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BARBARA BACH
BARBARA ANN GOLDBACH.
American and Italian actress and model.
Born August 27, 1947 in New York City.
True last name was Barbara Ann Goldbach.
Her mother was Irish, her father was Jewish from Austria and her grandmother was Romanian. At the age of 16, she left school to become a model. Her vision proved successful.
She shortened her last name to "Bach" and starred on the cover of Seventeen magazine.
At 18, she married an Italian businessman, Augusto Gregorini, who was 10 years older than she was. In 1969 she gave birth to a daughter, Francesca, and in 1973 to a son, Gianni.
After moving to Italy, she worked in television, starred in films.
In 1975 she left her husband back in America, without giving up her TV career. She performed the role of Bond Girl in The Spy Who Loved Me.
On April 27, 1981, she married Ringo Starr, drummer for the Beatles.