Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss) in 1981. These roles brought her to the mainstream attention of American audiences. She also starred as Emma Forsayth in the miniseries Emma: Queen of the South Seas in 1988. Since Paradise (2004), Carrera has not appeared in films or television. In 1989, Carrera starred with Bette Davis in Wicked Stepmother, Davis's final film role. During filming, Davis fell ill and the script was rewritten for Carrera. "Instead, he rewrote the script to minimize Davis’ role as the wicked witch who marries into an unsuspecting family, becoming the children’s stepmother. In the original script, Davis was going to turn a cat into the beautiful Barbara Carrera. In the new version, Davis herself turns into Carrera, who assumes Davis’ lines for the bulk of the film." In 1997, Carrera was appointed Ambassador-at-Large for Nicaragua by then-president Arnoldo Alemán. Carrera is also an artist and her work has been showcased in the Makk Galleries, with Americo Makk, in Beverly Hills, California since the 1980s, and the Roy Miles Gallery in London, England. In May 2002, her works were exhibited at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum and have typically been sold for up to $8,000. Personal life Carrera has been married and divorced three times, her spouses being: Otto Kurt Freiherr von Hoffman. They married in New York City in 1966 (religiously in 1969) and divorced in 1972 (religiously in 1983). Uva Harden (born 1941), a German fashion model and actor. Married in 1972, they divorced in July 1976. Nicholas Mark Mavroleon, a Greek shipping magnate, a few years her junior, who is the younger and only surviving son of Manuel Basil Mavroleon (aka "Bluey") by his second wife, Gioconda de Gallardo y Castro. They married on March 16, 1983, and later divorced. Between marriages, Carrera dated Robert De Niro, Robert Evans, Alexander Godunov, Philip Niarchos, Richard Gere and Ryan O'Neal. After her third marriage, she was involved with Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland. Carrera has no children. Filmography Film Television Notes References External links Year of birth uncertain American female models American film actresses American television actresses Hispanic and Latino American actresses Nicaraguan emigrants to the United States Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Nicaraguan people of American descent People from Bluefields 1944 births