dated May 1964 - October 1965
June 1964 columnist Mike Connolly thinks that she "and Gardner McKay are about to name the day..."
1964 Gardner McKay dates her steadily. After a brief diversionary action with Hugh O’Brian while filming In Harm’s Way in Honolulu, she’s back with Gardner.
November 1964 was noted skipping around town with Gardner McKay.
May 1965 Gardner McKay tells columnist Harrison Carroll that "he hasn't dated anybody Hollywood would know since girlfriend Barbara Bouchet left to attend the London opening of In Harm's Way and the Cannes Film Festival. "
June 65
columnist Dorothy Kilgallen tells that Barbara is showing off a ring McKay gave her. "She doesn't call it an engagement ring, but she tells people they are 'very much in love,' leaving the betting types to draw their own conclusions..."
Early October 65 is off to Lima, Peru, for a film festival. In New York, McKay dates his old pal, model Dolores Hawkins.
Mid-October 65
Winchell writes that she "has replaced Gardner McKay, her long time man, with Jerry Doff..."
Mid-January 66
Winchell writes that "Barbara Bouchet's new Pitty-Patter is actor Jimmy Boyd. Her ex-flame was Gardner McKay..."
1966 Carroll returns: “the tall blonde beauty with Gardner McKay at the Harry Belafonte concert at UCLA was Phyllis Barry (she's not in the movies) but he has seen ex-girlfriend Barbara Bouchet several times lately."