
Ursula Andress
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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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Falcon Crest
1981

The Love Boat
1977

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Sacrée soirée
1987

What's My Line?
1950

Wetten, dass..?
1981

Thriller
1960

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Beckmann
1999

Numéro un
1975

V Graham Norton
2002

The Bob Hope Show
1950
Aeschbacher
2001

Cinépanorama
1956

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001

Dr. No
1962
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
2005

The World of Hammer
1994

So Graham Norton
1998

Manimal
1983
Menschen
1982

Clash of the Titans
1981

Casino Royale
1967
Wedden, dat..?
1986

The Cave of the Golden Rose
1991

Red Sun
1971

Big Man
1988

Peter the Great
1986

Slave of the Cannibal God
1978

E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Willemsens Woche
1995

The 10th Victim
1965

The Blue Max
1966

4 for Texas
1963

The Incredible World of James Bond
1965

Famous T & A
1982

The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
1976

James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983

What's New Pussycat?
1965

Up to His Ears
1965

The Sensuous Nurse
1975

Rat Pack
2022

She
1965

100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003

Tigers in Lipstick
1979

Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982

Fun in Acapulco
1963

Perfect Friday
1970

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010

Nightmare in the Sun
1965

Famous T&A 2
2022

Sins of Casanova
1954

Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
2017

Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985

The Fifth Musketeer
1979

Electric Blue 007
1982

The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
1993

Loaded Guns
1975

Africa Express
1975

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005

The Southern Star
1969

An American in Rome
1954

Love in 4 Easy Lessons
1976

Stateline Motel
1973
Hollywood on Horses
1989

Reporters
1981

Anyone Can Play
1967

The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
1994

Belmondo by Belmondo
2016

Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
1989

Two hearts, a Chapel
1975

Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
2008

Double Murder
1977

Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
1987

Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
1997

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

Safari Express
1976

Broken Silence
1988

Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022

Harry Saltzman: Showman
2000

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000

Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
2016

Inside 'Dr. No'
2000

St. Francis Birds Tour
2005

Once Before I Die
1966

Cremaster 5
1997

Terence Young: Bond Vivant
2000

Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni
2023

The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
2012

Party in Rio
1983