Ursula ran away from home at the tender age of 17 with an un-named Italian actor. It was only the efforts of her parents that brought her back home. A real Euro Wild Child of the sixties! Like Sophia Loren she started her career in some low budget Italian farces.
This got her started in the movie business and it was through the efforts of another young actor who became her lover and happen to swing some weight in Hollywood at the time that helped her sign a contract with Columbia Pictures. His name was Marlon Brando.
She was beautiful and knew it. She married actor/director John Derek in 1957 and dropped out of the movie making biz for awhile. Some guys make it their life's work to pursue gorgeous super models. Rarely are guys like this built for the long haul of marriage.
Opinion: Derek (like ROGER VADIM) was one of those guys brought up with the view of women as an accessory. Something you acquired, like a fine diamond or a Rolls Royce. Then one morning you wake up and wonder who that person is lying in bed beside you. They divorced in 1966 and he claimed She Took All My Money! Then he went on to marry another beautiful actress Miss Linda Evans, then finally Miss Bo Derek.
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Miss Ursula returned to the big screen in 1962 with stunning impact opposite good ole Sean Connery as "Honey Ryder" in the James Bond thriller "DR. NO"!
Miss Ursula on the beach in the James Bond thriller "DR. NO"
Miss Ursula was the very first Big Screen 'Bond Girl' and became legend.
Who doesn't remember the sensual Honey Ryder? It was this role that made her into one of the most desired women in the world and began the cult of the "Bond Girls". Of which I am a charter member!
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NOTE: It should be noted that the very first Bond Girl appeared in 1954 and her name was Miss Linda Christian appearing in the TV adaptation of Ian Fleming's famous novel, Casino Royale. Miss Ursula was the first one to appear on the Big Screen.
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Her character Valerie Mathis, was the merging of the two characters, Vesper Lynd and Rene Mathis, from the famous spy novel. Barry Nelson was also the very first actor to play Bond in the series, and Peter Lorre took on the role of Le Chiffre.
Christian was born in Mexico in 1923, and later moved to Los Angeles to chase her dreams of becoming an actress. There she eventually signed a contract with MGM and made her film debut alongside Danny Kaye in the 1944 musical comedy 'Up In Arms', and later appeared in the 1948 release 'Tarzan and the Mermaids'. Christian could speak seven different languages, and won several beauty contests before becoming an actress. She was famously nicknamed the 'anatomic bomb' in Hollywood because of her sexy curves.
Christian was perhaps best known for marrying Hollywood A-Lister Tyrone Power in 1949. They had two daughters, Taryn and Romina, who are both actresses. The couple divorced in 1956 and she was later briefly married to British actor Edmund Purdom between the years of 1962 -1963.
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Martine Beswick as Zora in From Russia With Love
Aliza Gur as Vida in From Russia With Love
Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger
Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson in Goldfinger
Tania Mallet as Tilly Masterson in Goldfinger
Nadja Regin as Bonita in Goldfinger
Margaret Nolan as Dink in Goldfinger
Claudine Auger as Domino Derval in Thunderball
Martine Beswick as Paula Caplan in Thunderball
Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe in Thunderball
Diana Rigg as Teresa di Vicenzo in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Angela Scoular as Ruby Bartlett in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Catherine Schell as Nancy in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Jill St. John as Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever
Lana Wood as Plenty O'Toole in Diamonds Are Forever
Lola Larson as Bambi in Diamonds Are Forever
Trina Parks as Thumper in Diamonds Are Forever
Denise Perrier as Marie in Diamonds Are Forever
Sophie Marceau as Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough
Jane Seymour as Solitaire in Live and Let Die
Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver in Live and Let Die
Madeline Smith as Miss Caruso in Live and Let Die
Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun
Maud Adams as Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun
Carmen du Sautoy as Saida in The Man with the Golden Gun
Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me
Lisa Guiraut as The Belly Dance Girl in From Russia With Love
Sue Vanner as The Log Cabin Girl in The Spy Who Loved Me
Caroline Munro as Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me
Olga Bisera as Filecca in The Spy Who Loved Me
Lois Chiles as Holly Goodhead in Moonraker
Emily Bolton as Manuela in Moonraker
Corinne Cléry as Corinne Dufour in Moonraker
Leila Shenna as The Private Jet Hostess in Moonraker
Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only
Lynn-Holly Johnson as Bibi Dahl in For Your Eyes Only
Cassandra Harris as Countess Lisl von Schlaf in For Your Eyes Only
Maud Adams as Octopussy in Octopussy
Kristina Wayborn as Magda in Octopussy
Tina Hudson as Bianca in Octopussy
Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton in A View to a Kill
Grace Jones as Mayday in A View to a Kill
Mary Stövin as Kimberley Jones in A View to a Kill
Fiona Fullerton as Pola Ivanova in A View to a Kill
Maryam d'Abo as Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights
Kell Tyler as Linda in The Living Daylights
Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier in Licence To Kill
Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora in Licence To Kill
Izabella Scorupco as Natalya Simonova in Goldeneye
Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp in Goldeneye
Serena Gordon as Caroline in Goldeneye
Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies
Teri Hatcher as Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies
Cecilie Thomsen as Prof. Inga Bergstrom in Tomorrow Never Dies
Denise Richards as Dr. Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough
Serena Scott Thomas as Dr. Molly Warmflash in The World Is Not Enough
Halle Berry as Jinx in Die Another Day
Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost in Die Another Day
Rachel Grant as Peaceful Fountains of Desire Die Another Day
Eva Green as Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale
Catherina Murino as Solange Dimitrios in Casino Royale
Olga Kurylenko as Camille Montes in Quantum Of Solace
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