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Encyclopedia > Honey Rider
James Bond character
Honey Ryder
Gender Female
Role Bond girl
Affiliation Shell diver
Current status Active
Portrayed by Ursula Andress

Honeychile Rider is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Dr. No. In the 1962 Bond film of the same name, her name was shortened and changed to Honey Ryder. In the film she is played by Swiss actress Ursula Andress and due to her heavy accent was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Image File history File links Ursula3. ... Look up Female in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bond Girl Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in the film Dr. No. ... Alice, a fictional character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author and journalist as well as Second World War Naval Officer, best remembered for writing the series of novels featuring the character James Bond, as well as the childrens story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Dr. No can refer to a number of things Dr. No (novel), the 1958 novel by Ian Fleming on his inspirational character James Bond Dr. No (film), the first James Bond film, starring Sean Connery. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in the film Dr. No. ... Nikki van der Zyl (also known as Monica van der Zyl) is a voice-actress most famous for providing the voice of Ursula Andress in the movie Dr. No (Diana Coupland, however, provided the singing voice of Ursula Andress). ...


In the film series, Rider is widely regarded as the first Bond girl, although she is not the first woman in the film to be with Bond (that distinction belongs to Sylvia Trench, while Miss Taro was Bond's first mission-related "conquest"). Her entrance in the film, emerging from the ocean in a white bikini, is considered a classic James Bond moment and a popular scene in cinema history. As an homage, Halle Berry performed a similar scene in an orange bikini in the 20th James Bond film, Die Another Day. Mariah Carey also references this scene in the music video for her song "Honey." Bond Girl Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... Missing image Image:Eunice_gayson. ... Miss Taro is a fictional James Bond character from the first film in the series Dr. No. ... For a description of the medieval homage ceremony see commendation ceremony Homage is generally used in modern English to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom you feel indebted. ... Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966[1]) is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model and beauty queen. ... Die Another Day is a James Bond film made by EON Productions and the fourth and final film to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Flemings James Bond. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. ... Honey is a song co-written and co-produced by American singer Mariah Carey, Puff Daddy, Stevie J, and Q-Tip (listed in credits as The Ummah), and recorded for Careys seventh album Butterfly (1997). ...


The character was later mentioned by name in On Her Majesty's Secret Service as a "beautiful movie star." Andress is the first of only two entertainers that have actually starred in a Bond film to be mentioned by Fleming in his James Bond novels. The other is David Niven who co-starred as James Bond in the 1967 film adaptation of Casino Royale along with Andress. For the James Bond film, see On Her Majestys Secret Service (film). ... David Niven (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983) was an Academy Award-winning British actor. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...


Biography

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Novel

Rider is a Jamaican shell diver. She was orphaned at the age of 5 when her parents' house was burned down. She then lived with her nanny in a cellar until she was 15, when her nanny died. Rider reveals that she was also raped as a young girl.


Rider is an independent and very beautiful woman, with the minor imperfection of a broken nose. She became a shell diver near Crab Key in order to make enough money to have her nose fixed. On Crab Key she meets James Bond and is later captured by Dr. Julius No, who attempts to kill her by tying her to some rocks and allowing crabs to eat her. However, she escapes, meets up with Bond and leaves the island. It is implied in the book that she and Bond will later vacation to New York City, where Bond plans to help her find work in a museum and also plans to get her nose fixed. Crab Key is fictional island off the coast of Jamaica that served as a criminal stronghold in the first James Bond movie, Dr. No. ... Dr. Julius No is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Dr. No. ... Superfamilies Dromiacea Homolodromioidea Dromioidea Homoloidea Eubrachyura Raninoidea Cyclodorippoidea Dorippoidea Calappoidea Leucosioidea Majoidea Hymenosomatoidea Parthenopoidea Retroplumoidea Cancroidea Portunoidea Bythograeoidea Xanthoidea Bellioidea Potamoidea Pseudothelphusoidea Gecarcinucoidea Cryptochiroidea Pinnotheroidea * Ocypodoidea * Grapsoidea * An asterisk (*) marks the crabs included in the clade Thoracotremata. ... New York, NY redirects here. ...


Honey Ryder also felt one with nature. She told Bond that she had read the entire encyclopedia. She expressed great value of life, animal and human. This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...


In later novels, Bond divulges that Honeychile moved to Philadelphia, where she married a doctor by the name of Wilder and had two children by him. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government...


Film

Likewise with the novel, Rider is a very independent woman claiming to not need any help from anyone. Resourceful and courageous, she states that she can defend herself against any hostile when she first meets Bond. Although she is at first wary of Bond, he is allowed to get closer when he comments that his actions are honorable.


Rider was orphaned when her father, a marine biologist, died mysteriously while exploring Crab Key. She tells Bond that after her father was killed, the landlord where she was staying raped her. Bond is shocked to hear she got her revenge by putting a black widow spider under his mosquito net, taking him a whole week to die. Revenge or vengeance or retribution consists primarily of retaliation against a person or group in response to a perceived wrongdoing. ... The black widow spider (Latrodectus spp. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


She is captured by Dr. Julius No along with Bond while on Crab Key island, where No attempts to drown her. She is freed by Bond, with whom she escapes the island.



 

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