Ursula Andress
Acting • Born 1936-03-19
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.
Filmography
94 credits
Dr. No
Movie • 1962
Honey Ryder
Anyone Can Play
Movie • 1967
Norma
Clash of the Titans
Movie • 1981
Aphrodite
What's New Pussycat?
Movie • 1965
Rita
The Fifth Musketeer
Movie • 1979
Louise de La Vallière
The Sensuous Nurse
Movie • 1975
Anna
Famous T & A
Movie • 1982
Susan Stevenson (archive footage)
Red Sun
Movie • 1971
Cristina
Casino Royale
Movie • 1967
Vesper Lynd
Up to His Ears
Movie • 1965
Alexandrine Pinardel
The Southern Star
Movie • 1969
Erica Kramer
She
Movie • 1965
Ayesha
The 10th Victim
Movie • 1965
Caroline Meredith
4 for Texas
Movie • 1963
Maxine Richter
Slave of the Cannibal God
Movie • 1978
Susan Stevenson
Fun in Acapulco
Movie • 1963
Marguerita Dauphin
Tigers in Lipstick
Movie • 1979
The Stroller / The Widow
The Blue Max
Movie • 1966
Countess Kaeti von Klugermann
Perfect Friday
Movie • 1970
Lady Britt Dorset
Africa Express
Movie • 1975
Madeleine Cooper
Loaded Guns
Movie • 1975
Nora Green
Nightmare in the Sun
Movie • 1965
Marsha Wilson
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
Movie • 1976
Josephine De Beauharnais
Safari Express
Movie • 1976
Miriam
Two hearts, a Chapel
Movie • 1975
Ursula Andress (uncredited)
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Movie • 1985
Marie-Antoinette
Once Before I Die
Movie • 1966
Alex
Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire
Movie • 1982
Mabel Dodge
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
Movie • 1993
Xellesia
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
Movie • 1994
Xellesia
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Movie • 1989
Betty Starr
St. Francis Birds Tour
Movie • 2005
Madonna
The Incredible World of James Bond
Movie • 1965
Self (archive footage)
Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Broken Silence
Movie • 1988
Agnes
Stateline Motel
Movie • 1973
Michelle Nolton
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Movie • 2005
Self
Rat Pack
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Sins of Casanova
Movie • 1954
viaggiatrice in carrozza
Cremaster 5
Movie • 1997
Queen of Chain
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
Movie • 2012
Self
Marcello, una vita dolce
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Reporters
Movie • 1981
Self
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
Movie • 2016
Self
Electric Blue 007
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Party in Rio
Movie • 1983
Self
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Self
Belmondo by Belmondo
Movie • 2016
Self (uncredited)
An American in Rome
Movie • 1954
Astrid Sjöström
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
Movie • 1976
Marina (segment "La visita")
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Movie • 2000
Self
Inside 'Dr. No'
Movie • 2000
Self
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Movie • 2000
Self
Double Murder
Movie • 1977
Princess Anna Dell'Orso
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Movie • 2000
Self
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
Movie • 2008
Self
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
Movie • 1997
Self
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Movie • 2010
Self
Hollywood on Horses
Movie • 1989
Self
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Movie • 2003
Self
Big Man: Diva
Movie • 1988
Famous T&A 2
Movie • 2022
Susan Stevenson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Movie • 2022
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Madame Malec
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self - Guest
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Self
Manimal
TV • 1983
Karen Jade
Thriller
TV • 1960
Luana
So Graham Norton
TV • 1998
Self - Guest
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Peter the Great
TV • 1986
Athalie
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Carole Stanton
Big Man
TV • 1988
Susy Kaminski
Numéro un
TV • 1975
Self
The Cave of the Golden Rose
TV • 1991
Xellesia
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Beckmann
TV • 1999
Self
Aeschbacher
TV • 2001
Self
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
TV • 2005
Self
Willemsens Woche
TV • 1995
Self
Menschen
TV • 1982
Self
Wedden, dat..?
TV • 1986
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Red Bells
TV • 1982
Mabel Dodge
The World of Hammer
TV • 1994
Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self