Barbara Carrera
Barbara Carrera (* 31 December 1945 as Barbara Kingsbury in Bluefields , Nicaragua ) is an American actress .
life and career
The daughter of the Nicaraguan Florencia Carrera and the US diplomat Louis Kingsbury, who worked in Nicaragua, went to the USA at the age of ten and went to school there at the St. Joseph Academy in Memphis . At 15, she moved to New York .
At 17, she became a very successful model for the Eileen Ford Agency. At that time, she changed her last name to her mother's maiden name. She made her film debut in Puzzle of a Downfall Child in 1970. In 1972 she was featured in a television commercial for the Chiquita Bananas company. In 1976 she was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Young Actress for her role in the Tom Laughlin- directed film The Avengers of California .
Since Illusion Infinity (aka Paradise, 2004) she has not appeared as a film or television actress.
She became known worldwide primarily for her roles as the murderous femme fatale in the Mickey Spillane film adaptation I, the Judge (1982) and a year later in the James Bond film Never Say Never as Fatima Blush, for which she played another Received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress . In 1985/86 she played as Angelica Nero for a series in Dallas . In 1989 she appeared in the comedy Loverboy - love on order , in 1996 she starred in the comedy Love and others… .
She also devotes herself to painting, which has become her greatest hobby. Her paintings, which she made of well-known Hollywood actors, are particularly well known.
Barbara Carrera was married to her model colleague Uva Barden, Baron Otto von Hoffman, the Greek shipowner Nicholas Mavroleon and the photographer Cameron Docherty. All marriages ended in divorce, she remained childless.
A rare variety of Floribunda rose was named after her.
Awards
- 1976: Golden Globe nomination for best film debutante for The Avengers of California .
- 1984: Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Never Say Never .
Filmography (selection)
- 1975: The avenger of California (The Master Gunfighter)
- 1976: The Brood of Evil (Embryo)
- 1977: The island of Dr. Moreau
- 1978: Colorado Saga (Centennial)
- 1980: The day the world ended (When Time Ran Out ...)
- 1981: Condorman
- 1981: Masada
- 1982: I, the judge (I, the jury)
- 1983: McQuade, the Wolf (Lone Wolf McQuade)
- 1983: Never Say Never (Never Say Never Again)
- 1985: Dallas (TV series)
- 1985: Wild Geese 2 (Wild Geese II)
- 1987: Mike Hammer (TV series) (3.18 - Death in the Parking Garage)
- 1989: Loverboy - love to order (Loverboy)
- 1989: Dance of the Witches (Wicked Stepmother)
- 1992: Lakota Moon
- 1993: The Secret of the Spanish Rose (Point of Impact)
- 1996: Love and Others ... (Love Is All There Is)
- 1998: JAG - On behalf of honor (S04E04) (TV series, episode: The kidnapping)
- 2002: Air Panic (Panic)
- 2004: Paradise
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara Carrera Rose: Floribundas (cluster roses) . classicroses.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 24, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
Web links
- Barbara Carrera in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Barbara Carrera dedicated fan site (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carrera, Barbara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kingsbury, Barbara (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bluefields , Nicaragua |