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- Stunningly beautiful and charismatic blonde Barbara Bouchet was born Barbel Goutscherola on August 15th, 1943 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia, known as Reichenberg, during the German occupation. Her father, Fritz, was a war photographer.
Her family was forced to leave the country when Barbara was a little girl and her name was changed to Barbara Gutscher. They got separated, but ended up getting together again. They migrated in December 1956 and settled in San Francisco, California, where Barbara attended the prestigious Galileo High School, a polytechnic school with commercial and industrial branches. Bouchet speaks English, German and Italian with equal fluency. In an interview to Shock Cinema (Number 44), Barbara Bouchet says her name had been changed again to Bouchet at the start of her career, because it sounded like her German name.
Barbara was inspired to be a screen actress after seeing the work of German actress Christine Kaufmann in Der schweigende Engel (1954) ("The Silent Angel").
In 1959, her father submitted a photo of her to the "Miss Gidget" beauty contest, and she won. The contest was held by the local television station KPIX-TV, based on the character of what has been considered the first "beach party movie" in Hollywood history, Gidget (1959). The prize included a date with James Darren the famous star of that movie, and a screen test. The screen test never materialized.
Barbara was featured as a dancer on the teen-targeted rock'n'roll TV show, The KPIX Dance Party, from 1959 to 1962.
Bouchet began a career of teen model that led to her extensive magazine cover model (35 covers). In October 1983, at age 40, Bouchet did a nude pictorial for the Italian edition of "Penthouse" magazine.
Barbara acted in TV commercials. She made her film debut with an uncredited bit part in the comedy What a Way to Go! (1964). Bouchet soon became known for openly flaunting her spectacularly curvaceous figure in several pictures: clad in alluring silk harem robes in John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965), cavorting nude on the beaches of Pearl Harbor in the World War II epic In Harm's Way (1965), and wearing a bikini for the bulk of her screen time in Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966). She also portrayed "Ursula" in Bob Fosse's outstanding musical Sweet Charity (1969), made for a nicely sultry "Miss Moneypenny" in the tongue-in-cheek 007 outing Casino Royale (1967), and had guest spots on such TV series as The Virginian (1962), Star Trek (1966), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964), and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964).
In 1970, fed-up with being typecast as a mindless sexpot in Hollywood fare, she moved to Italy. She soon became one of Italy's top actresses, carving out a fruitful niche for herself in sex comedies, giallo murder mysteries and gritty crime thrillers. Among her most memorable roles in these Italian features are the brazen spoiled rich lady "Patrizia" in Lucio Fulci's disturbing Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) ("Don't Torture A Duckling"), prostitute "Francine" in The French Sex Murders (1972) ("The French Sex Murders"), modeling agency choreographer "Kitty" in The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) ("Red Queen Kills 7 Times"), saucy love interest "Scilla" in the splendidly sleazy The Mean Machine (1973), and enticing stripper "Anny" in Death Rage (1976) ("Death Rage"). Bouchet had an unforgettably steamy lesbian love scene with Rosalba Neri in Amuck! (1972) ("Amuck"). Barbara Bouchet appeared alongside fellow Bond girls Barbara Bach and Claudine Auger in Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971) ("The Black Belly of the Tarantula"). Barbara Bouchet continues to act in both films and TV shows, alike, made in Italy. Barbara popped up in a small role (as the wife of giallo star David Hemmings) in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002).
Barbara married producer Luigi Borghese in 1976. They had two sons: Alessandro Borgese (b. 1974), a chef hosting a show on the Italian cable TV; and Massimiliano Borghese (b. 1989), a bartender. During the shooting of Diamond Connection (1984) in Istanbul, there was mention of a separation in the Turkish language "New World Video & Magazine" of September 1984, but the divorce happened much later.
In 1985, Bouchet started her own production company, opened her own health club in Rome, and launched her own line of fitness books and videos.
[based on woodyanders] - Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Oldrich Kaiser was born on 16 May 1955 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor and writer, known for A Prominent Patient (2016), I Served the King of England (2006) and The Man with Hare Ears (2020). He was previously married to Nada Konvalinková.- Actress
- Composer
- Director
Olga Lounová is a Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Model, Rally Driver. She attended the Jaroslav Jezek Conservatory, Prague for Musical Theatre from 2002 - 2008. Attended the English Institute, New York, 2002 for a Master's degree in the Faculty of Education, TUL, from 1998 - 2002. Olga attended High school 1994 - 1998.- Harry Riebauer was born on 4 July 1921 in Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for The Great Escape (1963), Rasputin (1966) and Der Zinker (1959). He died on 8 November 1999 in Berlin, Germany.
- Miroslava Plestilová was born on 27 January 1966 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Zelnacka (1996), Prípady podporucíka Haniky (1989) and Svetla pasáze (2007). She is married to Ales Procházka. They have two children.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Born in 1972 this Czech actor studied at the Brno Academy of Dramatic Arts before joining the Hadivadla theatre company. His movie debut dates back to 1999 when Sasa Gedeon gave him the lead role in his 1999 "Návrat idiota" (Le retour de l'idiot). Twice nominated for the Best Actor Czech Lion, he won one for his role of Tonik, the lover who comes of age in the sensitive chronicle signed in 1995 by Bohdan Sláma's "Stestí"(Something Like Happiness).- Actress
- Additional Crew
Dagmar Bláhová was born on 8 March 1949 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for The Prince and Me (2004), Sons of Steel (1988) and Nexus 2.431 (1994).- Ladislav Hampl was born on 17 July 1981 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Hannibal Rising (2007), The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) and Ordinace v ruzové zahrade 2 (2008).
- Actor
- Script and Continuity Department
David Svehlík was born on 6 April 1972 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Samhain, Ve stínu (2012) and Ocas jesterky (2009). He was previously married to Jitka Schneiderová.- Jirí Vrstála was born on 31 July 1920 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia. He was an actor, known for Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi (1969), Clown Ferdinand will schlafen (1963) and Z mého zivota (1955). He was married to Angelica Domröse. He died on 10 June 1999 in Berlin, Germany.
- Director
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matej (1994) is a film director and producer who debuted with Touchless in 2013 as Europe's youngest director ever and went on to produce one-take indie hit Hany the year after. The latest film The Noonday Witch, an acclaimed horror film in co-production with HBO was followed by Matej's work on HBO's own In Treatment. Matej is working as a commercial director and producer, while managing Barletta, a production company, which develops film and commercial projects.- Regina Gabajová was born on 21 April 1971 in Liberec, Czech Republic. She is an actress, known for Casino Royale (2006), Bábovky (2020) and Vánocní príbeh (2022).
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Pavel Kurak was born on 30 January 1976 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia. He is an actor, known for Alien vs. Predator (2004), The Bourne Identity (2002) and The Brothers Grimm (2005).- Daniel Tuma was born in 1991 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Vlny (2024), Mamon (2015) and Kouzelnice (1997).
- Harald Kreutzberg was born on 11 December 1902 in Reichenberg, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Labyrinth (1959), Paracelsus (1943) and The Nutcracker (1964). He died on 25 April 1968 in Gemmlingen nr. Bern, Switzerland.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Vlasta Burian was born on 9 April 1891 in Reichenberg, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for The Inspector General (1933), Funebrák (1932) and Ulice zpívá (1939). He was married to Nina Cervenková-Burianová. He died on 31 January 1962 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Writer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Günther Rücker was born on 2 February 1924 in Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for Die Verlobte (1980), Bis daß der Tod euch scheidet (1979) and The Best Years (1965). He was married to Vera Oelschlegel. He died on 24 February 2008 in Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Petr Jenista was born on 20 February 1977 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Hrubes a Mares jsou kamarádi do deste (2005), The Fury (2016) and Nuda v Brne (2003).- Karel Zima was born on 13 December 1971 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Ocas jesterky (2009), The Devil's Bride (2011) and Oh, Those Murders! (2010).
- Astrid Polak was born on 8 December 1935 in Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), The Silent Forest (2022) and Vera (2019).
- Helmut Oeser was born on 17 May 1929 in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Der große Zapfenstreich (1952), Rotmord (1969) and Abschied vier Uhr früh (1967).
- Radka Caldová was born on 11 October 1996 in Liberec, Czech Republic. She is an actress, known for Pozadí událostí (2022), Ordinary Failures (2022) and The Chambermaid (2022).
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Uwe Brandner was born on 23 May 1941 in Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for 50/50 (1977), I Love You, I Kill You (1971) and Blinker (1969). He was married to Karin Thome. He died on 30 July 2018 in Freising, Bavaria, Germany.- Nikol Trojanová was born on 11 December 1990 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Anezka Kubátová was born on 18 April 1984 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for The Fury (2016), Trpaslík (2017) and Shadow Country (2020).
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Patrik Horyna was born on 21 February 1995 in Liberec, Czech Republic. He is a director and actor, known for Patrik Horyna (2016), Freakout Vines (2013) and Fíkus (2015).- Otfried Preußler was born on 20 October 1923 in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Krabat (2008), Die dumme Augustine (1993) and Kinderstunde (1951). He was married to Anneliese Kind. He died on 18 February 2013 in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany.
- Ferdinand Porsche was born on 3 September 1875 in Maffersdorf, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Vratislavice nad Nisou, Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was married to Aloisia Johanna Kaes. He died on 30 January 1951 in Stuttgart, Germany.
- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Lukas Kaplan was born on 7 April 1980 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He is a production manager and assistant director, known for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), All My Tomorrows (2014) and Veni, vidi, vici (2009).- Václav Veselý was born on 8 November 1993 in Liberec, Czech Republic. He is an actor, known for Nuda v Brne (2003), Crime Scene: Pilsen (2015) and Die Diplomatin (2016).
- Ludvík Frejka was born on 15 January 1904 in Reichenberg, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He died on 3 December 1952 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Jirí Klem was born on 18 March 1944 in Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Sokolovo (1975), Gottwald (1986) and Temné slunce (1980).
- Actor
- Art Department
- Additional Crew
Petr Cadek was born on 29 December 1978 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Lord of War (2005), Ripper 2: Letter from Within (2004) and Decibels of Love (2016). He has been married to Jitka Cvancarová since 24 September 2011. They have one child.- Oldrich Kríz was born on 15 July 1960 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Joséphine, ange gardien (1997), Cyril and Methodius: The Apostles of the Slavs (2013) and Nejkrásnejsí hádanka (2008).
- Stanislava Bartosová was born on 17 March 1947 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for Gottwald (1986), Nejmladsí z rodu Hamru (1975) and Darling, Are We a Good Match...? (1975).
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
- Actor
Jirí Soukup was born on 12 September 1960 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is a writer and actor, known for Little Crusader (2017), Vojtech, receny sirotek (1990) and Sentiment (2003).- Kamil Halbich was born on 30 September 1966 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Zelnacka (1996), König der letzten Tage (1993) and Zdivocelá zeme (1997).
- Petr Kavan was born on 14 August 1949 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Forgotten Light (1996), Praha ocima (1999) and Na plovárne (1999).
- Visual Effects
- Animation Department
- Art Department
Jan Brukner was born on 18 July 1985 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. Jan is known for Pandorum (2009), Season of the Witch (2011) and The Magical Duvet (2011).- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Additional Crew
Marie Tillerová was born in 1903 in Liberec, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. Marie was an editor, known for Smrt na cukrovém ostrove (1962), Prezil jsem svou smrt (1960) and Vsude zijí lidé (1960). Marie died in 1980 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Andrea Kolárová was born on 27 August 1992 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Zdenek Jezek was born on 13 August 1932 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Kristýna Martínková was born on 6 February 1989 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Liberec, Czech Republic].
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Michal Zabka was born on 20 December 1965 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is a director and actor, known for Prasavci (2001), Auto fairy tales (2011) and Mrs G (2007).- Lucie Konecná was born on 11 September 1969 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is a writer, known for Ordinácia v ruzovej záhrade (2007), Ordinace v ruzové zahrade (2005) and Vonís jako tenkrát (2005).
- Composer
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Ivan Acher was born on 5 June 1973 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is a composer and writer, known for The Watchmaker's Apprentice (2019), Garbage, the City and Death (2012) and Icing (2014).- Alexandra Merunková was born in 1952 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Ladislav Rajn was born on 25 November 1955 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Hodina zivota (1981), Galasupersou (1984) and Bílá kocicka (1979).
- Václav Legner was born on 24 January 1955 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for The Barber of Siberia (1998), The Beautician and the Beast (1997) and Habermann (2010).
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Jirí Nebeský was born on 14 June 1974 in Liberec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor and director, known for My Life Opodál (1996), 90 minut v Solingenu aneb the best of 240 minut v Solingenu (1995) and Láska shora (2002).