Barbara Bouchet (born Barbara Gutscher on 15 August 1943) is a German-American actress and entrepreneur.She has acted in more than 80 films and television episodes and founded a production company that has produced fitness videos and books. She also owns and operates a fitness studio. Some of her roles include Miss Moneypenny in Casino Royale, Kelinda in the episode "By Any Other Name" of the original Star Trek, as Patrizia in Non si sevizia un paperino and as Mrs. Schermerhorn in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York.
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| 1 | [on acting] It just comes out of me. I never went to acting school. I just go into a scene and imagine myself in the situation. In Italy I had a hard time convincing them to put me in things other than sex comedies, though. That's why I got out of the business. When I hit 39 I told myself, "I can't continue doing these [sex farces]. I'll soon be turning 40 and going into another phase of my life. I want to do serious, meaty parts." And I kept telling the press, "Make me ugly, make me old, but give me a part I can sink my teeth into." So, that's a been a rather tough road for me to travel down. |
| 2 | With an actor, you never know how long your money is going to last until your next film. So you always have to keep working. That's more or less what it's like. |
| 3 | Being a Hollywood beauty was a mixed blessing. Men are men, with all that testosterone, and when a pretty girl comes in front of them what can you expect? |
| 4 | [on the benefits of working and living in Italy] I prefer working and living here. It's a more humane environment than Hollywood. I like the work and at the same time keep my family and my sanity. |
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| 1 | Mother-in-law of Wilma Oliviero and grandmother of Arizona (Alessandro's daughter). |
| 2 | 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). |
| 3 | First-born in a family of five siblings. |
| 4 | 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 Gidget (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. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Attended Polytechnic High School in San Francisco. |
| 8 | 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. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| In Search of Fellini | 2016 | completed | Hostess |
| Easy | 2016 | Delia |
| Madame & Monsieur | 2015 | Short | Madame |
| Darkside Witches | 2015 | Sibilla |
| Come un morto ad Acapulco | 2014 | Short | Donna |
| Il tredicesimo apostolo - Il prescelto | 2014 | TV Series | signora Castro |
| Double Swing | 2012 | TV Series | Amily |
| Rewind | 2011/I | Madre Folco |
| Ho sposato uno sbirro | 2008-2010 | TV Series | Clarissa |
| Crimini | 2010 | TV Series | Loredana Presutti |
| Capri | 2010 | TV Series | Avv. Maggioni |
| Giallo? | 2009 | Valeria |
| Butterfly zone - Il senso della farfalla | 2009 | Signora con i baffi |
| La vita dispari | 2009 | Ludovica Levi |
| Così vanno le cose | 2008 | TV Movie | Madre di Pierfrancesco |
| Amiche mie | 2008 | TV Series | Grazia's Mother |
| Bastardi | 2008 | Carmen Iuvara |
| La provinciale | 2006 | TV Movie | Elvira Coceanu |
| Needlework Pictures Presents Francesco Vezzoli in Gore Vidal's 'Caligula' | 2005 | Short | Caesonia |
| Diritto di difesa | 2004 | TV Series | Gilardi's Mother |
| Incantesimo 6 | 2003 | TV Series |
| Gangs of New York | 2002 | Mrs. Schermerhorn |
| Mari del sud | 2001 |
| Un posto al sole | 1996 | TV Series 2004 |
| Quelli della speciale | 1992 | TV Mini-Series |
| Immagina | 1987 | TV Series |
| Beauty Center Show | 1983 | TV Series | Various Characters |
| The Scarlet and the Black | 1983 | TV Movie | Minna Kappler |
| Diamond Connection | 1982 | Karen |
| Crema cioccolato e pa...prika | 1981 | Eleonora |
| Perche' non facciamo l'amore? | 1981 | Manuela & Diana Robelli |
| Per favore, occupati di Amelia | 1981 | Amelia |
| Spaghetti a mezzanotte | 1981 | Celeste La Grasta |
| La moglie in vacanza... l'amante in città | 1980 | Valeria Damiani |
| Sabato, domenica e venerdì | 1979 | Enza (segment "Domenica") |
| Liquirizia | 1979 | Raffaella |
| Travolto dagli affetti familiari | 1978 |
| How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover | 1978 | Eleonora Rubens |
| Diamanti sporchi di sangue | 1977 | Lisa |
| L'appuntamento | 1977 | Ingrid |
| To agistri | 1976 | Iro Mara |
| Death Rage | 1976 | Anny |
| Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri | 1976 | Contessa Federici Fontana |
| Sex with a Smile | 1976 | The Woman (segment "I soldi in banca") |
| Spogliamoci così, senza pudor... | 1976 | Violante (Segment "L'armadio Di Troia") |
| Duck in Orange Sauce | 1975 | Patty |
| Amore vuol dir gelosia | 1975 | Corinna |
| Per le antiche scale | 1975 | Carla |
| L'amica di mia madre | 1975 | Barbara |
| La badessa di Castro | 1974 | Elena di Campireali, abbess of Castro |
| La svergognata | 1974 | Silvia Lorenzi, Fabio's wife |
| Cry of a Prostitute | 1974 | Margie |
| Ancora una volta prima di lasciarci | 1973 | Luisa |
| Ricco | 1973 | Scilla |
| Il tuo piacere è il mio | 1973 | La prostituta |
| La calandria | 1972 | Lucrezia - wife of Ferruccio |
| Finalmente le mille e una notte | 1972 | Mariam |
| Cool Million | 1972 | TV Series | Carla Miles |
| Don't Torture a Duckling | 1972 | Patrizia |
| The Red Queen Kills Seven Times | 1972 | Kitty Wildenbrück |
| Winged Devils | 1972 | Karin |
| The French Sex Murders | 1972 | Francine |
| Valeria dentro e fuori | 1972 | Valeria - wife of David |
| Amuck | 1972 | Greta Franklin |
| Caliber 9 | 1972 | Nelly Borden |
| Una cavalla tutta nuda | 1972 | Gemmata |
| Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti | 1972 | Lucrezia degli Uberti |
| Non commettere atti impuri | 1971 | Nadin |
| Black Belly of the Tarantula | 1971 | Maria Zani |
| Nokaut | 1971 | Barbara |
| The Man with Icy Eyes | 1971 | Anne Saxe |
| Nights and Loves of Don Juan | 1971 | Esmeralda |
| Il prete sposato | 1970 | Signora Marchio |
| Il debito coniugale | 1970 | Candida |
| L'asino d'oro: processo per fatti strani contro Lucius Apuleius cittadino romano | 1970 | Pudentilla |
| Cerca di capirmi | 1970 |
| Colpo rovente | 1970 | Monica Brown |
| Stoney | 1969 | Irene Stone |
| Sweet Charity | 1969 | Ursula |
| Star Trek | 1968 | TV Series | Kelinda |
| Tarzan | 1968 | TV Series | Angela Fraser |
| The Virginian | 1967 | TV Series | Marianne |
| Danger Route | 1967 | Marita |
| Casino Royale | 1967 | Moneypenny |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1966 | TV Series | Narcissus Darling |
| Agent for H.A.R.M. | 1966 | Ava Vestok (as Barbara Bouchét) |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 1965 | TV Series | Tippy Penfield |
| In Harm's Way | 1965 | Liz Eddington |
| John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | 1965 | Astrid Porche (uncredited) |
| Sex and the Single Girl | 1964 | Photographer at Anniversary Party (uncredited) |
| The Rogues | 1964 | TV Series | Elsa Idonescu |
| Good Neighbor Sam | 1964 | Receptionist (uncredited) |
| Bedtime Story | 1964 | German Girl (uncredited) |
| What a Way to Go! | 1964 | Girl on Plane (uncredited) |
| A Global Affair | 1964 | Woman |
