Ursula Andress
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.
Dr. No
(Honey Ryder)
Anyone Can Play
(Norma)
Clash of the Titans
(Aphrodite)
What's New Pussycat?
(Rita)
The Fifth Musketeer
(Louise de La Vallière)
The Sensuous Nurse
(Anna)
Famous T & A
(Susan Stevenson (archive footage))
Red Sun
(Cristina)
Casino Royale
(Vesper Lynd)
Up to His Ears
(Alexandrine Pinardel)
The Southern Star
(Erica Kramer)
She
(Ayesha)
The 10th Victim
(Caroline Meredith)
4 for Texas
(Maxine Richter)
Slave of the Cannibal God
(Susan Stevenson)
Fun in Acapulco
(Marguerita Dauphin)
Tigers in Lipstick
(The Stroller / The Widow)
The Blue Max
(Countess Kaeti von Klugermann)
Perfect Friday
(Lady Britt Dorset)
Africa Express
(Madeleine Cooper)
Loaded Guns
(Nora Green)
Nightmare in the Sun
(Marsha Wilson)
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
(Josephine De Beauharnais)
Safari Express
(Miriam)
Two hearts, a Chapel
(Ursula Andress (uncredited))
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
(Marie-Antoinette)
Once Before I Die
(Alex)
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
(Mabel Dodge)
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
(Xellesia)
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
(Xellesia)
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
(Betty Starr)
St. Francis Birds Tour
(Madonna)
The Incredible World of James Bond
(Self (archive footage))
Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni
(Self (archive footage))
Broken Silence
(Agnes)
Stateline Motel
(Michelle Nolton)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
(Self)
Rat Pack
(Self (archive footage))
Sins of Casanova
(viaggiatrice in carrozza)
Cremaster 5
(Queen of Chain)
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
(Self)
Marcello, una vita dolce
(Self (archive footage))
Reporters
(Self)
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
(Self)
Electric Blue 007
(Self (archive footage))
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
(Self (archive footage))
Party in Rio
(Self)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
(Self)
Belmondo by Belmondo
(Self (uncredited))
An American in Rome
(Astrid Sjöström)
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
(Marina (segment "La visita"))
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
(Self)
Inside 'Dr. No'
(Self)
Harry Saltzman: Showman
(Self)
Double Murder
(Princess Anna Dell'Orso)
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
(Self)
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
(Self)
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
(Self)
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
(Self)
Hollywood on Horses
(Self)
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
(Self (archive footage))
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
(Self)
Big Man: Diva
Famous T&A 2
(Susan Stevenson (archive footage) (uncredited))
Falcon Crest
(Madame Malec)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
(Self - Guest)
E! True Hollywood Story
(Self)
Manimal
(Karen Jade)
Thriller
(Luana)
So Graham Norton
(Self - Guest)
V Graham Norton
(Self)
Wetten, dass..?
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Peter the Great
(Athalie)
The Bob Hope Show
(Self)
The Love Boat
(Carole Stanton)
Big Man
(Susy Kaminski)
Numéro un
(Self)
The Cave of the Golden Rose
(Xellesia)
Cinépanorama
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
Beckmann
(Self)
Aeschbacher
(Self)
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
(Self)
Menschen
(Self)
Willemsens Woche
(Self)
Wedden, dat..?
(Self)
Sacrée Soirée
(Self)
Red Bells
(Mabel Dodge)
The World of Hammer
(Self (archive footage))
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)