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' . Bouchet speaks English, German and Italian with equal fluency. Barbara Bouchet continues to act in both films and TV shows, alike, made in Italy.
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 ("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 Gidget 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 (Alessandros daughter).
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