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Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress who was a major sex symbol of the 1960s. She is best known for her role as the first Bond girl.

Ursula Andress was born in Ostermundigen, Berne, Switzerland, to a Swiss mother and a German father. Her father, Rolf Andress, was a German diplomat who disappeared during World War II. Andress has four sisters and one brother. She is fluent in English, French, Italian, German and Swiss-German. She started working an art model in Rome. This lead to her first roles in the active Italian movie industrie.

She became famous as Honey Ryder, a shell diver and James Bond's object of desire in Dr. No
(1962), the first Bond movie. Her introduction in Dr. No became one of the most iconic moments of the franchise. She rises out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini, singing a Calypso song and tossing back her blonde hair. (The combination of sea, shells, and a stunning blonde has led some critics to trace the inspiration for this scene to Botticelli's The Birth of Venus).

Andress has been considered the first and best Bond Girl by fans. In 1963 she won a Golden Globe for Best Promising Newcomer (Female).

Andress co-starred with Elvis Presley in the 1963 film, Fun in Acapulco
and she also appeared in the parody Bond movie Casino Royale
(1967) as Vesper Lynd, occasional spy, who persuades Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers) to carry out a mission. Her heavy accent was dubbed over by Monica Van Der Syl in Dr. No, but she used her own voice in Casino Royale
.

In 1965 she has posed nude for a pictorial in Playboy.

She was married in 1957 to actor/director John Derek. The marriage ended in divorce in 1966. Andress dated many of Hollywood's leading men including co-star Sean Connery, Marlon Brando and James Dean. In 1980, she had a son, Dimitri, with actor Harry Hamlin, her costar in the film Clash of the Titans
.

In 1995, Ursula Andress was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in film history".

In a 2003 UK Survey by Channel 4, her entrance in Dr. No was voted #1 in "the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments".

Quotes

"If the role demands it, then naturally I will remove my clothes."
"This bikini made me a success."

Filmography

Acting:

Vogelpredigt, Die (2005)
Cremaster 5 (1997) .... Queen of Chain
Alles gelogen (1996)
Fantaghirò 4 (1994) (TV) .... Xellesia
Fantaghirò 3 (1993) (TV) .... Xellesia
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989) (TV) .... Betty Starr
Professore - Diva, Il (1989) (TV) .... Susy Kaminski
Klassäzämekunft (1988)
Falcon Crest (1981) TV Series .... Madame Malec (1987-1988)
Peter the Great (1986) (mini) TV Series .... Athalie
Liberté, égalité, choucroute (1985) .... Marie-Antoinette
Manimal (1983) (TV) .... Karen
Krasnye kolokola, film pervyy - Meksika v ogne (1982) .... Mabel Dodge
Clash of the Titans
(1981) .... Aphrodite
The Fifth Musketeer (1979) .... Louise de la Vallière
Letti selvaggi (Tigers in Lipstick) (1979) .... The Stroller and The Widow
Montagna del dio cannibale, La (The Mountain of the Cannibal God) (1978) .... Susan Stevenson
Doppio delitto (Double Murders) (1978) .... principessa Dell'Orso
Safari Express (1976) .... Miriam
Spogliamoci così senza pudor (Sex With A Smile 2) (1976)
Infermiera, L (1975) .... Anna

Ultima chance, L' (Stateline Motel) (1975) .... Michelle Nolton

Africa Express (1975) .... Madeleine Cooper

Avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche, Le (1975) .... Josephine De Beauharnais

Colpo in canna (Loaded Guns) (1974) .... Nora Green

The Sensuous Nurse (1973) .... The Nurse

Soleil rouge
(Red Sun
) (1971) .... Cristina

Perfect Friday (1970) .... Britt

The Southern Star (1969) .... Erica Kramer

Dolci signore, Le (1968) .... Norma

Casino Royale (1967) .... Vesper Lynd/007

The Blue Max
(1966) .... Countess Kaeti von Klugermann

Decima vittima, La (The 10th Victim) (1965) .... Caroline Meredith

Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine, Les (1965) .... Alexandrine Pinardel

What's New, Pussycat?
(1965) .... Rita

She (1965) .... Ayesha (She who must be obeyed)

Nightmare in the Sun (1965) .... Wife

Once Before I Die (1965) .... Alex

4 for Texas (1963) .... Maxine Richter

Fun in Acapulco
(1963) .... Marguerita Dauphin

Dr. No
(1962) .... Honey Ryder

Avventure di Giacomo Casanova, Le (1955)

Catena dell'odio, La (1955)

Americano a Roma, Un (1954)

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