Ursula Andress (born March 19, 1936) is a Swiss actress and a major sex symbol of the 1960s. She is best known for her roles as Bond girl Honey Rider in Dr. No and as Vesper Lynd in the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale.
Andress was born in Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland, the daughter of Anna, who was Swiss, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat who was expelled from Switzerland for political reasons. Andress has four sisters and one brother. S...
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Ursula Andress (born March 19, 1936) is a Swiss actress and a major sex symbol of the 1960s. She is best known for her roles as Bond girl Honey Rider in Dr. No and as Vesper Lynd in the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale.
Andress was born in Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland, the daughter of Anna, who was Swiss, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat who was expelled from Switzerland for political reasons. Andress has four sisters and one brother. She is fluent in English, French, Italian, and German. The young Andress started her career as an art model in Rome, which led to her first roles in the Italian movie industry.
Andress became famous as Honey Rider, a shell diver and James Bond's object of desire in Dr. No (1962), the first Bond movie. In a well-known scene, she rises out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini. The scene made Andress the "quintessential" Bond girl, and is now considered iconic. "My entrance in the film wearing the bikini on that beautiful beach made me world...
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