Tessa Prendergast

Actor, Film actor

1928 – 2001

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Who was Tessa Prendergast?

Tessa Prendergast, 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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Born
Oct 17, 1928
Kingston
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Nationality
  • Jamaica
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Died
Jul 9, 2001
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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