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Ursula Andress

Ursula Andress

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 19, 1936 (89)
Birthplace Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Jan 04, 2026
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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. Oth ... er 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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Filmography

Best Ever Bond

Best Ever Bond

2002

as Honey Rider (archive footage) (uncredited)

Manimal

Manimal

1983

as Karen Jade

Famous T & A

Famous T & A

1982

as Susan Stevenson (archive footage)

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

1981

as Aphrodite

The Fifth Musketeer

The Fifth Musketeer

1979

as Louise de La Vallière

Slave of the Cannibal God

Slave of the Cannibal God

1978

as Susan Stevenson

Red Sun

Red Sun

1971

as Cristina

Perfect Friday

Perfect Friday

1970

as Lady Britt Dorset

The Southern Star

The Southern Star

1969

as Erica Kramer

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967

as Vesper Lynd

Once Before I Die

Once Before I Die

1966

as Alex

The Blue Max

The Blue Max

1966

as Countess Kaeti von Klugermann

She

She

1965

as Ayesha

Nightmare in the Sun

Nightmare in the Sun

1965

as Marsha Wilson

What's New Pussycat?

What's New Pussycat?

1965

as Rita

Fun in Acapulco

Fun in Acapulco

1963

as Marguerita Dauphin

4 for Texas

4 for Texas

1963

as Maxine Richter

Dr. No

Dr. No

1962

as Honey Ryder

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Television Credits

Peter the Great

as Athalie

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 02, 1986

The Cave of the Golden Rose

as Xellesia

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 22, 1991

Falcon Crest

as Madame Malec

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 04, 1981

The Love Boat

as Carole Stanton

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

Thriller

as Luana

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1960

Big Man

as Susy Kaminski

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 25, 1988

Top Gear

as Honey Ryder (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 2002

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 09, 1950

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 02, 2001

E! True Hollywood Story

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1996

Manimal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1983

So Graham Norton

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 03, 1998

V Graham Norton

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 06, 2002

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1981

The Dame Edna Experience

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1987

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Numéro un

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1975

Cinépanorama

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 1956

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 1968

Beckmann

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1999

Aeschbacher

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 2001

G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 29, 2005

Menschen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1982

Willemsens Woche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 13, 1995

Wedden, dat..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1986

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 1987

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