Barbara Bach

Barbara Bach is one of those figures who genuinely earned her place in pop culture history, and not just by association. Yes, she married Ringo Starr in 1981 — a fairy-tale pairing that's lasted decades — but before any of that, she was already holding her own as Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), playing a Soviet agent who was every bit Bond's equal rather than just a prop in a glamorous swimsuit. That's rarer than it sounds for the era. A New York City girl who studied at Queens College, she had the looks of a top fashion model and the presence to translate it onto film. I think what strikes me most is that she never felt like she was chasing celebrity — she came into it, made her mark on one of cinema's most iconic franchises, and then built a genuinely private, lasting life. That's its own kind of cool.

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Name (English)

Barbara Bach

Name (Japanese)

バーバラ・バック

Reading

ばーばら・ばっく

Born

August 27, 1947 (age 79)

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / film actor / model / fashion model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

High school

Dominican Commercial High School

University

Queens College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Bach
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233993

Tags

• New York
• actor
• film actor
• model

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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