Who is Ringo Starr’s wife, Barbara Bach?
RINGO STARR achieved international stardom as the drummer for The Beatles.
However, less is known about the musician's life away from music, including who his wife, Barbara Bach, is.
Who is Ringo Starr's wife, Barbara Bach?
Barbara Bach is an American actress and model who is best known for her role as Bond girl Anya Amasova in the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me.
Bach was born in New York in August 1947 in the Queens neighborhood of Rosedale.
After graduating in 1964 from a high school in Jamaica, Queens, Bach began modeling professionally.
She appeared on the front covers of international fashion magazines, including Vogue USA and ELLE France.
Bach began her acting career in Italy in 1968 when she featured in the TV miniseries L'Odissea.
The pinnacle of her career came when she played Russian Spy Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me, alongside English actor Roger Moore.
When did Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach get married?
Ringo Starr and Bach first met in 1980 while working on the set of the American comedy film Caveman.
The star couple tied the knot in April 1981 at Marylebone Town Hall in London.
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The ceremony was attended by his fellow Beatles members George Harrison and Paul McCartney.
The wedding took place just a year after John Lennon was assassinated in New York outside his Manhattan apartment.
Bach has been supportive of Starr's immense success over the years.
However, before the two met, The Beatles shot a documentary, Let It Be, that followed the journey of recording their final studio album.
The documentary has never been on a streaming service or DVD until 2024.
On May 8, the Let It Be documentary will be available to stream via Disney+.
Do Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach have children?
Starr and Bach do not have any children together, although they do have children from previous marriages.
Starr married hairdresser Maureen Cox in February 1965, and the couple went on to have three children together: Zak, Jason, and Lee.
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Zak followed in his father's footsteps and became a drummer, and has performed and recorded music with the English rock band The Who since 1996.
Bach's first marriage was to an Italian businessman with whom she had two children, Francesca and Gianni before the couple divorced in 1975.