Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936)is a Swiss actress and former model who has appeared in American, British, and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the 1967 Bond parody Casino Royale. Other credits include Fun in Acapulco (1963), 4 for Texas (1963), She (1965), The 10th Victim (1965), The Blue Max (1966), The Southern Star (1969), Perfect Friday (1970), Red Sun (1971), The Sensuous Nurse (1975), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), The Fifth Musketeer (1979), Clash of the Titans (1981), and Peter the Great (1986).
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936)is a Swiss actress and former model who has appeared in American, British, and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the 1967 Bond parody Casino Royale. Other credits include Fun in Acapulco (1963), 4 for Texas (1963), She (1965), The 10th Victim (1965), The Blue Max (1966), The Southern Star (1969), Perfect Friday (1970), Red Sun (1971), The Sensuous Nurse (1975), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), The Fifth Musketeer (1979), Clash of the Titans (1981), and Peter the Great (1986).
Ursula Andress, the third of six children, was born on 19 March 1936 in Ostermundigen, Canton of Bern, to a Swiss mother, Anna, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat. Her father was expelled from Switzerland for political reasons and her grandfather, a garden designer, became her guardian. She has a brother, Heinz, and four sisters, Erika, Charlotte, Gisela, and Kàtey.
Andress went to school in Bern until she was 16 and learned several languages, including English, French, German, and Italian. She studied art in Paris for a year, then went to Rome, where she worked various jobs including being a children's nanny.
Andress was at a party when she met a film producer who offered her a screen test for a role in an Italian film. She was successful and was cast in walk-on parts in An American in Rome (1954) (starring Alberto Sordi), Sins of Casanova (1955) (starring later Bond ally Gabriele Ferzetti), and La catena dell'odio (1955). She was seen by a Hollywood executive who persuaded her to try her luck in Hollywood.
Andress arrived in Hollywood in late 1955. That spring she was signed to a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures, starting at $287 a week. The contract brought no acting roles, owing to her reluctance to learn English. "I spent most of my time watching old Marlene Dietrich movies", she said. Andress received some publicity for dating James Dean shortly before the actor's death. She bought herself out of her contract and in 1956 signed with Columbia Pictures. She made no films for them either. She stayed in Hollywood when she married John Derek in 1957. In 1959, it was announced she and Derek would star in a film, High Variety, but no film resulted. ...
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Filmography (Movies)
Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/07/2023
Famous T&A 2
Character:Susan Stevenson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/2022
Rat Pack
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2022
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2017
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/2016
Belmondo by Belmondo
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:05/05/2016
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/2012
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Character:Self
Release Date:03/12/2010
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2008
Marcello, una vita dolce
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/05/2006
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Character:Self
Release Date:03/09/2005
St. Francis Birds Tour
Character:Madonna
Release Date:01/01/2005
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Character:Self
Release Date:29/11/2003
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2000
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2000
Inside 'Dr. No'
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2000
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
Big Man: Diva
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Release Date:01/01/1998
Cremaster 5
Character:Queen of Chain
Release Date:24/10/1997
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1997
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
Character:Xellesia
Release Date:19/12/1994
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
Character:Xellesia
Release Date:20/12/1993
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Character:Betty Starr
Release Date:01/01/1989
Hollywood on Horses
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1989
Broken Silence
Character:Agnes
Release Date:01/01/1988
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/05/1987
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Character:Marie-Antoinette
Release Date:30/04/1985
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/1983
Party in Rio
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1983
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
Character:Mabel Dodge
Release Date:19/03/1982
Famous T & A
Character:Susan Stevenson (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
Electric Blue 007
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
Clash of the Titans
Character:Aphrodite
Release Date:12/06/1981
Reporters
Character:Self
Release Date:10/06/1981
The Fifth Musketeer
Character:Louise de La Vallière
Release Date:06/04/1979
Tigers in Lipstick
Character:The Stroller / The Widow
Release Date:16/03/1979
Slave of the Cannibal God
Character:Susan Stevenson
Release Date:12/07/1978
Double Murder
Character:Princess Anna Dell'Orso
Release Date:23/12/1977
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
Character:Marina (segment "La visita")
Release Date:17/11/1976
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
Character:Josephine De Beauharnais
Release Date:23/01/1976
Safari Express
Character:Miriam
Release Date:05/01/1976
The Sensuous Nurse
Character:Anna
Release Date:19/12/1975
Africa Express
Character:Madeleine Cooper
Release Date:02/11/1975
Two hearts, a Chapel
Character:Ursula Andress (uncredited)
Release Date:02/10/1975
Loaded Guns
Character:Nora Green
Release Date:18/01/1975
Stateline Motel
Character:Michelle Nolton
Release Date:14/09/1973
Red Sun
Character:Cristina
Release Date:15/09/1971
Perfect Friday
Character:Lady Britt Dorset
Release Date:10/11/1970
The Southern Star
Character:Erica Kramer
Release Date:04/03/1969
Anyone Can Play
Character:Norma
Release Date:21/09/1967
Casino Royale
Character:Vesper Lynd
Release Date:18/04/1967
Once Before I Die
Character:Alex
Release Date:01/12/1966
The Blue Max
Character:Countess Kaeti von Klugermann
Release Date:21/06/1966
Up to His Ears
Character:Alexandrine Pinardel
Release Date:04/12/1965
The 10th Victim
Character:Caroline Meredith
Release Date:02/12/1965
The Incredible World of James Bond
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/11/1965
What's New Pussycat?
Character:Rita
Release Date:22/06/1965
She
Character:Ayesha
Release Date:09/06/1965
Nightmare in the Sun
Character:Marsha Wilson
Release Date:06/03/1965
4 for Texas
Character:Maxine Richter
Release Date:21/12/1963
Fun in Acapulco
Character:Marguerita Dauphin
Release Date:27/11/1963
Dr. No
Character:Honey Ryder
Release Date:07/10/1962
Sins of Casanova
Character:viaggiatrice in carrozza
Release Date:22/12/1954
An American in Rome
Character:Astrid Sjöström
Release Date:10/12/1954
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G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
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V Graham Norton
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
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Aeschbacher
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Beckmann
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So Graham Norton
Character:Self - Guest
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:Self
Willemsens Woche
Character:Self
The World of Hammer
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Cave of the Golden Rose
Character:Xellesia
Big Man
Character:Susy Kaminski
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Peter the Great
Character:Athalie
Wedden, dat..?
Character:Self
Manimal
Character:Karen Jade
Red Bells
Character:Mabel Dodge
Menschen
Character:Self
Falcon Crest
Character:Madame Malec
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
The Love Boat
Character:Carole Stanton
Numéro un
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
Thriller
Character:Luana
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
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