Nina, Baroness van Pallandt (born Nina Magdelena Møller; 15 July 1932) is a Danish retired singer and actress.

Acting

Van Pallandt acted on television and in films. From 1969 to the early 1970s, she appeared as a guest on several episodes of the BBC comedy sketch series '' The Morecambe & Wise Show''. In 1975, she appeared in the ''

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'' episode "The Adventure of Colonel Nivin's Memoirs", and in 1988 she appeared in the '' Tales of the Unexpected'' episode "A Time to Die". In 1982, she appeared in the ''

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'' episode "Elegant Iggy". She appeared in several Robert Altman films during the 1970s, including '' The Long Goodbye'' (1973), '' A Wedding'' (1978), and ''

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'' (1979). She had mild sex scenes with

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in '' American Gigolo'' (1980) and

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in ''

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'' (1981). In 1969, van Pallandt sang John Barry and

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's song "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" in the

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movie '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service''.

Personal life

On 11 August 1955, she married Hugo Wessel, the son of English music hall singer

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and Danish diplomat Theodore W. "Tito" Wessel. On 21 September 1960, she married Frederik, Baron van Pallandt. They formed a singing duo,

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, and achieved popularity, including top-40 hits in the United Kingdom, with their calypso-style songs. They had three children: * Floris Nicolas Ali, Baron van Pallandt (1961–2006), a film writer, director and painter. * Kirsa Eleonore Clara, Baroness van Pallandt (born 1963) * Ana Maria Else, Baroness van Pallandt (born 1965) The couple parted in 1969 and divorced in 1976. In the early 1970s, van Pallandt was romantically linked to

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'', about Irving's fake autobiography of

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, van Pallandt is portrayed by Julie Delpy. She was also married briefly to South African

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in the 1970s.Obituary: Robert Kirby
Guardian. 27 March 2007.

References

External links

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Nina on ''The Morecambe and Wise Show''
BBC, 25 December 1970 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pallandt, Nina van 1932 births Living people Danish women singers Danish film actresses Danish Lutherans Danish pop singers Actresses from Copenhagen English-language singers from Denmark Danish baronesses