Ursula Andress
Ursula Andress in 2006
Birth name	Ursula Andress
Born	March 19, 1936 (1936-03-19) (age 71) Berne, Switzerland
Notable roles	Honey Rider in Dr. No, Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale

Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress and a major sex symbol of the 1960s. She is best known for her role as the first Bond girl. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2112 × 2816 pixel, file size: 1,014 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ursula Andress Metadata This file... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Berne (German   , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna , Bernese German Bärn ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland and the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ... Honeychile Rider is a fictional character in Ian Flemings James Bond novel Dr. No. ... Dr. No is the first James Bond film in the official EON Productions series, and the first to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent James Bond. ... Vesper Lynd is a fictional character of Ian Flemings James Bond novel Casino Royale. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Bond Girl Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majestys Secret Service. ...

Biography

Ursula Andress was born in Ostermundigen, Berne, Switzerland, to a Swiss mother and a German father. Her father, Rolf Andress, was a German diplomat. He disappeared during World War II. Andress has four sisters and one brother. She is fluent in English, French, Italian, and German. Ostermundigen is a municipality in the district of Bern, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Berne (German   , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna , Bernese German Bärn ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland and the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ...

Andress started her career as an art model in Rome, which led to her first roles in the active Italian movie industry. 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 and tossing back her blonde hair. (The combination of sea, shells, and a stunning beauty has led some critics to trace the inspiration for this scene to Botticelli's The Birth of Venus.) Spoiler warning: Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, the first Bond girl. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Dr. No is the first James Bond film in the official EON Productions series, and the first to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent James Bond. ... The Savior Not Made By Hands (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek εικων, eikon, image) is an artistic visual representation or symbol of anything considered holy and divine, such as God, saints or deities. ... Map of Central America and the Caribbean Caribbean Sea from space (top left). ... bikini briefs, from Roman London. ... Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. ... Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (little barrel) (March 1, 1445 – May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of the Florentine school during the Early Renaissance (Quattrocento). ... The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli. ...

Andress has been considered the first and best Bond Girl by fans. In 1963, she won a Golden Globe for Best Promising Newcomer (Female). Bond Girl Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Ursula Andress as Vesper Lynd with Peter Sellers as James Bond in Casino Royale

Andress co-starred with the king of rock 'n' roll Elvis Presley in the 1963 film, Fun in Acapulco and she also appeared in the parody Bond movie Casino Royale (1967) as Vesper Lynd, an 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. Image File history File links Casinoroyale11. ... Image File history File links Casinoroyale11. ... Vesper Lynd is a fictional character of Ian Flemings James Bond novel Casino Royale. ... Richard Henry Peter Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English comedian, actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show and later became a film star. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Fun in Acapulco is a 1963 American motion picture starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Spy and secret agent redirect here; for alternate use, see Spy (disambiguation) and Secret agent (disambiguation). ... Richard Henry Peter Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English comedian, actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show and later became a film star. ... Monica van der Zyl (Nikki van der Zyl), 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). ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

In 1965, she posed nude for a picture for Playboy. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The first issue of Playboy. ...

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Personal life

She was married in 1957 to actor/director John Derek. The marriage ended in divorce in 1966 due to her well-publicized love affair with French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. Andress dated many of Hollywood's leading men including co-stars Sean Connery, Marlon Brando and James Dean. In 1981, she had a son, Dimitri, with American actor Harry Hamlin, her co-star in the film Clash of the Titans. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Derek in the 1980s John Derek (born August 12, 1926; died May 22, 1998) was an American actor, director and photographer most famous for the women to whom he was married. ... For the record label, see Divorce Records. ... Jean-Paul Belmondo (nicknamed Bébel) (born April 9, 1933 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of Paris), is a French actor. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in a number of films. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor. ... Harry Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American actor. ... Clash of the Titans is a 1981 fantasy movie based on the myth of the Perseus. ...

Quotes

• "If the role demands it, then naturally I will remove my clothes."

• "This bikini made me a success."

• "Bond, will you come back? Well, yes, I'm alone in this island, and you seem familiar to me."

Trivia

In the 1963 James Bond novel, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, she is mentioned as a famous actress, reflecting the fact that Ian Fleming thought she did a good job (this was the first Bond book written after the first Bond movie). For the James Bond film, see On Her Majestys Secret Service (film). ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Naval Officer. ...

In 1995, Ursula Andress was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in film history." 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Emap Consumer Media since July 1989. ...

In 2003, in a UK Survey by Channel 4, her entrance in Dr. No was voted #1 in "the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments." 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... Dr. No is the first James Bond film in the official EON Productions series, and the first to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent James Bond. ...

In 2004, Selma Blair played Caprice whose stage name was Ursula Udders, a possible play on Ursula Andress^{[citation needed]}. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Selma Blair Beitner (born on June 23, 1972) is an American actress. ...

Select Filmography

For more details on this topic, see Ursula Andress filmography.

External links

• Ursula Andress at the Internet Movie Database
• Ursula Andress at the Notable Names Database
• Ursula Andress at TV.com
• Ursula Andress webpage
• Ursula Andress on CultSirens.com