Tessa Prendergast
Jamaican actress and fashion designer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marie Therese "Tessa" Prendergast (17 October 1928 – 9 July 2001), also known as Tessa Welborn, was a Jamaican actress, fashion designer, businesswoman, and socialite. A renowned beauty and movie starlet in the 1950s, she is best-remembered today as the designer of the taboo-breaking white bikini worn by Ursula Andress in the 1962 film Dr. No.
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![]() Prendergast, publicity photo, c. 1953 | |
Born | Marie Therese Prendergast (1928-10-17)17 October 1928 |
Died | 9 July 2001(2001-07-09) (aged 72) London, United Kingdom |
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Years active | 1950s–1960s |
Spouses | Scotty Welbourne
(m. 1953; div. 1958)William Davies
(m. 1961; died 1982) |
Children | 1 |
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