Ursula Andress as Ayesha in 'She'

A reference photograph of Ursula Andress who played the leading role of Ayesha in the Hammer film, 'She' (1965), taken by an unknown photographer in 1964. Ayesha achieved immortality by bathing in the ice blue flames of a mystic fire, but a second visit to the flames proved fatal. The climax of the film shows Ayesha's transformation to the extreme appearance of her true age.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Roy Ashton & Phil Leakey Collection
Object Number:
2000-5000/22
type:
photograph and gelatin silver print
credit:
National Media Museum, Bradford