Barbara Bouchet
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| Birth name | Barbara Goutscher |
| Born | August 15, 1943 (age 63) Liberec, Czech Republic |
| Spouse(s) | Luigi Borghese |
| Notable roles | Miss Moneypenny in Casino Royale, 1967, Kelinda in Star Trek, By Any Other Name, 1968, Mrs Schermerhorn in Gangs of New York, 2002. |
Barbara Bouchet, born Barbara Goutscher on August 15, 1943 in Reichenberg, (now Liberec), Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). She has acted in more than 80 films and television episodes. Her most famous roles include starring as Miss Moneypenny in Casino Royale, as Kelinda in Star Trek, By Any Other Name and as Mrs Schermerhorn in Gangs of New York.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Youth
Born in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to a Sudeten German family, she fled with her family to the United States after the Second World War.
As Barbara Goutscher, her first taste of fame came when she lived in San Francisco, California, attending the Galileo High School. She was in her mid-teens when she entered the "Miss Gidget" contest on the Dick Stewart Television Show, at KPIX-TV. She won the contest and got a date with the star of the movie, "Gidget", James Darren.
She became one of the "Regulars" on the Dick Stewart Television Show called The KPIX Dance Party. The "Regulars" were teenage dancers who danced to the top hits of the day. They were TV stars, by virtue of the attention they received by being on television six days per week. She was on the show from 1959 through 1962, after which she moved to the Hollywood area and made it into the film industry, changing her surname to Bouchet which had a more fashionable cachet. A youthful photo of Barbara Bouchet can be seen here.[1]
[edit] Career
Barbara Bouchet began her career modeling for magazine covers and acting in television commercials, before eventually becoming an actress. Her first acting role was a minor part in What a Way to Go! (1964), which paved the way for a stream of other roles in the 1960s, all of which made use of her beauty and good figure.
This can be seen in John Goldfarb, Please Come Home, 1964, where she wears suggestive harem attire, in In Harm's Way, 1964, where she appears nude on the beaches of Pearl Harbor, and in Agent for H.A.R.M., 1966, where she wears a bikini for most of the film.
Furthermore, in the 1967 James Bond pastiche, Casino Royale, she introduces a smouldering aspect to the typically demure Miss Moneypenny. She starred with William Shatner, in Star Trek, By Any Other Name, 1968, which has a memorable scene where he kisses her repeatedly.
In 1970, she moved to Italy where she began acting in Italian films after growing tired of Hollywood's typecasting. She rapidly became one of the top actresses in the country as she was constantly in demand due to her strong professional work ethics, her natural acting abilities, and her grace, style and beauty.[2]
Some notable films that she starred in at this time were Ricerca del piacere, 1971 and Casa d'Appuntamento, 1972 with Rosalba Neri and Milano calibro 9, 1972, with Gastone Moschin.
She starred with Yul Brynner in Con la rabbia agli occhi, known in English as Death Rage, 1976 and with Gregory Peck in The Scarlet and The Black, 1983.
In the 1980s she became a television personality on Italian television, typically appearing on a chat show with fellow Italian actress, Edwige Fenech.
In 1985, she started to produce a successful series of keep fit books and videos. In addition, she opened a fitness studio in Rome, Italy.
[edit] Personal life
In 1976, Barbara Bouchet married Luigi Borghese, a producer, and has a child with him. He subsequently produced some of her films.
She lives in Rome with her husband and family and continues to work actively in films.
[edit] Trivia
- Barbara Bouchet is a cosmopolitan star. Although her place of birth is now in the Czech Republic, as a Sudeten German, she has never identified with that country. She was brought up in the United States and the country she now feels the closest affinity to is Italy where she has lived since 1970 and, indeed, where she met her husband, married and raised a family.[3]
[edit] Filmography
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[edit] Television Credits
- Dick Stewart Television Show, one of the dancers on the KPIX Dance Party (1959-1962), (uncredited)
- "The Rogues" (1964) (1 episode) - Elsa Idonescu
- "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1965) (1 episode) - Tippy Penfield
- "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1966) (1 episode) - Narcissus Darling
- "The Virginian" (1967) (1 episode) - Marianne
- "Tarzan" - (1968) (1 episode) - Phyllis Fraser
- "Star Trek" (1968) (1 episode) - Kelinda
- Cool Million (1972) - Carla Miles
- "Beauty Center Show" (1983)
- The Scarlet and the Black (1983) - Minna Kappler
- Quelli della speciale (1992) (mini-series)
- "Stracult 2" (2001) (1 episode) - Herself
- Incantesimo 6 (2003)
- "Diritto di difesa" (2004) (4 episodes) - Gilardi's Mother
- Un Posto al sole (2004)
- "Capri" (2006) - Avv. Maggioni
[edit] See also
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Interiano, Manny. Barbara Bouchet (Gutscher) Youthful Photo. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- ^ Regoli, Alessandro. Barbara Bouchet Biografia (Italian). Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
- ^ Lombardini, Luca. Incontro con Barbara Bouchet (Italian). Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
[edit] External links
- Barbara Bouchet at the Internet Movie Database
- Barbara Bouchet at the TCM Movie Database
- Barbara Bouchet article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
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| NAME | Bouchet, Barbara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | , |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15 August 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liberec, Czechoslovakia |
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Categories: Actresses who played James Bond girls | American actors | American film actors | American television actors | German-Americans | Italian-Americans | Italian actors | Italian film actors | Italian television actors | James Bond cast members | Living people | People from California | People from Rome (city) | People from San Francisco | 1943 births
