Ursula Andress was born on March 19, 1936 in
Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland.
Becoming a first real Bond Girl is really how
Ursula Andress got her start in the 1962 James Bond movie
DR. NO playing opposite Sean Connery. Ursula Andress made
the white bikini famous. This role also made her the sexy
icon that all the big stars wanted including Elvis Presley,
Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Andress has
been cast with all of them at least once.
Because Ursula Andress had such a strong accent
they had to dub her voice in the 1962 Bond movie DR. NO.
Ursula Andress is the only actress to appear
in the first James Bond movie DR NO in 1962, then a unoffical
James Bond film CASINO ROYAL in 1967. Ursula Andress also
has a character in the James Bond Novel On Her Majesty's Secret
Service.
John Derek and Ursula Andress were married in
1957, even after their divorce in 1966 to couple remain good
firends until John's death.
In 1965 Ursula Andress and John Derek co-starred
in NIGHTMARE IN THE SUN.
Even though they never married Ursula Andress
lived with Harry Hamlin, having one son together in 1980.
Hamlin and Andress wokred on the set of CLASH OF THE TITANS
together in 1981.
In 1995 Ursula Andress was chosen by Empire
magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history she
was #53.
The all star cast of WHAT NEW PUSSYCAT had Ursula
Andress as one of the many sex symbols in this sexual movie.
The TV movie THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS,
Ursula Andress is portrayed by Heidi Klum in 2004.
Playing the wife of an aristocratic German general
in World War I, Ursula Andress played the part perfectly in
THE BLUE MAX in 1966.
Ursula Andress's other notable credits include...
