Acting
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.
Filmography
Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni
Film · 2023
Rat Pack
Film · 2022
Famous T&A 2
Film · 2022
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
Film · 2022
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Film · 2022
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Film · 2017
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
Film · 2016
Belmondo by Belmondo
Film · 2016
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
Film · 2012
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Film · 2010
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
Film · 2008
Marcello, una vita dolce
Film · 2006
St. Francis Birds Tour
Film · 2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Film · 2005
G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
Series · 2005
The Best of So Graham Norton
Film · 2004
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Film · 2003
Bond Girls Are Forever
Film · 2002
V Graham Norton
Series · 2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Series · 2001
Aeschbacher
Series · 2001
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Film · 2000
Inside 'Dr. No'
Film · 2000
Harry Saltzman: Showman
Film · 2000
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Film · 2000
Beckmann
Series · 1999
So Graham Norton
Series · 1998
Cremaster 5
Film · 1997
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
Film · 1997
E! True Hollywood Story
Series · 1996
Willemsens Woche
Series · 1995
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
Film · 1994
The World of Hammer
Series · 1994
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
Film · 1993
The Cave of the Golden Rose
Series · 1991
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Film · 1989
Hollywood on Horses
Film · 1989
Broken Silence
Film · 1988
Big Man
Series · 1988
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
Film · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Peter the Great
Series · 1986
Wedden, dat..?
Series · 1986
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Film · 1985
Party in Rio
Film · 1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Film · 1983
Manimal
Series · 1983
Famous T & A
Film · 1982
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
Film · 1982
Electric Blue 007
Film · 1982
Menschen
Series · 1982
Clash of the Titans
Film · 1981
Reporters
Film · 1981
Falcon Crest
Series · 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Series · 1981
The Fifth Musketeer
Film · 1979
Tigers in Lipstick
Film · 1979
Slave of the Cannibal God
Film · 1978
Double Murder
Film · 1977
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
Film · 1976
Safari Express
Film · 1976
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
Film · 1976
The Sensuous Nurse
Film · 1975
Africa Express
Film · 1975
Loaded Guns
Film · 1975
Two hearts, a Chapel
Film · 1975
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Stateline Motel
Film · 1973
Red Sun
Film · 1971
The Bob Hope Christmas Special
Film · 1971
Perfect Friday
Film · 1970
The Southern Star
Film · 1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Anyone Can Play
Film · 1967
Casino Royale
Film · 1967
The Blue Max
Film · 1966
Once Before I Die
Film · 1966
What's New Pussycat?
Film · 1965
Up to His Ears
Film · 1965
She
Film · 1965
The 10th Victim
Film · 1965
Nightmare in the Sun
Film · 1965
The Incredible World of James Bond
Film · 1965
4 for Texas
Film · 1963
Fun in Acapulco
Film · 1963
Dr. No
Film · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
Thriller
Series · 1960
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Sins of Casanova
Film · 1954
An American in Rome
Film · 1954
The Bob Hope Show
Series · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950