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Barbara Ann Goldbach
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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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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1947-08-27
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 14.9
- info Birth Place Queens, New York USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Barbara Bach
6.8
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977-07-07
8.4
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985-10-26
6.1
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
1971-08-12
4.7
Up the Academy
1980-06-06
5.8
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002-11-06
5.7
Island of the Fishmen
1979-01-18
4.7
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984-11-28
5.1
The Unseen
1980-09-01
7.8
Odissea
1968-03-24
4.4
The Great Alligator
1979-11-03
6.8
Short Night of Glass Dolls
1971-10-28
6.3
Force 10 from Navarone
1978-08-16
6.5
Caveman
1981-04-17
5.4
Here We for Example...
1977-10-28
6.6
Street Law
1974-09-17
3.7
The Humanoid
1979-04-11
4
Jaguar Lives!
1979-08-09
2.3
Legend of the Sea Wolf
1975-08-04
6
My Father Monsignor
1971-05-25
0
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988-12-25
5.2
Stateline Motel
1973-09-14
5
Il maschio ruspante
1973-08-31
5
Best Ever Bond
2002-11-22
5.2
A Little Sun in Cold Water
1971-10-29
4.7
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004-07-13
8
The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
1977-07-19
6.2
The Sensual Man
1973-10-24
5
The Cooler
1982-05-24
0
The Queen Special
1981-10-11
6.2
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012-10-29
6
Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn
2000-12-31
4.7
007 Stage Dedication
2006-01-01
7
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010-12-03
0
Okay
1979-11-04
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
7.3
Princess Daisy
1983-11-06
8.8
The Odyssey
1968-03-24
7.5
Top Gear
2002-10-20