Ulla Agneta Jones (née Andersson; born 18 June 1946) is a Swedish photographer, actress, singer-songwriter, and retired model. She appeared on numerous magazine covers during the 1960s, before she retired from the
Ford Modelling Agency. She was married to American music producer
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...
, with whom she had two children.
After living in California with Jones for several years, she legally separated from him and returned to Sweden with her children. She also calls herself ''Ulla Andesong'' (Swedish for ''spirit song'').
Personal life
In 1966, when Andersson was 19, she met American musician and music producer
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...
at a party in New York, given by
TWA
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in honour of
Frank Sinatra
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. After her and Jones' courtship, she left the
5th Avenue
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apartment she had been subletting in
Manhattan
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from the producer
Robert Evans
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and moved to California to live with Jones. In 1967, she and Jones married.
She retired from her modeling career to raise their two children, Martina and
Quincy Jones III
Quincy Delight Jones III (born 23 December 1968), better known as QDIII, QD3 and Snoopy, is an English-born Swedish-American music producer and film producer.
Family
Jones was born in Wimbledon, London, the son of Swedish model Ulla Andersson ...
.
After several years of marriage, Ulla Jones and the children returned to live in Sweden, where Ulla remains today (2014). When she moved, Ulla and Quincy Jones were formally separated, but they divorced in 1974,
so that Jones could marry his longtime partner by then, actress
Peggy Lipton
Margaret Ann Lipton (August 30, 1946 – May 11, 2019) was an American actress, model, and singer. She made appearances in many of the most popular television shows of the 1960s before she landed her defining role as flower child Julie Barnes ...
, with whom he had two daughters. Ulla Jones agreed to complete the divorce and to a cash settlement. After receiving the small settlement, she moved out to the suburbs of
Stockholm
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.
Career
![Ulla Jones](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Ulla_Jones_1976.jpg)
Jones was discovered at the age of 15 in
Stockholm
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by modelling giant
Eileen Ford
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who immediately signed her and sent her to Paris. There she was trained as a model and began working, soon travelling the world for fashion shows and shoots in Europe, the United States, and Russia. She was photographed by such renowned fashion photographers of the day as
Hiro, and her image appeared on international fashion magazines like ''
Harper's Bazaar
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'' and ''
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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
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.'' Her performance was singled out for good notice in major press,
[Göran Sellgren in '']Svenska Dagbladet
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The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the ...
'' 9 January 1976 p 14 but the run was cut short when one of the leads dropped out. Two fellow cast members were
Christer Lindarw
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Career
Lindarw was born in Eskilstuna, Södermanland County. He was educated at Beckmans designhö ...
and Roger Jönsson, who there began their climb to fame in the subsequent act ''
After Dark''.
In January 1979 Jones began recording her debut album in
Stockholm, Sweden
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. Jones had worked with a handful of musicians including producers
Björn J:son Lindh and Lars Samuelson. She released her debut album "
No Time No Space No Age No Race That's Nifty!
''No Time No Space No Age No Race That's Nifty!'' is the debut studio album of Swedish model and actress Ulla Jones.
Production and arrangement
''That's Nifty'' was released under Swedish record label "Four Leaf Records". It was produced by S ...
" with twelve tracks, all except one written by her, in a mixture of various musical genres including pop,
folk
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,
country
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, and
world
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.
The album also featured one track sung by Turid Lundquist called "Long Legged Thilly" which was written by Jo-Ellen Lapidus and inspired by Jones. The album was released under Four Leaf Clover Records and remains her only record to date.
In 1984 Jones released her first single "Dirty Angels/Some People Like Blood" under Hawk records.
The single wasn't followed by any further releases under Hawk Records.
In 2007 Jones authored her debut book, an autobiography called ''
Red Carpet
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History
The earliest known reference to ...
Blues'', published by
Bra böcker
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of
Malmö
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.
Filmography
Stage
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
Writing and arrangement
References
Bibliography
*Andersson, Ulla. ''Red Carpet Blues''.
*
Jones, Quincy. ''Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones,'' 2001.
External links
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Swedish female models
Entertainers from Stockholm
1946 births
Living people
Swedish folk singers
Swedish songwriters
Family of Quincy Jones