Bond girl and wife of Ringo Starr, actress and model Barbara Bach

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:46

The wife of Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles, named Barbara Goldbach at birth, realized herself not only as a sought-after model and actress, but also as a wife and mother of two children.

Stormy youth

At the end of August 1947 in New York, a beautiful girl was born into the family of a Jew from Austria and an Irish Catholic, who was destined to live a bright and amazing life. Barbara Bach, being the eldest of five children, quickly got tired of being a nanny, the girl dreamed of a completely different life. Therefore, barely reaching 16 years old, having an extraordinary attractive appearance, she shortens her surname Goldbach to the more memorable Bach, leaves school and goes to conquer the modeling business.

The result of the first significant photo shoot of the bold beauty is the photo on the cover of "Seventeen". During the next model show, Barbara Bach meets the influential Italian businessman Augusto Gregorini. Their acquaintance develops into a stormy romance, the crown of which is a magnificent marriage ceremony in 1968. His creative career in film and TVshe starts in Italy, and at the same time manages to give birth to two charming babies - daughter Francesca and son Gianni.

In the big movie

Before 1975, the actress manages to take part in the creation of several Italian films, the most significant of which is Aldo Lado's spectacular thriller en titled A Short Night of Glass Dolls.

In 1975 Barbara persuades her husband to let her go to America. Two years later, Barbara Bach gains worldwide fame after the release of the tenth part of the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. She plays the role of KGB agent Anna Amasova, another passion of the unsurpassed James Bond. And Augusto and Barbara's relationship falls apart and they break up.

A significant milestone in the acting career of the performer is the Italian comedy "The Unlucky Paparazzi", starring Bach and Adriano Celentano. During this time period, Barbara is in great demand, she is removed continuously. The films “Monster Island”, “Jaguar Lives!”, “Humanoid” and “Squad 10 from Navarone” are released with her participation.

Fateful project

In 1981, while filming the comedy The Caveman, Barbara Bach met Ringo Starr. Ringo himself later repeatedly claimed in media interviews that he fell in love at first sight. Barbara stated that she was attracted to a man by his human qualities, for example, generosity. On the eve of Valentine's Day, Ringo invites the beauty to the Monaco Grand Prix, from which moment their romantic relationship begins. And here is the film careeractress ends. From 1983 to 1986, Princess Daisy, Say Hello to Broad Street and North of Kathmandu are films in which Barbara Bach appears as an actress for the last time.