Ursula Andress
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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. Source: Article "Ursula Andress" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Credits
Dr. No (1962)
as Honey Ryder
Clash of the Titans (1981)
as Aphrodite
Casino Royale (1967)
as Vesper Lynd
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames (1982)
as Mabel Dodge
Red Sun (1971)
as Cristina
Liberté, égalité, choucroute (1985)
as Marie-Antoinette
Safari Express (1976)
as Miriam
What's New Pussycat? (1965)
as Rita
Loaded Guns (1975)
as Nora Green
The 10th Victim (1965)
as Caroline Meredith
Belmondo by Belmondo (2016)
as Self (uncredited)
Electric Blue 007 (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Double Murder (1977)
as Princess Anna Dell'Orso
The Blue Max (1966)
as Countess Kaeti von Klugermann
Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)
as Herself
Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
as Marsha Wilson
Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)
Actor
Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
as Susan Stevenson
4 for Texas (1963)
as Maxine Richter
Perfect Friday (1970)
as Lady Britt Dorset
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1 (2010)
as Self
The Incredible World of James Bond (1965)
as Self (archive footage)
She (1965)
as Ayesha
The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
as Louise de La Vallière
Reporters (1981)
as Self
Love in 4 Easy Lessons (1976)
as Marina (segment "La visita")
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
as Marguerita Dauphin
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976)
as Josephine De Beauharnais
Tigers in Lipstick (1979)
as The Stroller / The Widow
An American in Rome (1954)
as Astrid Sjöström
The Southern Star (1969)
as Erica Kramer
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4 (1994)
as Xellesia
100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003)
as Self
Anyone Can Play (1967)
as Norma
Famous T&A 2 (2022)
as Susan Stevenson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Africa Express (1975)
as Madeleine Cooper
The Sensuous Nurse (1975)
as Anna
James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983)
as Self
Famous T & A (1982)
as Susan Stevenson (archive footage)
Party in Rio (1983)
as Self
Up to His Ears (1965)
as Alexandrine Pinardel
Stateline Motel (1973)
as Michelle Nolton
Hollywood on Horses (1989)
as Self
Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000)
as Self
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Two hearts, a Chapel (1975)
as Ursula Andress (uncredited)
Marcello, una vita dolce (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3 (1993)
as Xellesia
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000)
as Self
Cremaster 5 (1997)
as Queen of Chain
Sins of Casanova (1954)
as viaggiatrice in carrozza
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989)
as Betty Starr
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
St. Francis Birds Tour (2005)
as Madonna
Once Before I Die (1966)
as Alex
Broken Silence (1988)
as Agnes
Inside 'Dr. No' (2000)
as Self
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops (2016)
as Self
Terence Young: Bond Vivant (2000)
as Self
Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory (2008)
as Self
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti (2012)
as Self
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery (1997)
as Self
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005)
as Self