In the city of Bern, Switzerland was born on March 19, 1936 Ursula Andress, a beautiful woman daughter of German parents.
While still very young and during a trip to Italy, he was able to enter the cinema when he appeared in The Adventures of Giacomo Casanova in 1954. That same year, the beautiful Úrsula also participated in the film An American in Rome
Due to her great beauty, it was easy for her to become known and enter the world of Hollywood, but before she could be the star of any production, she married the actor John derek in 1957.
She would soon become a well-known actress by giving life to the first Bond girl, Honey Ryder, in 007 against Doctor No. Ursula came out of the sea wearing her brand new white bikini before meeting James Bond, starring the actor. Sean Connery.
This role would be enough for the beautiful girl to immediately become one of the greatest sex-symbols of world cinema of those years, and all the American and British production companies wanted to have it in their films.
In 1963 he appeared in El Ídolo de Acapulco where he shared the limelight with Elvis presley, this would be his first American film and later he would be in Four Texas Guys with Frank Sinatra and How About Pussycat? where he shared credits with Peter Sellers and Peter O’Toole.
She also had the opportunity to work alongside her husband John derek in 1964 in the film Nightmare under the Sun and in Once before I die.
When he traveled to Europe he continued his career and appeared in She, the goddess of fire, in Victim # 10 in The Tribulations of a Chinese in China and later he was in the parody of the James Bond Casino Royale.
Andress had many loves before and after her marriage to Derek. In 1966 he ended his marriage contract and although he never remarried, he had affairs with Marlon Brando, James Dean, he was with Peter O’Toole and with Ryan O’Neil.
Úrsula enjoyed and was very fond of appearing naked in the pages of Playboy magazine, a situation that caused her more than one conflict when she was married.
When the 70s arrived, he worked for film and television, made some films in Italy and other European countries, notably Fifty Million and a Woman, Africa Express and The Fifth Musketeer.
Almost at the end of the seventies, Úrsula was romantically linked to the young actor Harry Hamlin, popular for his participation in the series “The Law of Los Angeles.” Although the relationship was very short, the actress got pregnant and had with him his only son.
In 1981, after appearing in the film Clash of the Titans, Úrsula Andress decided to retire from the cinema and rest at home watching her son grow up.