Another Girl: Barbara Bach

Barbara Ann Goldbach was born on August 27, 1947 to Howard and Marjorie McKnight Goldbach in Long Island, New York. Barbara has one older brother, Matthew, and two younger siblings, Peter and Marjorie. Her father was a police officer before retiring to become a costume jewelry designer with wife Marjorie. Barbara attended a Catholic all girls’ school and in August of 1965, she chaperoned her sister to see the Beatles at Shea Stadium, Barbara wasn't a fan and was more into the Rolling Stones and Ray Charles. After graduating from high school and briefly attended college, Barbara quit to become a model and often traveled abroad. In 1966, while on the plane to Italy, she met Augusto Gregorini, a businessman who pursued her to move to Italy with him. They were married about three months later; Augusto and Barbara welcomed Francesca in 1968 and Gianni in 1972. Barbara continued to model and started an acting career, becoming very popular. By 1975, Augusto and Barbara separated and were divorced by 1980, sharing custody of the children and Barbara moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1977, her James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me was released.

In 1980, Barbara was cast in a movie called Caveman with Ringo Starr. By the end of filming, Ringo and Barbara were a couple in love. Ringo and Barbara were vacationing in the Bahamas when her daughter Francesca called with news of John's death. Ringo called Maureen to tell her and Cynthia, who was staying with Maureen in London. He and Barbara immediately flew to New York City to comfort Yoko and Sean; they left just before Julian's arrival. Ringo and Barbara got married in London on April 27, 1981. Barbara cut down on her acting and modeling commitments to be with Ringo and focused on charity. In 1988, after years of alcoholism, they went to rehab. I don't know when exactly Barbara met Cynthia (and Julian) but when they did get together, it was friendly. Ringo and Barbara last saw Cynthia at the Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil opening premiere in Las Vegas in 2006- unfortunately no photos published publicly available at this time of Cynthia and Barbara together. After news of Cynthia's death, Ringo tweeted a tribute for her and included Barbara's name.