Barbara Valentin
Nude

Born in Vienna, Austria, as Ursula Ledersteger, Barbara Valentin has been called both “The German Jayne Mansfield” and “The German Marilyn Monroe” after her bold and buxom figure appeared in numerous flicks, sometimes without part of her wardrobe. She appeared in several films helmed by notorious German writer, director, and actor Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including parts as Barbara in Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), where she’s naked; Marietta Tripelli in Effi Briest (1974); Max’s wife in Fox and His Friends (1975); and Eva in Lili Marleen (1981). In 1972, she has glittering breasts when she played a stripper in the movie Happy End, original title Happy Ending, or How a Little Salvation Army Girl Restored Chicago’s Biggest Criminals into the Arms of Society. For those who don’t speak German, which is the language in which Barbara made the bulk of her movie and television appearances, she did do two English-language films, both UK and Germany collaborations. The curvy dame was an optician in King, Queen, Knave (1972) with David Niven and Gina Lollabrigida, and Greta Mayer in The Second Victory (1986) with Max Van Sydow. Barbara is also famous for the company she kept, having lived with Freddie Mercury in the ‘80s, and having appeared in the Queen music video for “It’s a Hard Life.” And if it seems like there’s a lot of years listed above, that’s because Barbara’s acting resume starts in 1962, and goes straight through to 2001. The actress only stopped working when she sadly passed away in February 2002 of a stroke, at the age of 61.