Ursula Andress Biography
Born: March 19, 1936
Born in Switzerland to German parents, Ursula Andress first sought out film work while on a holiday to Rome (she later insisted that the producers came to her first). After a string of cheap films, Andress was brought to the U.S. as the New Dietrich, although the only things she actually had in common with Marlene_Dietrich were German heritage and a magnificent legs. In 1957, Andress married American actor John_Derek, who supervised every aspect of her career in much the same way that he'd later mold Bo_Derek. The marriage ended unhappily, although the couple remained friends. She became an international sensation through her bikini-clad appearance as Honey Rider in the first James_Bond movie Dr._No (1962), a role for which she was paid 10,000 dollars. Within a year, Andress was sharing billings with Frank_Sinatra and Dean_Martin in Four for Texas, and Elvis_Presley in Fun in Acapulco (both 1963); she also posed for a now much-sought-after nude layout in Playboy magazine. After this her burst of super-celebrity, Andress settled into a series of increasingly humdrum films. During the making of 1981's Clash of the Titans, she linked up with the film's much younger leading man Harry_Hamlin, who became the father of her child. Although Andress continued to make movies in the 1980s and '90s, she remained what she was in 1962: a stunning beauty of modest talents. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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