Dame Edna : With Ursula Andress

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Biography:

Smoldering blonde international star, briefly in vogue in the 1960s, whose big break came with the role of Honey in the first James Bond movie, "Dr. No" (1962). By the early 70s, though, Andress was relegated to modest European-made films, mostly shot in Italy and several erotic in genre, which received relatively little international distribution. She did, though, appear in a tiny role as one of the glamorously posed goddesses in "Clash of the Titans" (1981), an adventure saga based on Greek myths starring Harry Hamlin, with whom Andress had a son. From 1957 to 1966, she was married to actor-director John Derek who directed her in his "Once Before I Die" (1965).

Facts:

Name: Ursula Andress

 Height: 5' 5''

Sex: F

Nationality: Swiss

Birth Date: March 19, 1936

Birth Place: Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland

Profession: actress

Husband/Wife: John Derek (director, actor; b. August 12 , 1926; married in 1957; divorced in 1966; died of heart failure May 22, 1998, at age 71)

Relationship: Harry Hamlin (actor; b. October 30 , 1951; met on the set of Clash of the Titans (1979); father of Andress' son Dimitri), Fausto Fagone (1988-1991), Lorenzo Rispoli

Father: Rolf Andress (diplomat) Mother: Anna Andress

Son: Dimitri Alexander Hamlin (father: Harry Hamlin; b. May 19, 1980)

Claim to fame: As the first Bond Girl: Honey Rider in Dr. No (1962)