Ursula Andress
Acting
Born: March 19, 1936 (age 90) · Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland
Highest Rated
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
Dr. No
1962
Clash of the Titans
1981
Casino Royale
1967
Red Sun
1971
An American in Rome
1954
The 10th Victim
1965
Up to His Ears
1965
The Love Boat
1977
What's New Pussycat?
1965
Manimal
1983
The Blue Max
1966
Slave of the Cannibal God
1978
Photos (11)
Movies (41)
Dr. No
Honey Ryder
Clash of the Titans
Aphrodite
Casino Royale
Vesper Lynd
Red Sun
Cristina
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
Mabel Dodge
Slave of the Cannibal God
Susan Stevenson
The Blue Max
Countess Kaeti von Klugermann
What's New Pussycat?
Rita
The 10th Victim
Caroline Meredith
4 for Texas
Maxine Richter
She
Ayesha
Fun in Acapulco
Marguerita Dauphin
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Marie-Antoinette
The Fifth Musketeer
Louise de La Vallière
Perfect Friday
Lady Britt Dorset
An American in Rome
Astrid Sjöström
Double Murder
Princess Anna Dell'Orso
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Up to His Ears
Alexandrine Pinardel
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
Josephine De Beauharnais
The Sensuous Nurse
Anna
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
Marina (segment "La visita")
Famous T & A
Susan Stevenson (archive footage)
Tigers in Lipstick
The Stroller / The Widow
Nightmare in the Sun
Marsha Wilson
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
Xellesia
Loaded Guns
Nora Green
Africa Express
Madeleine Cooper
Famous T&A 2
Susan Stevenson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Southern Star
Erica Kramer
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
Xellesia
Safari Express
Miriam
Anyone Can Play
Norma
Two hearts, a Chapel
Ursula Andress (uncredited)
Sins of Casanova
viaggiatrice in carrozza
Stateline Motel
Michelle Nolton
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Betty Starr
Once Before I Die
Alex
St. Francis Birds Tour
Madonna
Cremaster 5
Queen of Chain
Broken Silence
Agnes
TV Shows (7)
The Love Boat
Carole Stanton · 2 eps
Falcon Crest
Madame Malec · 3 eps
Thriller
Luana · 1 eps
The Cave of the Golden Rose
Xellesia · 4 eps
Manimal
Karen Jade · 1 eps
Big Man
Susy Kaminski · 1 eps
Peter the Great
Athalie · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (39)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self · 2 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
Beckmann
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
The Bob Hope Show
Self · 2 eps
Numéro un
Self · 1 eps
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
Self · 1 eps
Bond Girls Are Forever
Herself
Reporters
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Self
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Belmondo by Belmondo
Self (uncredited)
Electric Blue 007
Self (archive footage)
Marcello, una vita dolce
Self (archive footage)
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Self
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Party in Rio
Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
The Incredible World of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
Self
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Self
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Self (archive footage)
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Self (archive footage)
Inside 'Dr. No'
Self
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Self
Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni
Self (archive footage)
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
Self
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
Self
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
Self