Stunningly beautiful and charismatic blonde actress Barbara Bouchet was born Barbara Goutscher on August 15th, 1943 in Reichenberg, Sudetenland [then Germany]. Her family was forced to leave the country when Barbara was a little girl and settled in San Francisco, Califoria. Bouchet attended Galileo High School. In 1959, Bouchet won the "Miss Gidget" beauty contest which was held by the local television station KPIX-TV. She briefly dated famous male actor James Darren . Barbara was featured as a dancer on the teen-targeted rock'n'roll TV show, The KPIX Dance Party, from 1959 to 1962. Bouchet began her official acting career as a model on magazine covers and an actress in TV commercials. She made her film debut with an uncredited bit part in the comedy Immer mit einem anderen (1964). Bouchet soon became known for openly flaunting her spectacularly curvaceous figure in several pictures: clad in alluring silk harem robes in Eine zuviel im Harem (1965), cavorting nude on the beaches of Pearl Harbor in the World War II epic Erster Sieg (1965), and wearing a bikini for the bulk of her screen time in Im Auftrag von H.A.R.M. (1966). She also portrayed "Ursula" in Bob Fosse 's outstanding musical Sweet Charity (1969), made for a nicely sultry "Miss Moneypenny" in the tongue-in-cheek 007 outing Casino Royale (1967), and had guest spots on such TV series as Die Leute von der Shiloh Ranch (1962), Raumschiff Enterprise (1966), Die Seaview - In geheimer Mission (1964) and Solo für O.N.K.E.L. (1964). In 1970, Bouchet became fed-up with being typecast as mindless sexpots in Hollywood fare and moved to Italy. She soon became one of Italy's top actresses, carving out a fruitful niche for herself in sex comedies, giallo murder mysteries and gritty police crime thrillers. Among her most memorable roles in these Italian features are the brazen spoiled rich lady "Patrizia" in Lucio Fulci 's disturbing Don't Torture a Duckling - Quäle nie ein Kind zum Scherz (1972) ("Don't Torture A Duckling"), prostitute "Francine" in Das Auge des Bösen (1972) ("The French Sex Murders"), modeling agency choreographer "Kitty" in La dama rossa uccide sette volte (1972) ("Red Queen Kills 7 Times"), saucy love interest "Scilla" in the splendidly sleazy Der Clan der Killer (1973), and enticing stripper "Anny" in Höllenhunde bellen zum Gebet (1976) ("Death Rage"). Bouchet had an unforgettably steamy lesbian love scene with Rosalba Neri in Haus der tödlichen Sünden (1972) ("Amuck") and appeared alongside fellow Bond girls Barbara Bach and Claudine Auger in Der schwarze Leib der Tarantel (1971) ("The Black Belly of the Tarantula"). Barbara married producer Luigi Borghese in 1976. In 1983, at age 40, Bouchet did a nude pictorial for the Italian edition of "Penthouse" magazine. Bouchet started her own production company in 1985 and launched her own line of fitness books and videos. She also opened her own health club in Rome. Barbara most recently popped up in a small role (as fellow giallo star David Hemmings ' wife) in Martin Scorsese 's Gangs of New York (2002). Bouchet speaks English, German and Italian with equal fluency. Barbara Bouchet continues to act in both films and TV shows, alike, made in Italy. - IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders
Two sons with Luigi Borghese : Alessandro Borghese (b. 1974), who is a chef hosting a show on the Italian cable TV, and Massimiliano Borghese (b. 1989), a bartender. Attended Polytechnic High School in San Francisco. Was inspired to go into movies, after seeing the work of German actress Christine Kaufmann in Der schweigende Engel (1954) ("The Silent Angel"). Kaufman later married Tony Curtis . As a baby living in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia, in the mountains north of Prague, she had to flee the Communists, but eventually was reunited with her father Fritz, a war photographer. She had two younger brothers and two younger sisters who also slowly rejoined the family. Everyone migrated to the US in December 1956 and settled in California. A picture taken by her photographer father was submitted to a beauty contest. She won as "Miss Gidget" and the winnings included a date with April entdeckt die Männer (1959) movie star James Darren and a screen test. The screen test never panned out, but it did lead to teen modeling work. Her extensive modeling career led to 35 magazine covers. First-born in a family of five siblings. In a Shock Cinema magazine (Number 44) interview, Bouchet says her original name was Barbel Goutscherola, which was later changed to Barbara Gutscher (and then to Bouchet which sounded like Gutscher). Mother-in-law of Wilma Oliviero and grandmother of Arizona (Alessandro's daughter).
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