Ursula Andress
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.
TV Shows(27)
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
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2005
V Graham Norton
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2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Aeschbacher
Self
2001
Beckmann
Self
1999
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
Self
1996
Willemsens Woche
Self
1995
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
The Cave of the Golden Rose
Xellesia
1991
Big Man
Susy Kaminski
1988
Sacrée Soirée
Self
1987
Peter the Great
Athalie
1986
Wedden, dat..?
Self
1986
Manimal
Karen Jade
1983
Menschen
Self
1982
Falcon Crest
Madame Malec
1981
Wetten, dass..?
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1981
The Love Boat
Carole Stanton
1977
Numéro un
Self
1975
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
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1962
Thriller
Luana
1960
Cinépanorama
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1956
The Bob Hope Show
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1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Movies(65)
Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni
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2023
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Famous T&A 2
Susan Stevenson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
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2022
Rat Pack
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2022
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
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2017
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
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2016
Belmondo by Belmondo
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2016
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
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2012
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
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2010
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
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2008
Marcello, una vita dolce
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2006
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
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2005
St. Francis Birds Tour
Madonna
2005
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
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2003
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
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2000
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
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2000
Inside 'Dr. No'
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2000
Harry Saltzman: Showman
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2000
Cremaster 5
Queen of Chain
1997
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
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1997
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
Xellesia
1994
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
Xellesia
1993
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Betty Starr
1989
Hollywood on Horses
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1989
Broken Silence
Agnes
1988
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
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1987
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Marie-Antoinette
1985
James Bond: The First 21 Years
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1983
Party in Rio
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1983
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
Mabel Dodge
1982
Famous T & A
Susan Stevenson (archive footage)
1982
Electric Blue 007
Self (archive footage)
1982
Clash of the Titans
Aphrodite
1981
Reporters
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1981
The Fifth Musketeer
Louise de La Vallière
1979
Tigers in Lipstick
The Stroller / The Widow
1979
Slave of the Cannibal God
Susan Stevenson
1978
Double Murder
Princess Anna Dell'Orso
1977
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
Marina (segment "La visita")
1976
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
Josephine De Beauharnais
1976
Safari Express
Miriam
1976
The Sensuous Nurse
Anna
1975
Africa Express
Madeleine Cooper
1975
Two hearts, a Chapel
Ursula Andress (uncredited)
1975
Loaded Guns
Nora Green
1975
Stateline Motel
Michelle Nolton
1973
Red Sun
Cristina
1971
Perfect Friday
Lady Britt Dorset
1970
The Southern Star
Erica Kramer
1969
Anyone Can Play
Norma
1967
Casino Royale
Vesper Lynd
1967
Once Before I Die
Alex
1966
The Blue Max
Countess Kaeti von Klugermann
1966
Up to His Ears
Alexandrine Pinardel
1965
The 10th Victim
Caroline Meredith
1965
The Incredible World of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
1965
What's New Pussycat?
Rita
1965
She
Ayesha
1965
Nightmare in the Sun
Marsha Wilson
1965
4 for Texas
Maxine Richter
1963
Fun in Acapulco
Marguerita Dauphin
1963
Dr. No
Honey Ryder
1962
Sins of Casanova
viaggiatrice in carrozza
1954
An American in Rome
Astrid Sjöström
1954