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
