Ursula Andress, Muchas son las actrices que han lucido palmito con biquini en una película, pero pocas han conseguido alimentar tantos sueños eróticos como Ursula Andress en Dr. No (1962) .

Ursula Andress

 

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Las chicas Bond, con sus esculturales cuerpos y destrezas físicas, han sido parte fundamental de las películas del agente 007. Sean villanas o heroínas, han cautivado al mítico James Bond y al resto del público masculino con sus encantos.

En vísperas del estreno de la nueva entrega de la franquicia titulada Spectre, hacemos un recuento de las 10 Chicas Bond más sensuales de todos los tiempos.

1. Ursula Andress en Dr. No (1962)

Andress causó sensación con el papel de Honey Ryder. La escena de actriz saliendo del mar con un bikini blanco y un cinturón militar, se convirtió en una de las más memorables del cine.

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La actriz británica es recordada por interpretar uno de los momentos más sensuales de la franquicia de James Bond, cuando su personaje de Jimm Masterson es asesinado por Auric Goldfinger al cubrir su cuerpo desnudo con pintura dorada.

3. Luciana Paluzzi en Thunderball (1965)

Aunque en un principio la actriz italiana aplicó para interpretar a Dominetta “Domino” Petacchi, obtuvo el papel de la villana Fiona Volpe.

4. Jill St. John en Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Fue la primera actriz americana en interpretar a una chica Bond con su papel de Tiffany Case.

5. Barbara Bach en The Spy Who Loved Me (1983)

La entonces esposa de Ringo Starr, se convirtió en un sex symbol internacional cuando interpretó a Anya Amasova, apodada agente XXX.

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6. Izabella Scorupco en GoldeEye (1995)

La modelo sueca hizo el papel de la rusa Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova, una programadora con gran destreza para el uso de las armas.

7. Sophie Marceau en The World Is Not Enough (1999)

La villana Elektra King no solo supo cómo hacer sus fechorías, sino que además se robó el corazón del agente 007, quien se enamora de ella gracias a sus manipulaciones.

Con el personaje de Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson, Berry usó un bikini naranja con un cinturón para cuchillos, que evocaba al usado por Honey Ryder en la cinta de 1962.

9. Eva Green en Casino Royale (2006)

Vesper Lynd fue otra villana que con sus seductores ojos verdes, logró que el agente secreto sucumbiera ante su belleza.

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10. Bérénice Marlohe en Skyfall (2012)

Marlohe confesó que consiguió la inspiración para interpretar a la malvada Sévérine en la antiheroína de Golden

Ursula Andress was born in the Swiss canton of Berne on March 19, 1936, one of six children in a German Protestant family. Although often seeming icily aloof, a restless streak early demonstrated itself in her personality, and she had a desire to explore the world outside Switzerland. The stunning young woman ran away from home at the tender age of 17, found work as an art model in Rome and did walk-ons in three quickie Italian films before coming to the Hollywood. At 19, she met matinée idol John Derek, who left his first wife and two children to marry Ursula in 1957, despite the fact that she only spoke a few words of English at the time, and persuaded the new bride to postpone her acting ambitions for several years thereafter.

The year 1962 saw the unknown Swiss beauty back on the set, playing a small role in the first movie version of Ian Fleming's fanciful "James Bond" espionaje novels, Agente 007 contra el doctor No (1962), opposite Sean Connery. Because her Swiss/German accent was so strong, Andress' entire performance had to be dubbed by a voiceover artist. Nevertheless, her striking beauty and smoldering screen presence made a strong impression on moviegoers, immediately establishing her as one of the most desired women in the world and as an ornament to put on-screen alongside some of the most bankable talent of the era, such as Elvis Presley in El ídolo de Acapulco (1963) and Dean Martin in Cuatro tíos de Texas (1963). In 1965, she was one of several European starlets to co-star in ¿Qué tal, Pussycat? (1965) -- a film that perhaps sums up mid-'60s pop culture better than any other -- written by Woody Allen, starring Allen and Peter Sellers, with music by Burt Bacharach, a title song performed by Tom Jones and much on-screen sexual romping.

Andress appeared in many more racy-for-their time movies in both the United States and Europe from the mid-'60s to the late '70s, including La víctima número diez (1965), in which she wears a famously ballistic bra; Las águilas azules (1966), where she is aptly cast as the sultry, insatiable wife of an aristocratic World War I German general;Casino Royale (1967), a satirical foray into the world of James Bond; Problemas extraconyugales (1968), about a group of serially adulterous girlfriends; La estrella del sur (1969), in which she plays the adventurous, uninhibited daughter of a West African mine owner; Cincuenta millones y una mujer (1970), as a bank robbery accomplice involved in a love triangle; Sol rojo (1971), in the role of a foul-mouthed prostitute taken hostage by outlaws; La espía se desnuda (1975), as a stewardess who gets caught up in a gang war between drug traffickers (but still finds plenty of reasons to doff her clothing); La enfermera (1975), as a bombshell nurse hired to titillate a doddering millionaire to death; Aventuras y amores de Scaramouche (1976), in which she recreates her iconic entrance from "Dr. No"; La montaña del dios caníbal (1978), in which she is infamously stripped and slathered in orange paint by a pair of nubiles; and _The Fifth Musketeer (1979), playing the alluring mistress of King Louis XIV.

 

Unmarried since 1966 when she divorced the controlling Derek to be with French New Wave star Jean-Paul Belmondo, Andress played the field for years, reportedly involved at various times with Dennis Hopper, Ryan O'Neal, Fabio Testi, and Marcello Mastroianni. In 1979, she began what would be a long-term romance with Harry Hamlin, her handsome young co-star from Furia de titanes (1981) (in which she was cast, predictably, as "Aphrodite"). While subsequently traveling in India, Andress' belly began to swell out of her clothing, and she felt very nauseous. What at first seemed a severe case of "Delhi Belly" turned out to be pregnancy, her first and only, at age 43. She and Hamlin named the child, who was born in 1980, Dimitri Hamlin.

After the birth of her son, Andress scaled back her career, which now focused mostly on European television and films, as she was raising Dimitri in Rome. Her relationship with Hamlin ended in 1983, and she last worked on a film in 2005.

Spouse (1)

John Derek        (2 February 1957 - 1966) (divorced)

Trade Mark (4)

Platinum blonde hair

Large brown eyes

Voluptuous figure

Seductive deep voice

Trivia (31)

Lived with Harry Hamlin from 1979 to 1983. They had a son, Dimitri Hamlin, in 1980.

Was once engaged to Fabio Testi.

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#53) (1995).

Lived with Jean-Paul Belmondo from 1965 to 1972.

Often referred to as the "definitive" Bond Girl, as her appearance in Agente 007 contra el doctor No (1962) made her the first in a long line of famous and not-so-famous actresses to add "Bond Girl" status to their resumes by appearing in the James Bond series of films.

Is the only actress to appear in a canon Bond movie (Agente 007 contra el doctor No (1962)), an unofficial Bond film (Casino Royale (1967)) and also appear as a character in a Bond novel ("On Her Majesty's Secret Service").

Is fluent in English, French, German, Italian and Swiss-German.

Her voice was dubbed by Nikki Van der Zyl in Agente 007 contra el doctor No (1962), La diosa de fuego (1965), Las águilas azules (1966) and Casino Royale (1967) because of her strong accent.

Her younger sister, Kàtey Andress, unsuccessfully attempted to start a modeling career.

She had a very troubled relationship with James Dean. One tabloid reported at the time that Dean was learning German so they could "argue in another language".

On May 18, 2006, she celebrated her 70th birthday aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia in the company of an international crowd of celebrities in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Is Swiss-German.

Friends with Linda Evans and Bo Derek.

Ex-stepmother of Sean Catherine Derek, who blamed Ursula for the breakup of her parents' marriage in a contemptuous 1982 memoir titled "Cast of Characters.".

Born to Rolf Andress, a German diplomat who had disappeared during World War II, and his Swiss wife Anna, a gardener.

Voted "Best Bond Girl of All Time" by the readers of British newspaper Daily Mail. [February 2008]

Described her wedding to John Derek a nightmare, marrying him in a small Las Vegas chapel with a cab driver as their best man and a ring that did not fit.

Studied painting, sculpture and dance in Paris.

Grew up in Ostermundingen, a city in the district of Berne, like TV host Michelle Hunziker and Lauriane Gilliéron, a former Miss Switzerland, who both attended her 70th birthday party.

On September 30, 1955, shortly before his death, James Dean asked her to go with him to San Francisco in his Porsche 550 Spyder. But after talking to John Derek, he realized that she felt in love with the latter, so he left Los Angeles without her.

Was the original choice for the role of Sophie in La decisión de Sophie (1982) but Meryl Streep, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar for her performance, was cast instead.

Was considered for the leading female role in the Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues (1960), but the role was eventually played by Juliet Prowse. Andress later co-starred with Presley in the film El ídolo de Acapulco (1963).

She worked with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen and Burt Bacharach on both ¿Qué tal, Pussycat? (1965) and Casino Royale (1967).

Dated Brazilian soccer player Paulo Roberto Falcão.

The third of six children, she has four sisters and a brother.

Made a fortune dabbling in the stock market.

Runs painting and furniture auctions.

Turned down Raquel Welch's role in Hace un millón de años (1966).

Turned down Sharon Tate's role in El valle de las muñecas (1967).

Turned down the role of Nova in El planeta de los simios (1968), which went to Linda Harrison.

She worked with fellow Bond girls Claudine Auger in Problemas extraconyugales (1968), Barbara Bach in La última chance (1975) and Luciana Paluzzi in La enfermera (1975).

Personal Quotes (10)

[on her leaving the acting profession] I couldn't live up to it. So I chose to run away.

I was under contract to Paramount. They wanted to make me into somebody which I was not. So I got so scared and rebelled, so they threw me out of the studio.

It's a mystery. All I did was wear this bikini in Agente 007 contra el doctor No (1962) - not even a small one - and whoosh! Overnight, I made it.

To me, it's much more moral to live with the man you love, without signing a piece of paper, than to live legally in an atmosphere of boredom which can eventually turn to hate.

[on performing in the nude] I've nothing against it. We're born this way.

What I look for in a man isn't printable! I wouldn't want to shatter my cool Swiss image.

I adored Elvis; he was the kindest man there was. At the beginning, I was not fond of him. You know, you judge people by what you read about them. But Elvis was adorable, so sweet, nice, and kind. We continued to be friends, and I saw him once or twice a year. But he was a troubled person.

I don't like the Bond movies now. I hate special effects; everything is done in special effects. I like the real movies-on islands, an adventure story with some action, but not action every second.

My home is the world. I live a little in Spain, the U.S., Italy and Switzerland.

[in People magazine, 12/29/80] I'm nearly having a nervous breakdown. I am Swiss, and I want everything precise, clean, perfect. Everybody is furious with me; I have no time for anybody. I cry every day, I'm so upset. A baby takes 24 hours out of every 24 hours -- I never imagined it would be so time-consuming. Never, never!