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. 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. Her
other films include The Southern Star, Fun in Acapulco, She, The 10th
Victim, The Blue Max, Perfect Friday, The Sensuous Nurse, Slave of the
Cannibal God, The Fifth Musketeer and Clash of the Titans.Andress, the
third of six children, was born in Ostermundigen, Canton of Bern,
Switzerland to Anna, a landscape gardener of French and Italian
descent, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat. She has a brother, Heinz
and four sisters, Erika, Charlotte, Gisela and KÃ tey.She went to
school in Bern until she was 16 and speaks several languages including
French, German and Italian. She studied art in Paris for a year, then
went to Rome, where she did jobs such as nannying children.
actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American,
British and Italian films. 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. Her
other films include The Southern Star, Fun in Acapulco, She, The 10th
Victim, The Blue Max, Perfect Friday, The Sensuous Nurse, Slave of the
Cannibal God, The Fifth Musketeer and Clash of the Titans.Andress, the
third of six children, was born in Ostermundigen, Canton of Bern,
Switzerland to Anna, a landscape gardener of French and Italian
descent, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat. She has a brother, Heinz
and four sisters, Erika, Charlotte, Gisela and KÃ tey.She went to
school in Bern until she was 16 and speaks several languages including
French, German and Italian. She studied art in Paris for a year, then
went to Rome, where she did jobs such as nannying children.
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