Example...

Ludovica

5.3

1977

The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'

Self

8.0

1977

The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

Major Anya Amasova

6.8

1977

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)

7.0

1975

Legend of the Sea Wolf

Legend of the Sea Wolf

Maud Brewster

2.3

1975

Street Law

Street Law

Barbara

6.6

1974

The Sensual Man

The Sensual Man

Anna, nipote del farmacista

6.2

1973

Stateline Motel

Stateline Motel

Emily

5.3

1973

Il maschio ruspante

Il maschio ruspante

Rema

5.0

1973

A Little Sun in Cold Water

A Little Sun in Cold Water

Héloïse / Elvire

5.2

1971

Short Night of Glass Dolls

Short Night of Glass Dolls

Mira Svoboda

6.7

1971

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

Jenny

6.1

1971

My Father Monsignor

My Father Monsignor

Chiara

6.0

1971

Odissea

Odissea

Nausicaa

7.7

1968

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Nausicaa · (8 episodes)

8.9

1968