"to force the pilot to fly him to Cuba. However, Bond defeats Goldfinger, who is blown out the window at high altitude, thus suffering what, in the novel, had been Oddjob's fate. Bond then saves Galore from the crashing plane: they both bail out (this is shown only on radar), land safely in an unidentified tropical region, and make love under their parachute. Pussy ranked second in a poll of favourite Bond girls by ""Entertainment Weekly"" in 2007, beaten only by Ursula Andress' character Honey Rider. Yahoo! Movies had her name included in the 2012 list of the best Bond"
"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""."
"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"
"White bikini of Ursula Andress The white bikini of Ursula Andress (also known as the Dr. No bikini) was a white bikini worn by Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in the 1962 James Bond film, ""Dr. No"". It is cited as the most famous bikini of all time and an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history. Andress's white bikini is regarded as monumental in the history of the bikini, and sales of the two-piece bikini rocketed after the appearance of Andress in ""Dr. No"". The lower part of the bikini features a wide white British Army belt with brass"
"Dr. No (film) Dr. No is a 1962 British spy film, starring Sean Connery, with Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman and Jack Lord, which was filmed in Jamaica and England. It is the first ""James Bond"" film. Based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, it was adapted by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkely Mather and was directed by Terence Young. The film was produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, a partnership that continued until 1975. In the film, James Bond is sent to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow British agent."
"not occur to him until it was filmed. White bikini of Ursula Andress The white bikini of Ursula Andress (also known as the Dr. No bikini) was a white bikini worn by Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in the 1962 James Bond film, ""Dr. No"". It is cited as the most famous bikini of all time and an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history. Andress's white bikini is regarded as monumental in the history of the bikini, and sales of the two-piece bikini rocketed after the appearance of Andress in ""Dr. No"". The lower part of the bikini features"
"Ryder in ""Dr. No"", but the role went to the then-unknown Ursula Andress. However Broccoli then cast her in ""Call Me Bwana"" (1963) with Bob Hope. (""Call Me Bwana"" featured in the second Bond film, ""From Russia with Love"", during a sequence where Ali Kerim Bey assassinates the Russian agent Krilencu with a sniper rifle. Krilencu attempts to escape through a window, which is situated in Anita Ekberg's mouth, on the wall-sized poster: ""She should have kept her mouth shut,"" Bond says.) Ekberg co-starred with Andress, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin in the western-comedy ""4 for Texas"" (1963). She returned"
"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"
"auction for charity and further events at the Museum of Modern Art and the Toronto International Film Festival. A concert of various music was held in Los Angeles in conjunction with the New York event. The day also saw the release of ""Skyfall"", the theme song of the 2012 ""James Bond"" film of the same name; the song was released at 0:07 BST. Dr. No (film) Dr. No is a 1962 British spy film, starring Sean Connery, with Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman and Jack Lord, which was filmed in Jamaica and England. It is the first ""James Bond"" film. Based"
"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"
"""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"
"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"
"also takes credit for the greatest number of actors in a Bond film either to have appeared or to go on to appear in the rest of the Eon series – besides Ursula Andress in ""Dr. No"", Vladek Sheybal appeared as Kronsteen in ""From Russia with Love"", Burt Kwouk featured as Mr. Ling in ""Goldfinger"" and an unnamed SPECTRE operative in ""You Only Live Twice"", Jeanne Roland plays a masseuse in ""You Only Live Twice"", and Angela Scoular appeared as Ruby Bartlett in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"". Jack Gwillim, who had a tiny role as a British army officer,"
"quintessential Bond movie. 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 of future roles and to become financially independent."" In 2001, the Dr. No bikini worn by Andress in the film sold at auction for US$61,500. That white bikini has been described as a ""defining moment in the sixties liberalization of screen eroticism"". Because of the shocking effect from how revealing it was at the time, she"
"Tessa Prendergast Tessa Prendergast (October 17, 1928 - July 9, 2001), also known as Tessa Welborn, was a Jamaican actress, fashion designer, businesswoman, and socialite. A renowned beauty and movie starlet in the 1950s, she is best-remembered today as the designer of the taboo-breaking white bikini worn by Ursula Andress in the 1962 film ""Dr. No"". Marie Therese Prendergast was born in Kingston, Jamaica on October 17, 1928. Her father, Louis Prendergast, was a wealthy plantation owner who died while Tessa was in her infancy. Her mother later married Noel Nethersole, an Oxford-educated economist and star cricketer who, along with"
"for her affection. Although known for her imperious temper and connections with European royalty, these stories were almost certainly exaggerated. In 1953 she had married American cinematographer Scotty Welbourne, with whom she had a child. In the late 1950s she left acting to start a clothing design business with Liz de Lisser in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Although divorced in 1958, she used the name 'Welborn'. In 1962 the producers of the James Bond film ""Dr. No"" (which was to be filmed in Jamaica) asked Welborn to provide wardrobe for actress Ursula Andress. Working with Andress, she created the ivory hipster"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"books rose throughout the sixties as ""Dr. No"" and the subsequent films – ""From Russia with Love"" and ""Goldfinger"" – were released: in 1961 500,000 books had been sold, which rose to six million in 1964 and seven million in 1965. Between the years 1962 to 1967, a total of nearly 22.8 million Bond novels were sold. The film influenced ladies' fashion, with the bikini worn by Ursula Andress proving to be a huge hit: ""not only sent sales of two-piece swimwear skyrocketing, it also made Andress an international celebrity"". Andress herself acknowledged that the ""bikini made me into a"
"a regular venue for concerts by local and international artists. Scenes from the classic James Bond movie ""Dr. No,"" which features young and beautiful Ursula Andress, were filmed in and around the area. Honey Ryder (Andress) was filmed emerging from the sea at Laughing Waters further up the coast and at Dunn's River Falls. In the 21st century, Oracabessa has again become known as an artist community with studios operated by musicians, painters, and carvers. Art galleries in Oracabessa include Von White's studio, and the Wilderness House of Art. Oracabessa has a wide range of musicians who live, record, and"
"club, and the Shepherd Market Association, a charitable organization, until she died, in London, on July 9, 2001. That same year, the swim outfit she'd created with Andress was sold at Christie's to Robert Earl, owner of the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain, for £41,125. Tessa Prendergast Tessa Prendergast (October 17, 1928 - July 9, 2001), also known as Tessa Welborn, was a Jamaican actress, fashion designer, businesswoman, and socialite. A renowned beauty and movie starlet in the 1950s, she is best-remembered today as the designer of the taboo-breaking white bikini worn by Ursula Andress in the 1962 film ""Dr. No""."
"Dr. Julius No in the 1962 series opener ""Dr. No"". Lee noted that Fleming was a forgetful man and by the time he mentioned this to Broccoli and Saltzman they had cast Joseph Wiseman in the part. Due to filming on location in Bangkok, his role in the film affected Lee's work the following year, as director Ken Russell was unable to sign Lee to play The Specialist in the 1975 film ""Tommy"", a part eventually given to Jack Nicholson. Two Swedish models were cast as the Bond girls, Britt Ekland and Maud Adams. Ekland had been interested in playing"
"of ""Adventures in Rainbow Country"" in the 1970s. Maxwell had a minor role as a nurse in Stanley Kubrick's ""Lolita"" (1962). In 1963 Maxwell played a machine gun-firing nurse in the series ""The Avengers"" (episode ""The Little Wonders"", which was first aired on 11 January 1964). Maxwell had a guest appearance in an episode of the ITC series ""The Baron"" (""Something for a Rainy Day"", 1965), as an insurance investigator. Maxwell lobbied for a role in the ""James Bond"" film ""Dr. No"" (1962), since her husband had suffered a heart attack and they needed the money. Director Terence Young, who"
"Type 15 frigate used for the opening scenes is F159: ). Ursula Andress on the set of Dr. No rose out of the Caribbean Sea in a white bikini sporting a white web belt from the ship, with a large diving knife hanging from it. The belt was donated by sailors watching on the set when Ms Andress realized something was ""missing"" from her outfit. The belt was a part of the full dress uniform of the Royal Navy. HMS Troubridge (R00) HMS ""Troubridge"" was an T-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World"
"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"
"Woman?"" directed by Anton Corbijn. Thomsen is a Buddhist. Cecilie Thomsen Cecilie Thomsen (born 29 October 1974) is a Danish actress and model. Thomsen was born on the island Bogø in Denmark. Internationally, Cecilie Thomsen is best known for playing the minor Bond girl role of Professor Inga Bergstrøm opposite Pierce Brosnan in the 1997 James Bond feature film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". She played in duo with Henning Moritzen in the Danish segment of short film collection ""Visions of Europe"". The segment is called ""Europe doesn't exist"" and it was directed by Christoffer Boe. She starred in the Bryan Adams'"
"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"
"her career to that white bikini: ""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 of future roles and to become financially independent."" The bikini she wore in the film sold at auction in 2001 for £41,125 ($59,755). The white web belt she was wearing was donated by sailors from HMS Troubridge, watching on the set when Ms Andress realized something was ""missing"" from her outfit. The belt was a part of the full dress uniform of the Royal Navy."
"Bond movie ""Die Another Day""."" In a survey of 1000 women to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the bikini, Andress in her white bikini was voted ""The Ultimate Bikini Goddess"". It also helped shape the career of Andress, and the look of the quintessential Bond movie. 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 of future roles and to become financially independent."" Because of the shocking effect"
"the series is ""Dr. No"" (1962), and has produced 23 sequels, with the most recent one being ""Spectre"" (2015). Due to the series spanning more than 50 years, James Bond has been portrayed by six actors, all the other frequent cast of characters has also gone through replacements, additionally after all Fleming's novels were adapted the series shifted towards original scripts. However, all films are set within a single, coherent fictional continuity, even if the writers, directors and cast change between films. Aspects of the fictional universe are retained between films. The ""Planet of the Apes"" film series also originated"
"Ultimate Bikini Goddess"". 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 of future roles and to become financially independent."" Andress auctioned the bikini through Christie's auction house in London, selling it for £35,000 in 2001, less than the £40,000 it had been expected to sell for. The bikini and scene in ""Dr. No"" of Andress emerging from the water was emulated by Heather Graham in a scene"