"years later featured Babette March in a white bikini on the cover. Ursula Andress, appearing as Honey Rider in the 1962 British James Bond film, ""Dr. No"", wore a white bikini, which became known as the ""Dr. No bikini"". It became one of the most famous bikinis of all time and an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history. Andress said that she owed her career to that white bikini, remarking, ""This bikini made me into a success. As a result of starring in ""Dr. No"" as the first Bond girl, I was given the freedom to take my pick"
"Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (; born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss film and television actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"". She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film ""Casino Royale"". Her other films include ""The Southern Star, Fun in Acapulco"", ""She"", ""The 10th Victim"", ""The Blue Max"", ""Perfect Friday"", ""The Sensuous Nurse"", ""The Mountain of the Cannibal God"", ""The Fifth Musketeer"" and ""Clash of the Titans""."
"for all of Fleming's Bond girls may be his onetime lover Muriel Wright, who according to ""The Times"" Wright was 26 and ""exceptionally beautiful"" when she and Fleming met in 1935. A talented rider, skier, and polo player, Wright was independently wealthy and a model. She was devoted to Fleming, despite his repeated unfaithfulness. She died in an air raid in 1944, devastating Fleming, who called Wright ""too good to be true"". Ursula Andress (as Honey Ryder) in ""Dr. No"" (1962) is widely regarded as the first Bond girl, although she was preceded by both Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench"
"the title character in ""Octopussy"" (1983). If the ""unofficial"" James Bond films, ""Casino Royale"" and ""Never Say Never Again"", are included, several actresses have also been a Bond girl more than once: Ursula Andress in ""Dr. No"" (1962) and ""Casino Royale""; Angela Scoular in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969) and ""Casino Royale""; Valerie Leon in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) and ""Never Say Never Again"". Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in ""The Man with the Golden Gun"". Several short stories, such as ""Quantum of Solace"", ""The Hildebrand"
"famed Bond girl Ursula Andress, Raquel Welch or Angelique Pettyjohn, the drill-thrall from the original """" episode ""The Gamesters of Triskelion"". However, Andress proved indifferent, and both Welch and Pettyjohn were unavailable or uninterested. Filming was to commence in May 1967, but as late as April 17 Charlton Heston noted in his diary, ""The casting problem's really Nova: who will do it, and how naked can she be. The tests I saw were not good."" Zanuck asked producers Arthur P. Jacobs and Mort Abrahams if they would test Harrison. ""[Dick] did it very nicely,"" Abrahams said. ""He said, 'I'd like"
"Tracy Bond Teresa ""Tracy"" Bond (born Teresa ""Tracy"" Draco, and also known as the Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo) is a fictional character and the main Bond girl in the 1963 James Bond novel ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and its 1969 film adaptation. She is the only Bond girl to actually marry 007. In the film version, Tracy is played by actress Diana Rigg. Born Teresa Draco in 1943, she is the only child of Marc-Ange Draco, the head of the Union Corse, a powerful Corsican crime syndicate – not quite as large as SPECTRE, but with substantially larger ""legal"""
"use three Bond girls: The first should die ""preferably in Bond's arms"" early, the second a villain whom Bond seduces before she dies in an unusual and gory way midway, and the third survives to the end of the film. In several, the Bond girl is revealed, after her tryst with Bond, to be a villainess. Examples are Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) in ""Never Say Never Again"" (1983), Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) in ""The World Is Not Enough"" (1999), and Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) in ""Die Another Day"" (2002). As of 2013 there have been only two films in which"
"Julie Christie was considered, but discarded as the producers felt she was not voluptuous enough. Just two weeks before filming began, Ursula Andress was chosen to play Honey after the producers saw a picture of her taken by Andress' then-husband John Derek. To appear more convincing as a Jamaican, Andress had a tan painted on her and ultimately had her lines redubbed by voice actress Nikki van der Zyl due to Andress' heavy Swiss German accent. For Bond's antagonist Dr. No, Ian Fleming wanted his friend Noël Coward, and Coward answered the invitation with ""No! No! No!"" Fleming considered that"
"""Thriller"", ""La Strega"" (1962) with Alejandro Rey. She soon became internationally famous as Honey Ryder, a shell diver and James Bond's woman of desire in ""Dr. No"" (1962), the first Bond movie. In what became an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history, she rose out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini sporting a large diving knife on her hip. Due to her heavy Swiss-German accent, the character's voice was provided by Nikki van der Zyl, while the calypso was sung by Diana Coupland. The scene made Andress a ""quintessential"" Bond girl. Andress later said that she owed"
"Zhivago"" (2002), and she was Queen Hecuba in the Emmy-nominated miniseries ""Helen of Troy"" (2003). She had a small role in the French film ""L'Enfer"" (""Hell"", 2005), whose stars included fellow Bond Girl Carole Bouquet. D'Abo and John Cork wrote the book ""Bond Girls Are Forever"", published in 2002, which is a tribute to the women who have played the role of a Bond Girl. The book formed the basis for a documentary, featuring d'Abo and other Bond girls, including Ursula Andress. The documentary appeared on the American AMC network in 2002, timed to coincide with the theatrical release of"
"and Zena Marshall as Miss Taro in the same film. ""Goldfinger"" (1964), the third, established the Bond girl as regularly appearing in Bond films. There have been many attempts to break down the numerous Bond girls into a top 10 list for the entire series; characters who often appear in these lists include Anya Amasova (from ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", portrayed by Barbara Bach); Pussy Galore (from ""Goldfinger"", portrayed by Honor Blackman); Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (from ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", portrayed by Diana Rigg); and often ranked Number 1 on the list, Honey Ryder (from ""Dr. No"","
"of her publicity photos in the fur bikini had her hanging from a crucifix. The photo taken by Terry O'Neill was deemed too scandalous and was suppressed, until it was published thirty years later by the ""Sunday Times Magazine"". Hammer originally offered the role of Loana Shell, Welch's character, to Ursula Andress, who four years earlier became a sensation rising out of the sea in a white bikini in ""Dr. No,"" the first Bond movie. When Andress passed on the project due to commitments and salary demands, a search for a replacement resulted in the selection of Welch. Welch, who"
"portrayed the Bond girl Rosie Carver in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"". In that film, she became the first African American woman to become romantically involved with 007; Trina Parks, who played a nemesis to Bond rather than a love interest in ""Diamonds Are Forever"" (the previous Bond film) is considered to be the first African-American Bond girl. When ""Live and Let Die"" was first released in South Africa, her love scenes with Roger Moore were cut out because it was prohibited by the Apartheid government. She later starred in several 1970s blaxploitation films, including ""Across 110th"
"carry out a mission. It was a big box office hit. Her fee was a reported £200,000. In Italy she appeared alongside fellow former Bond girl Claudine Auger in ""Anyone Can Play"" (1968) for director Luigi Zampa. She then went to Africa to make ""The Southern Star"" (1969) with George Segal, which was a hit in England. She went on to appear nude or semi-nude in nearly all of her film roles between 1969 and 1979, earning her the nickname ""Ursula Undress"". Andress went to England to appear in ""Perfect Friday"" (1970), a heist movie starring Stanley Baker and David"
"noted physical assets."" Her leopard-skin bikini remains one of the earlier specimens of the fashion. In 1962, Bond Girl Ursula Andress emerged from the sea wearing a white bikini in ""Dr. No"". The scene has been named one of the most memorable of the series. Channel 4 declared it the top bikini moment in film history, Virgin Media puts it ninth in its top ten, and top in the Bond girls. ""The Herald"" (Glasgow) put the scene as best ever on the basis of a poll. It also helped shape the career of Ursula Andress, and the look of the"
"Hammer Film Productions. Anthony Hinds commissioned a script from John Temple-Smith, and the lead role was assigned to Ursula Andress – known at that time for her role in the James Bond film ""Dr. No"" – who signed a two-picture deal with Seven Arts as a guarantee for her husband John Derek. ""She"" would thus become the first Hammer film to be built around a female star. Hammer pitched the project to Universal, who turned it down. Hinds then arranged for Berkley Mather to write a script, but the project was turned down again by Universal, and then by Joseph"
"preparing to enter heaven, he worries about how to introduce Tilly Masterton, who he believes has died along with him, to Vesper. In the 1967 version of ""Casino Royale"", Lynd was portrayed by Ursula Andress, who had portrayed another Bond girl, Honey Ryder, in the 1962 film version of ""Dr. No"". In this version, which bore little resemblance to the novel, Vesper is depicted as a former secret agent who has since become a multi-millionaire with a penchant for wearing ridiculously extravagant outfits at her office (""because if I wore it in the street people might stare""). Bond (played by"
"portrayed by Ursula Andress). ""Entertainment Weekly"" put ""Bond bathing suits"" on its end-of-the-decade, ""best-of"" list, saying, ""And you thought spies were supposed to be inconspicuous! Halle Berry's orange bikini in Die Another Day (2002) and Daniel Craig's supersnug powder blue trunks in ""Casino Royale"" (2006) suggest that neither 007 star can keep a secret."" Monica Bellucci in Spectre became the oldest Bond girl at the age of 50, although she stated that she does not consider herself to be a ""Bond girl"", but a ""Bond woman"". Roald Dahl said that when writing ""You Only Live Twice"", he was advised to"
"guitarist Joe Walsh. !colspan=""3"" style=""background:#C1D8FF;""| James Bond Barbara Bach Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey, formerly Countess Gregorini di Savignano di Romagna, (born Barbara Goldbach; August 27, 1947) is an American actress and model who played the Bond girl Anya Amasova in the James Bond film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) as well as the spy Maritza Petrović in ""Force 10 from Navarone"" (1978). She has been married to Ringo Starr since April 1981. Bach was born in Rosedale, Queens, and grew up in Jackson Heights, the daughter of Marjorie (1921–1997) and Howard I. Goldbach (1922–2001), a policeman. Her mother was"
"Valerie Mathis, played by Linda Christian, who is depicted as an American. She also betrays Bond (played by Barry Nelson), but comes to his rescue after he is shot by Le Chiffre (played by Peter Lorre). Valerie does not die in this adaptation. Vesper Lynd Vesper Lynd is a fictional character featured in Ian Fleming's 1953 James Bond novel ""Casino Royale"". She was portrayed by Ursula Andress in the 1967 James Bond parody, which is only slightly based on the novel, and by Eva Green in the 2006 adaptation. In the novel, the character explains that she was born ""on"
"Tracy's wedding dress is now kept at the Admiral Hotel in Milan, along with a big collection of ""James Bond"" and ""Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang"" items. Tracy Bond Teresa ""Tracy"" Bond (born Teresa ""Tracy"" Draco, and also known as the Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo) is a fictional character and the main Bond girl in the 1963 James Bond novel ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and its 1969 film adaptation. She is the only Bond girl to actually marry 007. In the film version, Tracy is played by actress Diana Rigg. Born Teresa Draco in 1943, she is the only child of Marc-Ange Draco,"
"first bite out of me."" She made her film debut in the 1944 musical comedy ""Up in Arms"", co-starring Danny Kaye and Dinah Shore. This movie also happened to be Danny Kaye's own first film. This film was followed by ""Holiday in Mexico"" (1946), ""Green Dolphin Street"" (1947), and what was perhaps her best-known film, ""Tarzan and the Mermaids"" (1948). She was the subject of a well-known photograph published in the January 1, 1949, issue of ""Vogue"". Christian was the first Bond girl to appear on screen, playing Valerie Mathis (opposite Barry Nelson as James Bond) in the 1954 TV"
"Kelly Killoren Bensimon wrote in ""The Bikini Book"", ""It was really all about Annette Funicello. If the girl next door wanted to wear a bikini, then everybody wanted to wear a bikini. We didn't want to be a bad Bond girl. We all really wanted to be the good girl."" In 1962, an icon was born as Bond girl Ursula Andress emerged from the sea wearing a white bikini in ""Dr. No"". The ""Dr. No"" bikini scene has been quoted as one of the most memorable scenes from the British spy film series. That white bikini has been described as"
"Vesper Lynd Vesper Lynd is a fictional character featured in Ian Fleming's 1953 James Bond novel ""Casino Royale"". She was portrayed by Ursula Andress in the 1967 James Bond parody, which is only slightly based on the novel, and by Eva Green in the 2006 adaptation. In the novel, the character explains that she was born ""on a very stormy evening"", and that her parents named her ""Vesper"", Latin for ""evening"". Fleming created a cocktail recipe in the novel that Bond names after her. The ""Vesper martini"" became very popular after the novel's publication, and gave rise to the famous"
"loyalties as a double agent under Soviet control. Several Bond girls, however, have normal names (e.g. Tatiana Romanova, Mary Ann Russell, Judy Havelock, Viv Michel, Tracy Bond [née Teresa Draco, aka Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo]). Most Bond girls are apparently (and sometimes expressly) sexually experienced by the time they meet Bond. Quite often those previous experiences have not been positive, and many Bond girls have had sexual violence inflicted on them in the past which has caused them to feel alienated from all men—until Bond comes along. Tiffany Case was gang-raped as a teenager; Honey Ryder, too, was beaten and"
"Eunice Gayson Eunice Gayson (born Eunice Elizabeth Sargaison; 17 March 1928 – 8 June 2018) was an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's love interest in the first two Bond films (""Dr. No"" and ""From Russia with Love"") and is therefore considered to have been the first-ever ""Bond girl"". Gayson was born on as Eunice Elizabeth Sargaison on 17 March 1928 in Streatham, London, to John and Maria Sargaison (née Gammon). Her father was a civil servant. The family moved to Purley, Surrey and later Glasgow, before settling in Edinburgh. There she attended the Edinburgh Academy"
"Jinx (James Bond) Giacinta ""Jinx"" Johnson is a fictional character in the ""James Bond"" franchise, first appearing in ""Die Another Day"", portrayed by Halle Berry. The character, the first heroic African-American Bond girl, has received critical acclaim, and is regarded among one of the best Bond girls of the series. Jinx is an NSA agent assigned to kill the rogue North Korean agent Zao, who is undergoing gene-replacement therapy at the Alvarez clinic in Cuba. The night before confronting Zao, she has a one-night stand with James Bond, who is also after Zao in the hope of extracting the identity"
"character, Berry described Jinx as ""fashion-forward modern and the next step in the evolution of women in the Bond movies. She's more modern and not the classic villain."" Jinx was voted the fourth toughest Bond girl on-screen of all time in an ITV poll. Jinx (James Bond) Giacinta ""Jinx"" Johnson is a fictional character in the ""James Bond"" franchise, first appearing in ""Die Another Day"", portrayed by Halle Berry. The character, the first heroic African-American Bond girl, has received critical acclaim, and is regarded among one of the best Bond girls of the series. Jinx is an NSA agent assigned"
"a screen test for a role in an Italian film. She was successful and appeared in ""The Sins of Casanova"" (1955) (starring later Bond ally Gabriele Ferzetti). She followed it with ""An American in Rome"" (1954) (starring Alberto Sordi) and ""La catena dell'odio"" (1955). She was seen by a Hollywood executive who persuaded her to try her luck in Hollywood. Andress arrived in Hollywood in January 1955. In March she was signed to a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures starting at $287 a week. The contract resulted in no acting roles due to her inability to learn English at the"
"Academy Award Nomination for ""Gone Girl"". The character of Sylvia Trench is the only Bond girl character who recurs in a film (""Dr. No"" in 1962 and ""From Russia with Love"" in 1963). She was meant to be Bond's regular girlfriend, but was dropped after her appearance in the second film. In the series of films, six actresses have made reappearances as different Bond girls: Martine Beswick and Nadja Regin both first appeared in ""From Russia with Love"", and then appeared in ""Thunderball"" and ""Goldfinger"" respectively. Maud Adams played Andrea Anders in ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1974) and"
"originally been offered the part of Plenty O'Toole, but landed the female lead after Sidney Korshak, who assisted the producers in filming in Las Vegas locations, recommended his client St. John, who became the first American Bond girl. Linda Thorson met with Cubby Broccoli hoping to be considered for the part of Case, but he never considered her for the role, although he did briefly list her as a possibility for the part of Plenty O'Toole. Some time later, Broccoli told Thorson she was never cast in a Bond film because she didn't have long hair. Lana Wood was cast"
"and rejected the offer. The roles went to Donna Reed and Montgomery Clift. Linda Christian died on July 22, 2011, at the age of 87. Linda Christian Linda Christian (November 13, 1923 – July 22, 2011) was a Mexican film actress, who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s. She played Mara in the last Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan film, ""Tarzan and the Mermaids"" (1948). She is also noted for being the first Bond girl, appearing in a 1954 television adaptation of the James Bond novel ""Casino Royale"". In 1963 she starred"
"number of Bond girls who were featured throughout the film franchise between the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"" (1962) starring Ursula Andress and the then-current 20th film ""Die Another Day"" starring Halle Berry. In 2003, the documentary was released on DVD and offered as a free gift with the purchase of ""Die Another Day"" on DVD by some retailers. In 2006, a new version of the documentary, updated to include interviews with cast from ""Casino Royale"" and edited to include commercial breaks, was produced for the AMC network and was later released as a bonus feature on the March"