Honey Ryder entrance in the film, emerging from the ocean in a white bikini with two large seashells, while the sun shines on her wet blonde hair, is considered a classic James Bond moment. In the corresponding scene of the original novel, the character Honeychile Rider does not wear a bikini. As an homage, Halle Berry performed a similar scene in an orange bikini in the 20th James Bond film, "Die Another Day". Andress referred to the "Dr. No" bikini as the "secret of her success". Ursula Andress was later mentioned by name in the novel "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", and
Ursula Andress title role in "The Sensuous Nurse" (1975) and did a comedy with another former Bond girl, Barbara Bouchet, "Spogliamoci così, senza pudor..." (1976). Andress played Joséphine de Beauharnais in the swashbuckling spoof "The Loves and Times of Scaramouche" (1976) with Michael Sarrazin. She made a sequel to "Africa Express", "Safari Express" (1976), then did another with Mastroianni, "Double Murder" (1978). Andress was in the cult favorite "Slave of the Cannibal God" (1978) with Stacy Keach, "Tigers in Lipstick" (1979) for Luigi Zampa, and "The Fifth Musketeer" (1979), playing Louise de La Vallière. She played Aphrodite in 1981's "Clash of the