Ursula Thiess
Born: 1924-05-15 in Hamburg, Germany
Died: 2010-06-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ursula Thiess (May 15, 1924 – June 19, 2010) was a German film actress who had a brief Hollywood career in the 1950s. Thiess began her career on the stage in her native Germany and by dubbing female voices in American films as Ursula Schmidt. After she married Georg Otto Thiess, she became Ursula Thiess and was featured in many German magazines, including several cover photos, as well as the cover of Life magazine, 1954, as an upcoming model, and she was dubbed the "most beautiful woman in the world." She left postwar Germany at the urging of Howard Hughes and signed up with RKO. She co-starred with Robert Stack in The Iron Glove (1952), Rock Hudson in Bengal Brigade (1954), Glenn Ford in The Americano (1955), and Robert Mitchum in Bandido (1956).
Filmography
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1959
- The Detectives as Lisa Bonay
1958
1956
- Bandido! as Lisa Kennedy
1955
- The Americano as Marianna
1954
- Bengal Brigade as Latah
- The Iron Glove as Ann Brett
1952
- Monsoon as Jeanette