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NAME:
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Ursula Andress |
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Name: Ursula Andress
Height: 5' 5''
Sex: F
Nationality: Swiss
Birth Date: March 19, 1936
Birth Place: Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland
Profession: actress
Husband/Wife: John Derek (director, actor; b. August 12 , 1926; married in 1957; divorced in 1966; died of heart failure May 22, 1998, at age 71)
Relationship: Harry Hamlin (actor; b. October 30 , 1951; met on the set of Clash of the Titans (1979); father of Andress' son Dimitri), Fausto Fagone (1988-1991), Lorenzo Rispoli
Father: Rolf Andress (diplomat)
Mother: Anna Andress
Son: Dimitri Alexander Hamlin (father: Harry Hamlin; b. May 19, 1980)
Claim to fame: As the first Bond Girl: Honey Rider in Dr. No (1962)
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- Became an international sensation through her bikini-clad appearance as Honey Rider in the first James Bond picture DR. NO (1962), a role for which she was paid $10,000.
- Has been voted the sexiest Bond girl ever, 39 years after she starred in DR. NO.
- Before James Bond movie, she had been appearing in European films, mostly Italian, since 1954 (Le Avventure di Giacomo Casanova). FUN IN ACAPULCO was her first American-made film. Her film career never really took off after these two films, although she continues to make appearances in both European and American films.
- Gave birth to her son when she was 44 years old.
- First sought out film work while on a holiday to Rome (she later insisted that the producers came to her first).
- Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#53). (1995)
- Even after their divorce, Ursula and John Derek remained friends up until his death.
- At one time there was actually talk of two former Mrs. Dereks (Ursula and Bo Derek) starring in a movie together, with Bo playing Ursula's daughter.
- Often referred to as the definitive Bond Girl, as her appearance in DR. NO (1962) made her the first in a long line of famous and not-so-famous actresses to add Bond Girl status to their resumes by appearing in the James Bond series of films.
- Is the only actor to appear in a canon Bond movie (DR NO (1962)), an unofficial Bond film (CASINO ROYALE (1967)) and also appear as a character in a Bond novel (On Her Majesty's Secret Service).
- Fluent in English, French, Italian, German and Swiss-German.
- In the filming of Dr No, her voice was dubbed, due to her strongly accented voice.
- Was paid $10,000 for DR. NO (1962)
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