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Barbara Bach, the unforgettable Triple X from\u00a0The Spy Who Loved Me<\/em>, may have played a Bond girl who didn\u2019t need rescuing, but in real life, she was looking for something far more meaningful\u2014a partner who truly saw her. She found that in her future husband, Sir Richard Starkey, known to the world as Ringo Starr.At 78, Bach remains an icon of 1970s elegance, her role opposite Roger Moore in the 1977 Bond film making her an instant star. As Major Anya Amasova, she was one of the rare Bond girls who matched 007 blow for blow. Off camera, she wasn\u2019t shy about critiquing the character that helped launch her international fame. In a 1983\u00a0People<\/em>\u00a0interview, she famously called James Bond \u201ca chauvinist pig who uses girls to shield him against bullets.\u201d Moore himself agreed, once calling Bond \u201ca male chauvinist pig\u201d as well.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Actress Barbara Bach on the set of \u201cThe Spy Who Loved Me\u201d. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Before\u00a0The Spy Who Loved Me<\/em>, Bach had already built an impressive r\u00e9sum\u00e9 in Italian cinema, co-starring in\u00a0Black Belly o<\/em>f the Tarantula<\/em>\u00a0with fellow Bond alumnae Claudine Auger and Barbara Bouchet. Her Bond performance pushed her career into high gear, leading to starring roles such as\u00a0Up the Academy<\/em>\u00a0and the 1981 comedy\u00a0Caveman<\/em>, where her life changed forever.<\/p>\n

It was during the filming of\u00a0Caveman<\/em>\u00a0that she and Ringo Starr met. Both were heading to Mexico to shoot the movie and happened to cross paths at LAX. At the time, they were simply two actors working on the same project. They had separate lives, separate partners, and no idea their worlds were about to shift. According to a\u00a0Playboy<\/em>\u00a0interview, Bach said everything changed \u201cwithin a week\u2014the last week of shooting. We changed from friendly love to being in love.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Barbara Bach and Roger Moore, stars of the James Bond film \u2018The Spy Who Loved Me\u2019 leaning on the now-famous \u2018amphibious\u2019 Lotus Esprit. (Photo by Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Starr remembers the moment vividly. In a 2021 interview, he said, \u201cI loved her from when I first saw her at LAX in 1980\u2026 I\u2019m blessed she\u2019s in my life, that\u2019s all I can ever say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remarkably, Bach had actually attended a Beatles concert at Shea Stadium in 1965\u2014but she wasn\u2019t there for them. She later joked that her sister Marjorie was the true fan, even showing up in a Beatles wig, while Bach herself preferred Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, and The Rolling Stones. Life has its twists, though: Marjorie later married Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, who eventually played in Ringo\u2019s All-Starr Band.Just months after John Lennon\u2019s death, Bach and Starr married on April 27, 1981. Their wedding guest list included Paul McCartney and George Harrison\u2014an extraordinary gathering of music history in one room. But the couple had already faced their first major challenge together: a near-fatal car accident shortly before the wedding. After walking away from that wreck, Starr said, \u201cWe decided we wouldn\u2019t spend any time apart.\u201d In more than 40 years of marriage, the longest they\u2019ve ever been apart was five days.<\/p>\n

Their bond only strengthened as they faced life\u2019s struggles. In 1988, both entered rehab together and have remained sober ever since. When their 40th anniversary arrived in 2021, Starr posted a photo from their wedding with the caption, \u201cIt was 40 years ago today the love of my life said yes yes yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Between them, they blended a family of five children\u2014Starr\u2019s three with his late first wife, Maureen Cox, and Bach\u2019s two with her former husband, Augusto Gregorini. Together, they also founded The Lotus Foundation, a charitable organization supporting causes ranging from homelessness and addiction recovery to animal welfare and cancer support. Starr even donates all the proceeds from his artwork to the foundation.<\/p>\n

After four decades together, the love the former Bond girl and the legendary Beatle share is still unmistakably strong. \u201cI love the man, and that\u2019s it,\u201d Bach has said simply. Starr mirrors the sentiment wholeheartedly: \u201cI think I love Barbara as much today as I did when we met\u2014and I\u2019m beyond blessed that she loves me and we\u2019re still together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Their story is a reminder that sometimes, love finds its way not through a glamorous film role or a rock-and-roll moment, but in the quiet connection between two people who choose each other again and again.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

If you enjoy stories about lasting love, this one is a beautiful reminder that real-life romance can be even more inspiring than what we see on screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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