Uschi Digard
Uschi Digard is a Swiss-born model and actress best known for late-1960s through early-1980s pin-up, softcore and sexploitation work and frequent collaboration with filmmaker Russ Meyer. Public records document 161 acting credits and three producing credits.
- Nationality
- Swiss-born
Uschi Digard biography
Uschi Digard is a Swiss-born model and actress whose real first name is Ursula.
Her first-person interview with The Rialto Report says the widely published August 15, 1948 birth date and Swedish birthplace are incorrect.
Public records document 161 acting credits and three producing credits.
Her best-known film work includes collaborations with Russ Meyer such as Supervixens, Up! and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens.
Personal & professional details
- Name
- Uschi Digard
- Birthplace
- Romandy, Switzerland
- Nationality
- Swiss-born
- Profession
- Swiss-born model, actress and sexploitation-film performer
- Location
- Switzerland / California / U.S. sexploitation cinema
- Career start
- Pin-up and sexploitation work documented from the late 1960s
- Also known as
- Ursula, Uschi Bernell, Astrid
- Known for
- Supervixens, Up!, Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, 161 IMDb acting credits, Three IMDb producing credits, Russ Meyer collaborations
Career timeline
Pin-up and film career begins
Digard became a widely published model and sexploitation actress in California.
Russ Meyer collaborations
Her credits include several films associated with Meyer and the U.S. sexploitation era.
Primary active period ends
First-person historical research places her main professional performing career through the early 1980s.
First-person biographical correction
Digard gave a rare interview correcting longstanding errors about her birthplace and birth date.
