1936-03-19 Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland
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.
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Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni | Self (archive footage) | 2023-07-22 |
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Belmondo l'incorrigible | 2022-09-05 | |
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Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
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Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops | Self | 2016-05-10 |
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Belmondo par Belmondo | Self (uncredited) | 2016-05-05 |
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L'importanza di essere scomodo: Gualtiero Jacopetti | Self | 2012-06-01 |
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Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1 | Self | 2010-12-03 |
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Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory | Self | 2008-01-01 |
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Marcello, una vita dolce | Self (archive footage) | 2006-05-21 |
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Die Vogelpredigt oder Das Schreien der Mönche | Madonna | 2005-01-01 |
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Elio Petri... appunti su un autore | Self | 2005-09-03 |
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100 Greatest Sexy Moments | Self | 2003-11-29 |
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Inside 'Dr. No' | Self | 2000-05-16 |
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Terence Young: Bond Vivant | Self | 2000-05-16 |
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Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' | Self | 2000-10-17 |
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Harry Saltzman: Showman | Self | 2000-01-01 |
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Cremaster 5 | Queen of Chain | 1997-10-24 |
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Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery | Self | 1997-01-01 |
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Fantaghirò 4 | Xellesia | 1994-12-19 |
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Fantaghirò 3 | Xellesia | 1993-12-20 |
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Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders | Betty Starr | 1989-01-01 |
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Hollywood on Horses | Self | 1989-01-01 |
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Klassezämekunft | Agnes | 1988-01-01 |
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Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 1987-05-13 |
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Liberté, égalité, choucroute | Marie-Antoinette | 1985-04-30 |
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Party in Rio | Self | 1983-01-01 |
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James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983-05-27 |
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Красные колокола. Фильм 1. Мексика в огне | Mabel Dodge | 1982-03-19 |
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Famous T & A | Susan Stevenson (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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Electric Blue 007 | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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Clash of the Titans | Aphrodite | 1981-06-12 |
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Reporters | Self | 1981-06-10 |
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Letti selvaggi | The Stroller / The Widow | 1979-03-16 |
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The Fifth Musketeer | Louise de La Vallière | 1979-04-06 |
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La montagna del dio cannibale | Susan Stevenson | 1978-07-12 |
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Doppio delitto | Princess Anna Dell'Orso | 1977-12-23 |
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Safari Express | Miriam | 1976-01-05 |
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Spogliamoci così, senza pudor... | Marina (segment "La visita") | 1976-12-03 |
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Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche | Josephine De Beauharnais | 1976-01-23 |
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L'infermiera | Anna | 1975-12-19 |
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Due cuori, una cappella | Ursula Andress (uncredited) | 1975-10-02 |
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Colpo in canna | Nora Green | 1975-01-18 |
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Africa Express | Madeleine Cooper | 1975-11-02 |
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L'ultima chance | Michelle Nolton | 1973-09-14 |
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Soleil Rouge | Cristina | 1971-09-15 |
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Perfect Friday | Lady Britt Dorset | 1970-11-10 |
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The Southern Star | Erica Kramer | 1969-03-04 |
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Le dolci signore | Norma | 1967-09-21 |
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Casino Royale | Vesper Lynd | 1967-04-18 |
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Once Before I Die | Alex | 1966-12-01 |
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The Blue Max | Countess Kaeti von Klugermann | 1966-06-21 |
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The Incredible World of James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 1965-11-26 |
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She | Ayesha | 1965-06-09 |
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Nightmare in the Sun | Marsha Wilson | 1965-03-06 |
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Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine | Alexandrine Pinardel | 1965-12-04 |
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What's New Pussycat? | Rita | 1965-06-22 |
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La decima vittima | Caroline Meredith | 1965-12-02 |
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Fun in Acapulco | Marguerita Dauphin | 1963-11-27 |
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4 for Texas | Maxine Richter | 1963-12-21 |
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Dr. No | Honey Ryder | 1962-10-07 |
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Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova | viaggiatrice in carrozza | 1954-12-22 |
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Un americano a Roma | Astrid Sjöström | 1954-12-10 |
