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