Ursula Andress
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
The Love Boat
Carole Stanton
1977
Series
Falcon Crest
Madame Malec
1981
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
Self
2005
Series
Thriller
Luana
1960
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
Beckmann
Self
1999
Series
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Series
Numéro un
Self
1975
Aeschbacher
Self
2001
Film
Dr. No
Honey Ryder
1962
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
The Cave of the Golden Rose
Xellesia
1991
Film
Clash of the Titans
Aphrodite
1981
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Film
Casino Royale
Vesper Lynd
1967
Series
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest
1998
Film
Red Sun
Cristina
1971
Film
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
Mabel Dodge
1982
Wedden, dat..?
Self
1986
Menschen
Self
1982
Series
Manimal
Karen Jade
1983
Series
Peter the Great
Athalie
1986
Series
Big Man
Susy Kaminski
1988
Film
Slave of the Cannibal God
Susan Stevenson
1978
Film
What's New Pussycat?
Rita
1965
Film
The 10th Victim
Caroline Meredith
1965
Film
The Blue Max
Countess Kaeti von Klugermann
1966
Film
4 for Texas
Maxine Richter
1963
Film
Loaded Guns
Nora Green
1975
Film
The Fifth Musketeer
Louise de La Vallière
1979
Film
Fun in Acapulco
Marguerita Dauphin
1963
Film
Up to His Ears
Alexandrine Pinardel
1965
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996
Film
Belmondo by Belmondo
Self (uncredited)
2016
Film
Tigers in Lipstick
The Stroller / The Widow
1979
Film
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Willemsens Woche
Self
1995
Film
Double Murder
Princess Anna Dell'Orso
1977
Film
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Film
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
Xellesia
1994
Film
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
2003
Film
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Marie-Antoinette
1985
Film
The Incredible World of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
1965
Film
She
Ayesha
1965
Film
Perfect Friday
Lady Britt Dorset
1970
Film
Nightmare in the Sun
Marsha Wilson
1965
Film
Africa Express
Madeleine Cooper
1975
Film
Famous T&A 2
Susan Stevenson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Film
The Sensuous Nurse
Anna
1975
Film
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
Film
Famous T & A
Susan Stevenson (archive footage)
1982
Film
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Self
2000
Film
Bond Girls Are Forever
Herself
2002
Film
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
Marina (segment "La visita")
1976
Film
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
Josephine De Beauharnais
1976
Film
Safari Express
Miriam
1976
Film
Sins of Casanova
viaggiatrice in carrozza
1954
Film
Stateline Motel
Michelle Nolton
1973
Film
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
Xellesia
1993
Film
Electric Blue 007
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
An American in Rome
Astrid Sjöström
1954
Film
Reporters
Self
1981
Film
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Self
2000
Film
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Southern Star
Erica Kramer
1969
Film
Anyone Can Play
Norma
1967
Film
Marcello, una vita dolce
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Once Before I Die
Alex
1966
Film
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
2005
Film
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Self
2010
Hollywood on Horses
Self
1989
Film
Two hearts, a Chapel
Ursula Andress (uncredited)
1975
Film
Inside 'Dr. No'
Self
2000
Film
Party in Rio
Self
1983
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
Self
2016
Film
Cremaster 5
Queen of Chain
1997
Film
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
Self
2008
Film
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Betty Starr
1989
Film
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Self
2000
Film
Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
Self
1997
Film
Broken Silence
Agnes
1988
Film
St. Francis Birds Tour
Madonna
2005
Film
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
Self
2012