Ursula Andress
Acting
Born: Mar 19, 1936
From: Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland
Credits: 30 titles
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, …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cave of the Golden Rose 4 | Xellesia | 1994 | 6.287 |
| The Cave of the Golden Rose 3 | Xellesia | 1993 | 6.29 |
| Liberté, égalité, choucroute | Marie-Antoinette | 1985 | 5.933 |
| Famous T & A | Susan Stevenson (archive footage) | 1982 | 5.4 |
| Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames | Mabel Dodge | 1982 | 4.2 |
| Clash of the Titans | Aphrodite | 1981 | 6.902 |
| The Fifth Musketeer | Louise de La Vallière | 1979 | 4.882 |
| Tigers in Lipstick | The Stroller / The Widow | 1979 | 4.393 |
| Slave of the Cannibal God | Susan Stevenson | 1978 | 5.197 |
| The Loves and Times of Scaramouche | Josephine De Beauharnais | 1976 | 3.286 |
| Safari Express | Miriam | 1976 | 5.056 |
| The Sensuous Nurse | Anna | 1975 | 5.167 |
| Africa Express | Madeleine Cooper | 1975 | 4.737 |
| Loaded Guns | Nora Green | 1975 | 5.081 |
| Two hearts, a Chapel | Ursula Andress (uncredited) | 1975 | 5.25 |
| Red Sun | Cristina | 1971 | 6.834 |
| Perfect Friday | Lady Britt Dorset | 1970 | 6.242 |
| The Southern Star | Erica Kramer | 1969 | 5.846 |
| Anyone Can Play | Norma | 1967 | 4.563 |
| Casino Royale | Vesper Lynd | 1967 | 5.256 |
| The Blue Max | Countess Kaeti von Klugermann | 1966 | 6.761 |
| Once Before I Die | Alex | 1966 | 3.4 |
| What's New Pussycat? | Rita | 1965 | 6.015 |
| Up to His Ears | Alexandrine Pinardel | 1965 | 7.075 |
| She | Ayesha | 1965 | 5.593 |
| The 10th Victim | Caroline Meredith | 1965 | 6.634 |
| Nightmare in the Sun | Marsha Wilson | 1965 | 3.0 |
| 4 for Texas | Maxine Richter | 1963 | 5.1 |
| Fun in Acapulco | Marguerita Dauphin | 1963 | 5.938 |
| Dr. No | Honey Ryder | 1962 | 6.986 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1936 |
| From | Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland |