Trivia

Lived with Jean-Paul Belmondo from 1965 to 1972. He was, she says, the love of her life.

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

Made a fortune investing in the stock market.

Lived with Harry Hamlin from 1979 to 1983. They have a son, Dimitri Hamlin, born 1980.

Playboy offered Andress $250,000 to do another pictorial celebrating her 60th birthday in 1996, but after careful consideration she turned it down. "I'm happy to cover up now," she said, "and to keep the old photos going." In 1965 she got a mere $15,000 for her first Playboy spread - actually 5 times what the magazine typically paid for pinups back then.

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

She and Ryan O'Neal were in a relationship twice, first from 1972 to 1973 then again from 1977 to 1978. When Ursula broke her arm in late summer 1978, the official story was she'd been struck by Hurricane Norman while bodysurfing in Malibu, but rumors flew that she actually acquired the injury during a fight with Ryan.

Is the only actress to appear in a canon Bond movie (Dr. 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").

Linda Evans drove Ursula to the hospital the night she gave birth to hers and Harry Hamlin's son, Dimitri Hamlin. Harry was retrieved from the set of King of the Mountain (1981) by Linda's personal assistant Bunky Young and made it to the delivery room just in time.

Her voice was dubbed by Nikki Van der Zyl in Dr. No (1962) and She (1965) because of her strong accent.

Was considered for the role of Nova in Planet of the Apes (1968), which went to Linda Harrison.

Doesn't employ an agent or publicist.

Sold her house in Beverly Hills to Malgosia Migdal for $2.28 million. Andress bought the place in 1991 for $965,000. (2017)

Born to Rolf Andress, a German diplomat who was temporarily expelled from Switzerland for tax evasion in 1946, and Anna Andress (1912-2008), a landscape gardener turned florist. Ursula and her siblings were brought up by their maternal grandparents.

Contracts she signed with Paramount and Columbia in the mid-'50s resulted in no acting roles due to her lack of attendance in speech class.

Friends with Linda Evans, Amanda Lear, Sally Kellerman, Grace Jones, Britt Ekland, Lola Navarro and Bo Derek.

Was considered for the Sharon Tate role in Valley of the Dolls (1967).

Warehouses her mementos at a friend's place in Berryville, Va. where she found the bikini from Dr. No (1962); it sold at an auction for £41,125 Valentine's Day 2001.

Of French and Italian descent on her mother's side.

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

Besides one marriage (to John Derek) and three high-profile cohabitants (Harry Hamlin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Fabio Testi), Ursula has been romantically linked with American actors Ron Ely, Dennis Hopper, Ryan O'Neal and Nels Van Patten; Austrian actor Helmut Berger; Argentinian actor and womanizer Espartaco Santoni; Brazilian soccer player Paulo Roberto Falcão; British actor John Richardson; French actor Daniel Gélin; Italian actors Gerardo Amato, Johnny Dorelli, Marcello Mastroianni and Franco Nero; Greek bodybuilder Mario Natokis; Spanish singer Julio Iglesias; Argentine boxer Carlos Monzón; manufacturer Paolo Pazzaglia; automobile designer John DeLorean; hairdresser Claudio Belfiore; real estate developer Stan Herman (second ex-husband of Linda Evans); musician Ricci Martin (son of Dean Martin); photographer Giovanni Alfare; antiquarian Lorenzo Ripoli; Benny Silverstein; former Sicilian Regional Assembly member Fausto Fagone (who was a 20-year-old economics student when Andress began a five-year relationship with him in 1986); and martial artist Jeff Speakman (her last boyfriend of record, 1991). She's also bearded for homosexuals on occasion, including now-out-of-the-closet French publicist Homero Machry, Latin singer Miguel Bosé, the late James Dean, and possibly a select few of the aforesaid. Online sources have perpetuated rumors that Ursula dated Marlon Brando, Peter O'Toole, Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Mamas and the Papas band leader John Phillips and fashion designer Oleg Cassini as well, but there was no reporting of this whatsoever during the supposed fact. During the 2000s she attended red carpet events with unidentified escorts, and is often seen in company with publisher Massimo Gargia.

Co-starred with fellow Bond girls Claudine Auger in Anyone Can Play (1967), Barbara Bach in Stateline Motel (1973) and Luciana Paluzzi in The Sensuous Nurse (1975).

Has osteoporosis.

'Discovered' at a party in Rome. Her first acting gigs were totally inconsequential. Later, she submitted a photo of herself dripping wet in a black T-shirt to producer Albert R. Broccoli and the rest is history.

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

Celebrated her 70th birthday aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia in the company of an international crowd of celebrities in Edinburgh, Scotland. (May 18, 2006)

She worked with Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen and Burt Bacharach on both What's New Pussycat (1965) and Casino Royale (1967).

Turned down Raquel Welch's role in One Million Years B.C. (1966).

Relentlessly hit on Elvis Presley, but he rejected her advances, because according to author Peter Guralnick, "he could never fall for a girl whose shoulders were broader than his" -- never mind that she was married and he living with (though not yet married to) Priscilla Presley.

Runs painting and furniture auctions around the world.

Developed reputation as a serial homewrecker after being named correspondent for the divorces between John Derek and Pati Behrs, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Elodie Constant, and Ryan O'Neal and Leigh Taylor-Young. (Fellow Bond girl Lana Wood had already invaded the last marriage before Andress came along, but the press blamed her nonetheless.) Even Harry Hamlin had a fiancé when she hooked up with him. Her unapologetic explanation? "When you are in love, you are in love. That's all that matters.".

Replaced Ann-Margret who was originally cast in The 10th Victim (1965).

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.

Turned down the role of Empress Nympho in History of the World: Part I (1981), which went to Madeline Kahn.

The third of six children. She has a brother, Heinz and four sisters, Erika, Charlotte, Gisela and Kàtey.

Turned down title role in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) that went to Kim Novak.

Lost weight and grew her hair out (at John Derek's behest) before getting into movies.

Mentioned along with many other celebrities in Bette Midler's list song, "Samedi et Vendredi", on her 1976 album, "Songs for the New Depression".

Former boyfriend Nels Van Patten is the brother-in-law of daytime soap star Eileen Davidson, who appears on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2010) with Lisa Rinna, current wife of Ursula's ex Harry Hamlin.

One of her nieces is stockbroker Natasha Geitling, who was once engaged to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, Prince of Venice.

Educated at Neue Madchen Schle in Bern, Switzerland she had an aptitude for art and chemistry, and appeared in many of the school's theatre productions which she enjoyed and made her determined to make show business her career.

Fabio Testi proposed to her in an airplane.

Studied painting, sculpture and dance in Paris.

She and Fabio Testi were in a relationship twice, first from 1973 to 1975 then again from 1976 to 1977. They're still friends and were photographed together as recently as December 2016.

Owns a condo in Palm Beach.

Her younger sister, Kàtey Andress, posed topless for Cavalier magazine in 1966.

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.

An occasional photographer, has shot for Elle and Paris Match.

Ex-stepmother of Russell and Sean Catherine Derek.

Was considered for the lead in The Pyx (1973) that went to Karen Black.