Barbara Goldbach was born to Howard and Marjorie Goldbach in Queens, New York. Her father was a policeman. Barbara is the oldest of 5 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 2 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.
In 1975, Barbara and Augusto Gregorini separated when she moved to Los Angeles, California. The couple divorced in 1978, sharing custody of their 2 children. 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.
Barbara’s photo was featured on the cover of “Playboy” magazine in January 1981. Inside was a photo spread of Barbara, too. She made several other appearances in “Playboy” related to her movie work, especially as a “Bond Girl” in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
Barbara was sent to Rome as model for the noted “Seventeen” mag. There she fell in love with an Italian businessman, Augusto Gregorini, who was 11 years her senior. At the age of 18 she married Augusto and moved with him to Rome where she began her film career.
Born in Queens, the eldest of five children. Her mother was Irish Catholic, her father was Austrian Jewish and her Grandmother was Rumanian. Her father was a New York City police officer.
Received a Masters Degree in Psychology from UCLA in 1993.
Has involved herself in charity work, including the Live Aid connected “Fashion Aid”, and “The Rumanian Angel” appeal which was set up with Olivia Harrison and Yoko Ono, George and John’s widows. Barbara worked with the “Parents For Safe Food” Campaign. In 1991, with help from Pattie Boyd (George’s ex), she set up a free clinic for addicts called SHARP (Self Help Addiction Recovery Program) in London.
While traveling through England in May 1980 Ringo and Barbara suffered a near-fatal car crash, miraculously surviving with few injuries. Ringo decided he never wanted to be separated from Bach again. They married less than a year later.
It was between Barbara and Shelley Hack to replace Kate Jackson on “Charlie’s Angels” (1976). The New York-born Barbara was deemed too European and sophisticated for the role and Hack won the part. Hack was not keenly accepted as an “Angel” by audiences, however, and left after only one season.
- Stepmother of Zak Starkey.
- Older sister of Marjorie Bach.
- Sister-in-law of Joe Walsh.
- Stepaunt of Lucy Walsh.
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