American actress and model Barbara Bach was popular in the second half of the 20th century. She is also known as the wife of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. She starred in the films Princess Daisy and The Spy Who Loved Me.
Biography
Barbara was born on August 27, 1947 in the American city of Queens. Her parents' name was Marjorie Goldbach, Howard Goldbach. Barbara grew up in a Jewish family, but she shortened her last name to "Bach" for her pseudonym. The actress also has Irish and Romanian roots.
Bach was educated in high school and then tried herself in the modeling business. Her work proved to be successful, and she was invited to appear in the American youth magazine "Seventeen".
Personal life
In her early youth, Barbara married an Italian businessman. Her husband's name was Augusto Gregorini. The couple's marriage lasted from 1968 to 1978. Her husband Bach was much older than her. The Gregorini family had two children - Gianni and Francesca. Barbara's daughter also devoted herself to cinema and became a director of photography.
In 1981, Bach married Ringo Starr. For the famous drummer, this marriage was also the second. Before Barbara, he was married to Maureen Starkey. Starr and Starkey's union also lasted 10 years, as did Bach's marriage to Gregorini. Ringo already had three children with Maureen. Starr and Bach have no children together.
Creation
Barbara's career began with filming the 1968 miniseries Odyssey's Adventures, a co-production of Italy, France and Germany. Together with Bach, Bekim Fehmiya, Leonard Steckel, Constantin Endrie, Irene Papas and Renaud Werle played the main roles in the adventure film. The picture tells about some episodes from the famous poem by Homer.
Bach got her next role in the 1971 Italian comedy My Father is a Signor. Lino Capolicchio and Giancarlo Giannini became her partners on the set. In the same year and again, together with Giancarlo, Barbara Bach played in the horror film "Black Belly of a Tarantula" of French and Italian production. The film tells about the investigation of a series of brutal murders of women.
Bach then starred in a horror detective film produced in Germany, Italy and Yugoslavia "A Short Night of Glass Dolls" about the mysterious murder of an American journalist. After Barbara was invited to the film adaptation of the work of Françoise Sagan "A Little Sun in Cold Water".
In 1973, Barbara played Emily in the crime drama Last Chance, the daughter of a pharmacist in Paolo Hot and Remu in the comedy A Real Man. Between 1975 and 1980, Barbara got the role of Maud in the adventure film "Sea Wolf", the role of a secret agent in the action-packed film "The Spy Who Loved Me", the role of Ludovica in the film "The Unlucky Paparazzi". She could also be seen starring in the military drama Squad 10 from Navarone, the fantasy action adventure Amphibian Island and the detective fantasy Humanoid.
