Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach)
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Datastream
Actress: Barbara Bach
Character: Anya Amasova
Movie: The Spy Who Loved
Me
Date of Birth: 27 August 1947
Place of Birth: New York, USA
Trivia: Was born Barbara Goldbach
Pleased to meet you
When investigating the death of Fekkesh, a wheeler-dealer
middleman, Bond gets more than he’s bet on. In
the dark tombs of the Egyptian Pyramids, Bond fends
off several
Russian goons and comes face to face with Agent XXX.
Caught In the Act
Bond chases Anya across the globe in an attempt to out-do
the Russian agent in her work, and it is not until the
mission
ends that he gets what he deserves. Indeed, Stromberg’s
luxurious escape pod sets the perfect mood and 007 demonstrates
in front of both M and the Minister of Defense that he
can definitely keep the British end up.
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"Commander James
Bond, recruited to the British Secret Service from the Royal Navy.
License to kill and has done so on numerous occasions. Many lady
friends but married only once. Wife killed..."
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Hailed as the first liberated Bond girl, Major Anya Amasova
of the Russian Army is 007's Russian counterpart. Code
named XXX,
Anya, like Bond, has never failed on a mission, and cleverly
outwits and outthinks 007 on more than one occasion.
Trained in the tough, frozen wastelands
of Siberia, XXX is
a highly
regarded spy for the KGB and is dispatched for the most
challenging of missions.
Her lover,
a fellow Russian agent, is killed when 007 shoots
him in a frenetic ski chase. To settle the score,
she vows to kill Bond at the end of their joint mission,
but eventually warms to 007. |
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"I have never failed on a
mission, Commander. Any mission."
Biography
Born in Queens, New York, Bach is the eldest of 5 siblings. She
met her first husband, Augusto Gregorini while working as a
model.
The couple were married in 1968 and soon had two children. Often
hailed as a B-Movie Queen, Bach made her name in shoot-em-up
style spaghetti-westerns - commonly playing the standard
damsel in distress. Barbara Bach won her role in “The Spy Who
Loved Me” on a friend of a friend’s recommendation.
The Bond production team had been searching for a leading lady
for months and was delighted when Bach fell into their laps.
By the end of the ‘70s, Bach had divorced
her first husband and despite a steady stream of work, struggled
to break back into
Hollywood - even on the success of “Spy”. She
did, however, win a role in the 1981 production “Caveman”
- starring Beatles legend, Ringo Starr. The couple was
married the same year and Bach retired from acting 5 years later
in 1986.
