Ulla Andersson
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Sweden
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) is a former high fashion model, actress, singer and songwriter
Songwriter
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who appeared on numerous magazine covers during the 1960s, before she retired from the Ford Modelling Agency, and has been married to Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
. She also calls herself Ulla Andesong (Swedish for spirit song).
Career
Andersson was discovered in StockholmStockholm
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by Eileen Ford
Eileen Ford
Eileen Ford is a model agency executive and co-founder, in 1946, with her late husband Gerard William "Jerry" Ford, of Ford Models, one of the earliest and internationally best known modelling agencies in the world.-Early life:...
when she was 15 years old. She was immediately signed to the Ford Modelling Agency and sent to Paris
Paris
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where she learned the business. Before long before she was travelling the world and working in Europe
Europe
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, the United States
United States
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and Russia
Russia
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. She was photographed by renowned fashion photographers of the day including Hiro
Hiro
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and her image appeared on such fashion publications as Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar is an American fashion magazine, first published in 1867. Harper’s Bazaar is published by Hearst and, as a magazine, considers itself to be the style resource for “women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture.”...
and Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
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In January 1976, Ulla Jones was cast as "Betty Sue" in Lars Jacob's first Stockholm production of Wild Side Story
Wild Side Story
Wild Side Story is a stage show that originated as an underground happening in Miami Beach, Florida in 1973. From that year until the end of production in 2004, it was performed hundreds of times in Florida, Sweden, California and Spain....
and was singled out for good notice in major press. The run was cut short when one of the leads dropped out and thus was her performance in it. Fellow cast members were Christer Lindarw
Christer Lindarw
Christer Lindarw, born 3 March 1953 in Eskilstuna, Södermanlands län, is a Swedish clothes designer, the country's best known drag queen artist, and the leader of dragshow group After Dark.Lindarw was trained at Beckmans in Stockholm...
and Roger Jönsson, subsequently known in After Dark.
Private life
In 1966 when Andersson was 19 years old, she met Quincy Jones at a party given by TWATwa
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in honour of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
in New York
New York
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. After a whirlwind courtship, Ulla left the 5th Avenue apartment she was subletting from Robert Evans in Manhattan
Manhattan
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and moved to California
California
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to live with Jones. In 1967 they married, and Andersson retired from her modelling career to raise their two children, Martina Jones and Quincy Jones III
Quincy Jones III
Quincy Delightt Jones III is a British-born Swedish/African-American composer, music producer, film producer, and author...
. Earlier that year, she was selected to represent Sweden
Sweden
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in the Miss World 1966
Miss World 1966
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pageant, in London
London
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, United Kingdom
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The pressures of her husband's touring and social life caused friction in the marriage as did health issues on Ulla's part. After several years of marriage, she took the children and left her husband. She returned to Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
where she remains today. Although she and Quincy were formally separated, they were not legally divorced until 1974, when Quincy was diagnosed with a brain tumor and gravely ill. He was not expected to live, and it was his wish to marry his longtime partner, actress Peggy Lipton
Peggy Lipton
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, for the purpose of legal provisions for their two daughters. Ulla agreed to finalize the divorce and a one-time cash settlement. After receiving a small settlement, she moved out to the suburbs of Stockholm
Stockholm
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Today, she is a grandmother and is the author
Author
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of an autobiography
Autobiography
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Red Carpet Blues.