Honey Ryder Ryder was voted the best Bond Girl by "Entertainment Weekly". Author Anthony Horowitz named his James Bond tribute character Alex Rider after Honeychile Rider. Honey Ryder Honeychile Rider is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel "Dr. No". In the 1962 Bond film of the same name, her name was shortened and changed to Honey Ryder. In the film, she is played by Swiss actress Ursula Andress and due to her heavy accent was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. In the film series, Ryder is widely regarded as the first Bond girl, although she is not the
Ursula Andress time. "I spent most of my time watching old Marlene Dietrich movies," she said. Andress did receive from publicity for dating James Dean shortly before the actor's death. She bought herself out of her contract. In March 1956 it was announced she signed to Columbia Pictures. She made no films for them either, and was Miss World Trade of 1956. She stayed in Hollywood because she married John Derek in 1957. In 1959 it was announced she and Derek would star in a film, "High Variety", but no movie resulted. Andress returned to screens in 1962 in an episode of