---
title: "Please, Look at Quintessential Bond Girl Ursula Andress Playing in the Snow"
description: "On the eve of Spectre, a look back at a distant moment in Bond lore."
date: "2015-11-03"
modified: "2015-11-03"
authors:
  - name: "Ben Keeshin"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/ben-keeshin"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/748/please-look-at-quintessential-bond-girl-ursula-andress-playing-in-the-snow"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
  - "People"
---

# Please, Look at Quintessential Bond Girl Ursula Andress Playing in the Snow

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Aside from being one of the great names in acting, Ursula Andress is tied—with beige bikini string—to [Bond](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/288/our-seven-favorite-bond-cars>). In 1962’s *[Dr. No](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myoVLMnKw2M>)*, Andress [slunk out](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ6mOC4uSX4>) of the Pacific Ocean, gave her blonde hair a squeeze and sauntered ashore. Her conches were dirty, so she cleaned them. The name? Ryder. Honey Ryder. It would be the first in a long line of ridiculous names that would reach its zenith in 1964, when Bond romanced Pussy Galore in *Goldfinger*. As you can glean from her name, she’s an experienced pilot.

In 1967, Andress went on to star in the Bond spoof *[Casino Royale](<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/>)*. Here, absent her iconic white bikini and bundled in a coat, she plays in the snow on the last day of filming. Without faulting her performance on the beach, there’s something here to tell you that the Swiss actress belonged in a northern clime. Cheers, Ursula, and here’s to hoping we’re half as graceful during this winter’s first blizzard.

## Author
Ben Keeshin is a former staff writer for Maxim, and before that, contributed writing to the digital sides of Road & Track and Vanity Fair.

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