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Ursula Thiess

Actor
Born May 15, 1924Died June 19, 2010 (86 years)
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Ursula Thiess (May 15, 1924 – June 19, 2010) was a German film actress who had a brief Hollywood career in the 1950s.

Thiess began her career on the stage in her native Germany and by dubbing female voices in American films as Ursula Schmidt. After she married Georg Otto Thiess, she became Ursula Thiess and was featured in many German magazines, including several cover photos, as well as the cover of Life magazine, 1954, as an upcoming model, and she was dubbed the "most beautiful woman in the world." She left postwar Germany at the urging of Howard Hughes and signed up with RKO. She co-starred with Robert Stack in The Iron Glove (1952), Rock Hudson in Bengal Brigade (1954), Glenn Ford in The Americano (1955), and Robert Mitchum in Bandido (1956).
Known For
  • Bandido!
  • The Americano
  • The Detectives (1959)

Filmography

1959
The Detectives (1959) (TV Series) · as Lisa Bonay
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series)
1956
Bandido! · as Lisa Kennedy
1955
The Americano · as Marianna
1954
Bengal Brigade · as Latah
1954
The Iron Glove · as Ann Brett
1952
Monsoon · as Jeanette
1949

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