Ursula Andress
Actor
March 19, 1936 (90 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Famous T&A 2 · as Susan Stevenson (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2005 | St. Francis Birds Tour · as Madonna |
| 2002 | Best Ever Bond · as Honey Rider |
| 1997 | Cremaster 5 · as Queen Of Chain |
| 1994 | The Cave of the Golden Rose 4 · as Xellesia |
| 1993 | The Cave of the Golden Rose 3 · as Xellesia |
| 1991 | Cave of the Golden Rose · as Xellesia |
| 1989 | Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders · as Betty Starr |
| 1988 | Big Man · as Susy Kaminski |
| 1988 | Klassezämekunft · as Agnes |
| 1986 | Peter the Great · as Athalie |
| 1985 | Liberté, égalité, choucroute · as Marie-Antoinette |
| 1983 | Manimal · as Karen Jade |
| 1982 | Red Bells · as Mabel Dodge |
| 1982 | Famous T & A · as Susan Stevenson (archive Footage) |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest · as Madame MalecOn Plex |
| 1981 | Clash of the Titans · as Aphrodite |
| 1979 | The Fifth Musketeer · as Louise De La Vallière |
| 1979 | Tigers in Lipstick · as The Stroller / The Widow |
| 1978 | Slave of the Cannibal God · as Susan Stevenson |
| 1977 | Double Murder · as Princess Anna Dell'orso |
| 1977 | The Love Boat · as Carole Stanton |
| 1976 | Spogliamoci così, senza pudor... · as Marina (segment "la Visita") |
| 1976 | Safari Express · as Miriam |
| 1976 | The Loves and Times of Scaramouche · as Josephine De Beauharnais |
| 1975 | The Sensuous Nurse · as Anna |
| 1975 | Africa Express · as Madeleine Cooper |
| 1975 | Due cuori, una cappella · as Ursula Andress (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Loaded Guns · as Nora Green |
| 1973 | Stateline Motel · as Michelle Nolton |
| 1971 | Red Sun · as CristinaOn Plex |
| 1970 | Perfect Friday · as Lady Britt Dorset |
| 1969 | The Southern Star · as Erica Kramer |
| 1967 | Anyone Can Play · as Norma |
| 1967 | Casino Royale · as Vesper Lynd |
| 1966 | Once Before I Die · as Alex |
| 1966 | The Blue Max · as Countess Kaeti Von Klugermann |
| 1965 | The 10th Victim · as Caroline MeredithOn Plex |
| 1965 | Up to His Ears · as Alexandrine Pinardel |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat · as Rita |
| 1965 | Nightmare in the Sun · as Marsha Wilson |
| 1965 | She · as Ayesha |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas · as Maxine Richter |
| 1963 | Fun in Acapulco · as Marguerita Dauphin |
| 1962 | Dr. No · as Honey Ryder |
| 1960 | Thriller · as Luana |
| 1955 | Sins of Casanova · as Viaggiatrice In Carrozza |
| 1954 | An American in Rome · as Astrid Sjöström |