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Ursula Thiess

Ursula Thiess

Born: 1924-05-15 • Hamburg, Germany

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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
Bandido! poster
Bandido!
1956 • Lisa Kennedy
The Americano poster
The Americano
1955 • Marianna
Bengal Brigade poster
Bengal Brigade
1954 • Latah
The Iron Glove poster
The Iron Glove
1954 • Ann Brett
Monsoon poster
Monsoon
1952 • Jeanette