Ursula Andress on the set of Dr. No with Sean Connery
Keystone
The quintessential Bond girl, Swiss-born Ursula Andress, is making plans for her 75th birthday celebrations this weekend.
This content was published on
1 minute
swissinfo.ch and agencies
Andress was the first Bond girl and, for many, the only. She shot to international stardom for her role as Honey Ryder in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No; the scene where she emerges from the Caribbean in a famous white bikini is viewed as a classic cinematic moment.
In an interview with Schweizer Illustrierte magazine, Andress said she would celebrate this birthday on quieter scale than her 70th, which was a big celebrity bash on the former royal yacht Britannia.
Andress was born in 1936 in the Bern suburb of Ostermundigen, to which she still has close ties.
After Dr. No, the Swiss icon went on to have a Hollywood career, which peaked in the 1960s, acting alongside stars such as Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Peter Sellers.
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.
Read more
More
From Switzerland with love
This content was published on
Actor Daniel Craig, who plays 007, was ill in bed and unable to attend. However, excitement around the premiere on Tuesday evening, said to be the largest ever in Switzerland, was still high. Swiss fans were able to see Forster on the red carpet at the Kino MAXX cinema in the town of Emmenbrücke near…
This content was published on
Forster will direct the untitled 22nd film in the lucrative franchise from a script he and Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis will develop from a draft by previous Bond collaborators. “I have always been drawn to different kinds of stories and I have also always been a Bond fan, so it is very exciting to take…
This content was published on
But the celebrations will have to wait until May: that’s when the Swiss government is throwing “Ursi National” a party on a swanky yacht moored near the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. Dieter Borer from co-organiser Presence Switzerland, the public agency charged with promoting Switzerland’s image abroad, called the actress a national institution. “We are celebrating the…
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.