Barbara Carrera
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Biography
Filmography
Family & Companions
Notes
Some sources list 1951 as the year of Ms. Carrera's birth
Biography
Barbara Carrera was a top fashion model before turning to a career as an actress in films and television. The statuesque Nicaraguan-born beauty's dark looks graced the pages and covers of such magazines as VOGUE, PARIS MATCH, HARPER'S BAZAAR, PLAYBOY in the 1960s. She broke into features portraying a model in "Puzzle of a Downfall Child" (1970), starring Faye Dunaway. Her first role of substance in "Master Gunfighter" (1976) saw Carrera as little more than window dressing for co-star Tom Laughlin before essaying the role of a tiger-woman involved with Michael York in the 1977 remake of "The Island of Dr. Moreau." The actress had what was perhaps her best known role, however, as Bond Girl Fatima Blush opposite Sean Connery in "Never Say Never Again" (1983). She also was seen as Patrick Dempsey's first adult sexual conquest in "Loverboy" (1989). Dropping out of film work for several years, Carrera returned opposite Louise Fletcher in "Tryst" (1995), and in "Love Is All There Is" (1996), paired with Paul Sorvino in a modern spin on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
On the small screen, Carrera debuted as the Native American Clay Basket in the NBC miniseries "Centennial" (1978-79). She went on to portray Sheva, the woman who does what needs to be done to survive, in "Masada" (ABC, 1981) and starred as "Emma: Queen of the South Seas," a 1988 syndicated miniseries playing the real-life woman who saved the Samoan Islands from colonization in the 19th Century. Carrera was featured in the 1982 pilot for ABC's "Matt Houston" and played a former call girl looking back over 20 years in "Sins of the Past" (ABC, 1984). During the 1985-86 season, she was cast as Angelica Nero, the shipping executive allied with Cliff (Ken Kercheval) but flirting with Jack Ewing (Dack Rambo), on "Dallas" (CBS).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1970
Film acting debut in bit part in "Puzzle of a Downfall Child"
1976
First significant feature role, "The Master Gunfighter"
1977
Co-starred in the remake of "The Island of Dr. Moreau"
1978
TV debut in the NBC miniseries "Centennial"; played a Native American
1981
Played female lead in the ABC miniseries "Masada"
1983
Cast as Bond girl Fatima Blush in "Never Say Never Again"
1988
Starred in the syndicated Operation Prime Time miniseries "Emma: Queen of the South Seas"
1989
Shared title role in the dismal "Wicked Stepmother" with Bette Davis; because of Davis' health, role was changed to that of a younger woman played by Carrera
1996
Co-starred with Paul Sorvino in "Love Is All There Is", a modern version of "Romeo and Juliet"
1997
Named as ambassador-at-large for Nicaragua
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Bibliography
Notes
Some sources list 1951 as the year of Ms. Carrera's birth
