Ursula Andress
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Born | Ostermundigen, Switzerland |
19 March 1936
Nationality | Swiss |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1954–2005 |
Spouse(s) | John Derek (m. 1957; div. 1966) |
Partner(s) | Jean-Paul Belmondo (1965-1972) Fabio Testi (1973-1976) Harry Hamlin (1979–1983) |
Children | Dimitri Hamlin (b. 1980) |
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss film and television actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American, British and Italian films.[1] She is best known for her breakthrough role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No. She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the Bond-parody Casino Royale.
Background
Andress, the third of six children, was born in Ostermundigen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland to Anna, who was Swiss, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat who was expelled from Switzerland for political reasons. He disappeared during World War II.[2] She has a brother and four sisters, including Katey Andress, who had a brief modeling career in the mid-1960s.
Career
Andress became famous as Honey Ryder, a shell diver and James Bond's woman of desire in Dr. No (1962), the first Bond movie.[3] In what became an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history,[4][5][6] she rose out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini sporting a large diving knife on her hip. Due to her heavy Swiss-German accent, her character's voice was provided by Nikki van der Zyl,[7] while the calypso was sung by Diana Coupland.[8] The scene made Andress a "quintessential" Bond girl.[9][10] Andress later said that she owed her career to that white bikini: "This bikini made me into a success. As a result of starring in Dr. No as the first Bond girl, I was given the freedom to take my pick of future roles and to become financially independent."[4][11] The bikini she wore in the film sold at auction in 2001 for £41,125 ($59,755).[12][13] In 2003, in a UK Survey by Channel 4, her entrance in Dr. No was voted #1 in "the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments".[14] Andress won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in 1964 for her appearance in the film.[15]
Andress co-starred with Elvis Presley in the 1963 musical film Fun in Acapulco, with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in 4 for Texas (1963), opposite Marcello Mastroianni in The 10th Victim (1965), alongside John Richardson in She (1965), and as the countess in The Blue Max (1966). She also appeared in the Bond satire Casino Royale (1967) as Vesper Lynd, an occasional spy who persuades Evelyn Tremble, played by Peter Sellers, to carry out a mission. Later, she worked with fellow former Bond girls Claudine Auger in Anyone Can Play (1968), Barbara Bach in Stateline Motel (1975), and Luciana Paluzzi in The Sensuous Nurse (1975).
In 1965, she posed nude for Playboy; it would be the first of eight times she posed for the magazine.[16] When asked why she had agreed to do the Playboy shoot, Andress replied coolly, "Because I'm beautiful."[17] She went on to appear nude or semi-nude in 9 of her 14 film roles between 1969 and 1979, earning her the nickname "Ursula Undress."[18]
Other films from this period of her career include the West African diamond-searching adventure The Southern Star (1969) with George Seagal, the crime caper Perfect Friday (1970) with Stanley Baker, the western Red Sun (1972) with Charles Bronson and Alain Delon, as Joséphine de Beauharnais in the swashbuckling spoof The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976) with Michael Sarrazin, the cult favorite Slave of the Cannibal God (1978) with Stacey Keach, and as Louise de La Vallière in The Fifth Musketeer (1979) with Beau Bridges.
She played Aphrodite in 1981's Clash of the Titans, where she worked with Laurence Olivier. During the making of the film, Andress linked up with leading man Harry Hamlin, who became the father of her child. In 1982, she portrayed Mabel Dodge in the adventure-drama film Red Bells. On television, she participated in the 1986 Emmy-winning miniseries Peter the Great, and joined the cast of the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest for a three-episode arc in 1988.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, her acting appearances have been rare. In 1995, Andress was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in film history." Her last role to date was playing "Madonna" in the low-budget 2005 Swiss feature de (English title: The Bird Preachers).
Personal life
Andress dated film icon James Dean shortly before his death in 1955.[19] That same year, she began an affair with actor/director John Derek,[20] a married father-of-two who walked out on his wife, Pati Behrs, and their family to be with 19-year-old Andress.[20] They wed in 1957 in Las Vegas, but divorced in 1966 after Andress became romantically involved with Jean-Paul Belmondo[19] while filming Up to His Ears (1965) in Malaysia. She and Belmondo lived together until 1972.[21] One of her longest romances was with Fabio Testi, with whom she lived for several years and co-starred in the 1975 Canadian film Stateline Motel.[22] Andress was in a relationship with American actor Harry Hamlin after meeting on the set of Clash of the Titans in 1979.[23] She and Hamlin had a son, Dimitri, in 1980.[24] Although an engagement was announced,[25] the couple never married.[26] They broke up in 1983.[27] After her son's birth, Andress scaled back her career, which focused mostly on European TV and films. She later dated Brazilian soccer player Paulo Roberto Falcão. Andress was also involved with a Tunisian man in her early years. She is a close friend of actress Linda Evans and accompanied Evans when she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986.[28]
On 18 May 2006, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Swiss Consulate General in Scotland, Andress celebrated her 70th birthday on board the Royal Yacht Britannia in Edinburgh in the company of an international crowd of celebrities.
Filmography
Film | Year | Role | Notes |
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Un americano a Roma | 1954 | Astrid | Uncredited |
La catena dell'odio | 1955 | N/A | |
Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova | 1955 | ||
Thriller | 1962 | Luana | TV series; episode: "La Strega" |
Dr. No | 1962 | Honey Ryder | Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress |
Fun in Acapulco | 1963 | Marguerita Dauphin | |
4 for Texas | 1963 | Maxine Richter | |
Nightmare in the Sun | 1965 | Marsha Wilson | |
She | 1965 | Ayesha | |
What's New Pussycat? | 1965 | Rita | |
Up to His Ears | 1965 | Alexandrine Pinardel | |
The 10th Victim | 1965 | Caroline Meredith | |
The Blue Max | 1966 | Countess Kaeti von Klugermann | |
Once Before I Die | 1966 | Alex | |
Casino Royale | 1967 | Vesper Lynd/007 | |
Anyone Can Play | 1968 | Norma | |
The Southern Star | 1969 | Erica Kramer | |
Perfect Friday | 1970 | Lady Britt Dorset | |
Red Sun | 1971 | Cristina | |
Loaded Guns | 1974 | Nora Green | |
Stateline Motel | 1975 | Michelle Nolton | |
Africa Express | 1975 | Madeleine Cooper | |
The Sensuous Nurse | 1975 | Anna | |
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche | 1976 | Joséphine de Beauharnais | |
Sex with a Smile II | 1976 | Marina | |
Safari Express | 1977 | Miriam | |
Double Murder | 1978 | Principessa Dell'Orso | |
Slave of the Cannibal God | 1978 | Susan Stevenson | |
The Fifth Musketeer | 1979 | Louise de La Vallière | |
Tigers in Lipstick | 1979 | The Stroller/The Widow | |
Clash of the Titans | 1981 | Aphrodite | |
Red Bells | 1982 | Mabel Dodge | |
Manimal | 1983 | Karen | TV series |
The Love Boat | 1983 | Carole Stanton | TV series |
fr | 1985 | Marie Antoinette | |
Peter the Great | 1986 | Athalie | TV mini-series |
Falcon Crest | 1988 | Madame Malec | TV series |
Il Professore – Diva | 1988 | Susy Kaminski | TV movie |
de | 1988 | Agnes | |
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders | 1989 | Betty Starr | TV movie |
Ti ho adottato per simpatia | 1991 | TV movie | |
Fantaghirò 3 | 1993 | Xellesia | TV movie |
Fantaghirò 4 | 1994 | Xellesia | TV movie |
Alles gelogen | 1996 | ||
Cremaster 5 | 1997 | Queen of Chain | |
de | 2005 | Madonna |
References
- ↑ Tom Lisanti, Louis Paul (2002). Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962–1973. McFarland. p. 38. ISBN 0-7864-1194-5.
- ↑ Mark Anstead (7 December 2002). Bond girl who made a killing. The Guardian. Accessed 30 June 2008.
- ↑ Dr No bikini for sale (12 January 2001). BBC News. Accessed 16 February 2008.
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- ↑ Wright, Stephen. (21 September 2012) Bond's secret girl: Unknown artist dubbed the voices of 007's best-known beauties – but now she's banned from the movies spy's 50th birthday party! | Daily Mail Online. Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved on 2015-07-09.
- ↑ Actress Diana Coupland dies at 74 (10 November 2006). BBC News. Accessed 16 February 2008.
- ↑ Rebecca Thomas (19 November 1999). One girl is not enough. BBC News. Accessed 16 February 2008.
- ↑ Kathryn Westcott (5 July 2006). The bikini: Not a brief affair. BBC News. Accessed 16 February 2008.
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- ↑ Bond bikini sells for £35,000 (14 February 2001). BBC News. Accessed 16 February 2008.
- ↑ Christie's Auction Result (14 February 2001). Christie's Auction. Accessed 16 June 2012.
- ↑ Andress scene voted 'most sexy' (30 November 2003). BBC News. Accessed 16 February 2008.
- ↑ Ursula Andress. GoldenGlobes.org. Accessed 18 February 2008.
- ↑ Ursula Andress Playboy.co.uk.
- ↑ Julie Burchill (10 October 2011). Selling sex... why be coy about it?. The Independent. Accessed 10 October 2011.
- ↑ Dan Lewis (29 August 1972). 'Andress on Undress: Hollywood Overdoes It. Sarasota Journal. Accessed 18 March 2015.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Page Six (9 January 1986). Kiss & Tell. New Straits Times.
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- ↑ Earl Wilson (16 July 1972). It Happened Last Night. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
- ↑ Hollywood (Nana) (22 June 1977). Ursula Andress Lonely, Living Like a Saint. Sarasota Journal.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.9 April 1984. Retrieved on 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Logan Bentley (5 May 1980). Urged by Her 28-Year-Old Lover, Harry Hamlin, Ursula Andress Faces Motherhood at 44. People. Accessed 14 December 2010.
- ↑ Associated Press (April 28, 1980). Ursula to wed after baby is born in May. The Free Lance-Star.
- ↑ David Wallace (4 July 1983).'I Want to Be with Him,' Says Ursula Andress, but Harry Hamlin Just Wants to Be on His Own. People. Accessed 14 December 2010.
- ↑ Vince Leonard (29 June 1983). Ursula, Hamlin Split. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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