Andress, Ursula

Ursula Andress was born on March 19, 1936 in Ostermundigen , near the Swiss capital Bern . The daughter of a German, an employee of the German Embassy in Bern, Rolf Andress and a Swiss. During the war, my father disappeared without a trace. She was one of six children.

Career

At the age of 17, she fled to Rome with a French actor, after which her parents turned for help in searching for Interpol . After this incident, she decided to go to the cinema, getting a job at the Cinecitta studio, thanks to which she starred in extras.

At the end of school, she studied art and dance in Paris . After that, she worked as a photo model in Rome, where Marlon Brando noticed her and offered to try herself in the cinema. Soon received a contract in London , allowing her to penetrate Hollywood and plan work with the studio Columbia Pictures .

However, Ursula never starred in any of the studio's films, while paying a penalty to the company. The reason for such circumstances was the acquaintance and the wedding with actor John Derek , which took place in 1957.

She became truly famous after participating in 1962 in the first James Bond film " Doctor Nou ", in which she played the main female role as a diver for shells. It is still considered one of the most sexy girls in James Bond. Her access to the beach in a white bikini from the sea was compared with Botticelli's “ Birth of Venus ”. At the same time, she had an artificial tan in the film, another actress was involved in voicing her role, and she received only 10 thousand dollars for her role, although her white bikini swimsuit that became famous was sold at a 2001 auction for £ 35,000.

In 1963, she starred in The Fours of Texas Western with Anita Ekberg , Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin . In the same year, her partner was Elvis Presley , who played in the movie " Acapulco Party " of an invalid acrobat. The year 1964 was marked by a role in the movie Nightmare Under the Sun , set by her husband.

In 1965, the comedy " What's New, Kitty?" ", In which she starred with Peter Sellers , Peter O'Toole and Woody Allen . In the same year, Ursula took part in the filming of the sci-fi film “ The Tenth Victim ” along with Marcello Mastroianni . In the same year, the films She was produced by Hammer Studios and Chinese Misadventures in China , directed by Philippe Brock, where she met Jean-Paul Belmondo , who divorced her husband in 1966. There was a case when Ursula even tried to cut her veins after learning about Belmondo's betrayal.

In 1968 she starred in Casino Royale , a parody of James Bond paintings, and in 1970 in the Red Sun Western.

Since the mid-1970s, she starred mainly in Europe, in particular in Italy . So, in 1975, she starred in the movie “ Motel Statlan ” (filming took place in Montreal), in 1978 - in a horror film about the cannibals “ God of the Eaters ”, which caused a certain public outcry and where she can be seen completely naked and tied to a tree.

In 1981, she starred in the movie “ Clash of the Titans ”, playing the goddess Aphrodite . During the filming, the actress met actor Harry Hamlin , who was almost twice her age. The actor became the father of her child, who was born in May 1980. However, their relationship did not last long.

In 1982, she played in the film Sergei Bondarchuk " Red Bells ". Subsequently starred in minor television films.

Personal life

The first Hollywood novel for Ursula Andress was a connection with James Dean shortly before his death in 1955 ^[4] . Dean wanted to marry Andress, but, according to the actress, "it was easy to love him, but not to get married." In the same year, the actress began a relationship with director John Derek . For her sake, Derek left his family and in 1957 married Andress. In 1963 they divorced, and in 1966 their marriage was officially divorced ^[5] . Andress left Derek for Belmondo , with whom she lived for the next eight years, and who, by her own admission, became the love of her life ^[4] .

• 1964 - Golden Globe - Best Actress Debut in a Female Role (for the film Dr. No )