Barbara Bouchet

Data di nascita
15 agosto 1944 · Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]
Nome alla nascita
Barbara Goutscher
Soprannome
- Bärbel
Altezza
1,68 m

Daughter of war photographer Fritz Gutscher (1921-1979), was separated from him during the war, but eventually joined with him in California, where he died at 57.
She appeared, semi-nude, in two editions of Playboy magazine: May 1965 (stills from In Harm's Way) and February 1967 ("The Girls of Casino Royale").
Mother of Massimiliano and Alessandro Borgese. Mother-in-law of Wilma Oliviero and grandmother of Arizona and Alexandra (Alessandro's daughters).
After World War II, her family was placed in a resettlement camp in the American occupation zone in Germany. They were granted permission to emigrate to the United States under the humanitarian provisions of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948.
Tired of being typecast and unable to get starring roles in Hollywood, Bouchet moved to Italy in 1970 and began acting in Italian films.

[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.
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?
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.
[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.

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