She was not Sweden's answer to Florence Nightingale by any stretch of the imagination.'. Her presence was noted just about in a syndicated news story published six months after her birth: Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fishers nursemaid hired to tend to their three children in Rome for $2000 a month while Liz lenses Cleopatra has quit. Select the pencil to add details. But the wheelchair wasnt for him, it was for her. Photographers were soon lurking, but mostly because Laurence Olivier and his new wife Joan Plowright were staying as the Nivens guests. I had difficulty swallowing and I had champagne in my knees.. David's younger brother Jamie is more forthright, adding: 'I find it totally bizarre that this author should bring out this book now, when my father's been dead for 26 years. In 2009 he told Vanity Fair: It just wasnt something you talked about, the fact that you have a terrible stepmother.. Hjordis Genberg-Tersmeden on a magazine cover in 1946, as a celebrity ex-model. The actress Alexandra Bastedo, a close friend of Manns widow Anastasia, describes the play as explosive stuff. In 1973, on January 28th, the Paris Peace Accord was signed - supposedly ending the Vietnam War. But this is the first time David Jnr has ever heard of his father openly admitting to anyone that he was illegitimate. 'Anyone who knew Hjordis, would also know that she would never have accepted a love child of David's - never in a million years.'. Often I didnt because there were plenty of starlets willing to sleep with anyone they thought might be able to help them in their careers., H e continued: One girl I met at a party was called Marilyn Monroe. One evening a big star gave a party honoring couples who had been married more than 10 years. Reason: the Nivens only have one child., Next page, Lo Scoglietto The little rock, or head off on a slight tangent: Pia and Mia Genberg. In 1982, on September 14th, Princess Grace of Monaco (American actress Grace Kelly), 52, died of injuries when her car plunged off a mountain road. (As a note: Carlos Madrid has looked in to Hjrdis claim, and found nothing. I paid for it when I had to. It began during his school holidays at 14, when he fell in love with a 17-year-old prostitute hed picked up at Piccadilly Circus. In 1979, on November 4th, Iranian militant students seized the US embassy in Teheran and held 52 American citizens and diplomats hostage for 444 days. Sir Roger Moore, who was there, recalls: The car door opened and, with her wig slipping and an emptybottle of vodka rolling around her feet, Hjrdis looked up at me and slurred: Here for the press, are you?, Moore, a mild-mannered man, slow to anger, told her: Just get in the f***ing house.. I took a gun and put the barrel in my mouth and, with barely a thought for my children, which was unforgivable, I pulled the trigger. Davids mother was Henriette Degacher. says David. In Hollywood he set up home with Merle Oberon, the star of Wuthering Heights, whom he credited with turning him into an actor. Deals and discounts in Tech & Electronics you dont want to miss. That and getting drunk but I preferred sex. Some of them no more than 16 but I was insatiable, you see always have been. (LogOut/ I made inquiries and found that, by chance, it had just fallen vacant, so I persuaded David to take it on a long lease., Those of our friends who knew the villa were absolutely horrified when they heard we had taken it. Relaxing with his Swedish born wife Hjordis. The pencil-thin star with the trademark pencil-thin moustache was not, as his entry in the Oxford Dictionary Of National Biography states, the son of landowner William Niven. I find it hard to remember what our lives were like before she came on the scene, for she has changed them so much and given such new meaning to our marriage., David and Hjrdis Niven with Princess Grace of Monaco. DEVILISH: David Niven bedded many famous stars and starlets. Nivens acting career took off before the war, with supporting roles in The Charge Of The Light Brigade, The Prisoner Of Zenda and Wuthering Heights and then starring as the gentleman thief in Raffles. Hover to zoom. Already there had been several near-misses. He was the one they all wanted to sit next to at dinner. Then, six weeks later, tragedy struck. David was a dear, dear friend of mine who did nothing but try to please her. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. We used to sit by the fire with a night-cap just before bed-time.. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY with every order. My own baby girl. Then I turned to David. When we share what we know, together we discover more. Niven in Europe, 1960 The beautiful ice lady, 1960 Come up and see my etchings, 1960 Hjrdis Niven, 1961-64 Cap Ferrat and Kristina, 1961 Lo Scoglietto - The little rock The pitfalls of skiing, 1962 Narrow escapes and JFK, 1962-63 Breakfast in bed, 1963 A well kept secret, 1964 Pia and Mia Genberg Pia and Mia Genberg Pia and Mia photo gallery 1 They were married six weeks later at South Kensington register office, on January 14, 1948. The decision to keep the girls away from the press has been pored over in Niven biographies. As if desperately seeking some crumb of approval from her, Niven whispered pathetically: I swam two lengths., Nivens close friend, the actor Roger Moore, watched as Hjrdis, with an expression of icy contempt on her face, snapped at her dying husband in what the James Bond star later described as a cutting voice. They were released at the end of the inauguration speech of the newly elected Ronald Reagan. Did Kristina finish grade school, get a GED, go to high school, get a college degree or masters? 'Towards the end he needed care 24 hours a day, and he had this wonderful Irish nurse, Katherine Mathewson, who he adored,' says David Jnr. Sell it yourself. Of their final meeting in July 1982, when the interview took place, Munn said he believes Niven had been in London rather than France at that time because he was due to meet the British lyricist and composer Leslie Bricusse. 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She was loathed and detested by every member of Nivens family, and by all his closefriends. Hjrdis Niven, 1961-64. When he was barely able to walk, write, speak or swallow, she would tell people in his hearing: Look at him. To them, Hollywood greats Fred Astaire, Cary Grant and Laurence Olivier were merely 'Uncle Fred', 'Uncle Cary', and 'Uncle Larry'. I was too embarrassed to say I hurt it having intercourse.. On Christmas Eve 1997, at the age of 78, Hjrdis died of natural causes a stroke in hospital in Switzerland. 'I hope that David Niven Jnr might actually read my book rather than judge it on what he has presumably read in the newspapers. After being diagnosed, Niven was originally optimistic about finding a cure but gradually had to accept the inevitable. Quite a lot of that action may have been alcohol assisted. As the marriage remained childless, the Nivens adopted a Swedish girl called Kristina born to another model, Mona Gunnarson, who worked in London. Kristina Niven Title: Mammy Blue Release Title: Mammy Blue Record Label: Amidisque Release Year: 1986 Record Grading: Very Good Plus Sleeve Grading: Very Good Plus Platform: NA Size: NA Format: vinyl Color: NA Material: NA Department: NA UPC: Does not apply EAN: Does not apply Business seller information iHaveit UK Ltd Michael V 20 Pontings Close But yesterday Munn said he had known Niven both professionally and socially, meeting him whenever he came to the UK from his home in Switzerland, although Munn never met David Jnr or Jamie. Find the best deals on Kitchen from your favorite brands. We showed up with about 50 other couples, and everyone that I knew had either been or was being unfaithful to the other. She is completely secure and she is a very important part of my life. She had fallen down drunk and broken her leg.. I dont feel I want to meet my maker without having got a few things off my chest., As Munn comments: It was a dying mans confession: the real Niven., In that last confession, it was still Primmie nearly four decades after her death that he was thinking of. The war ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon. According to Munn, who says he became a confidant to Hjordis after Niven's death, Kristina was the product of an affair Niven had in Switzerland with an 18-year-old girl. AbeBooks.com: Pour Toi (9780855030841) by Kristina-niven and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Somehow it seemed as if the freezing climate of her birthplace had entered her veins. While David loved to stretch and embroider his anecdotes, Hjrdis preferred the one-liner: I can boil water very well, she once quipped when asked about her cooking skills. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show. In 1961, Hjrdis and David Niven began to settle into their Swiss winter routine. By 1970, Hjrdis was drinking heavilyand seemed intent on undermining her husband. In addition to the upturn in his home life, Davids working life also perked up. So a child joined the family but possibly through Nivens infidelity. He adds that the suggestion Kristina was Niven's love child has been touched on before in Graham Lord's authorised biography of the star, and adds that Niven may have previously kept the story of his suicide attempt quiet to protect his sons from further grief after the death of their mother. I found myself gazing into a face of such beauty and such sweetness that I just stared blankly back, he wrote. In 1948 the Niven boys got a new stepmother, a Swedish model called Hjordis Tersmeden. Kristina Niven - Mammy Blue - Used Vinyl Record 7 - B1450A Condition: Used Price: Buy It Now Description Shipping and payments Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. 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One evening a big star gave a party honoring couples who had been married more than 10 years. In his time he romanced actresses Loretta Young, Grace Kelly, Rita Hayworth and Merle Oberon, as well as the beautiful Princess Marina and even Princess Margaret. Shop the best selection of deals on Beauty now. His mother, a Frenchwoman, was the Marquise de Gacher and the title goes to the eldest son. Great for WALL DECOR. and you'll be alerted when others do the same. I get the chance to remember the Share yesterday to connect today & preserve tomorrow, Copyright 1999-2023 AncientFaces, Inc. All Rights Reserved, ADVERTISEMENT But at the end of her husbands life, she refused to take care of him. 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See how AncientFaces connects us to our past, builds meaningful relationships in our present, and preserves for the future AncientFaces is your place to remember people through photos and stories. I was unfaithful but that was because he was going with other women.. I had some bizarre illness. The next, he took her to his London club Bucks for lunch. He told me: "Maybe this is God's way of saying you have told enough stories over the years and it's someone else's turn to be the life and soul of the party. He carved out a niche playing suave, upper-class chancers in films like Around The World In 80 Days and The Pink Panther. Hjrdis agreed to adopt Kristina, Niven's love-child by an 18-year-old girl in Switzerland, who was presented to the world as a Swedish orphan. BY ANCESTRY.COM. My father would never drink before a TV performance, so was worried he might have had a stroke. Or at least I hope so. We decided to spend more money than we should and rent something in the south of France, Hjrdis remembered. She may have believed it, but it doesnt look like its true. Shop the best selection of deals on Fitness now. David bought the house outright in January 1962, from ex French Resistance hero Jacques Bounin. Last night they dined with Hjrdis and me at our villa its unfurnished and we havent had time to remedy that yet with packing cases in lieu of chairs and everybody being very good sports. eBay item number: 325498797252 Item specifics Condition: Used: Seller Notes: "UK 7 PS" Artist: Kristina Niven Title: Mammy Blue Release Title: Mammy Blue Record Label: NA Niven in Europe, 1960 The beautiful ice lady, 1960 Come up and see my etchings, 1960 Hjrdis Niven, 1961-64 Cap Ferrat and Kristina, 1961 Lo Scoglietto - The little rock The pitfalls of skiing, 1962 Narrow escapes and JFK, 1962-63 Breakfast in bed, 1963 A well kept secret, 1964 Pia and Mia Genberg Pia and Mia Genberg Pia and Mia photo gallery 1 David avoided tension at home by taking up cross-country skiing in Gstaad. I could never call him "Father" - he was always my stepfather - it was a farce.'. This section is to introduce Kristina Niven with highlights of her life and how she is remembered. Hjrdis smiled a little and muttered: Gosh, so stupid!. Back in Britain to play the title-role in Bonnie Prince Charlie (the biggest turkey of his career), he walked off the set to find a 28-year-old woman he had never seen before sitting in his personal canvas chair. Speaking this week from his office atSothebys in New York, her stepson, Jamie Niven, said: I always sensed a great deal of anger in her. Kristina was born on 4th June 1961, the daughter of a 22-23 year old Swedish woman living in Geneva. I think he'll find it very sympathetic and affectionate towards his father. I mean, she even managed to breaka finger duringa pillow fight with two little girls. By Michael Thornton for MailOnline Updated: 19:19 EST, 10 June 2011. We will never say how we adopted them. During a game of sardines at the home of actor Tyrone Power, Primmie flung open the door of what she thought was a cupboard and fell down a flight of stone stairs. father was doing in London in 1982 when this interview is said to have happened, because he spent his summers in the South of France and the winters in Switzerland. Sir Roger reveals Niven's marriage hell WHILE Sir Roger Moore's recent memoirs were hailed as the epitome of gentlemanly restraint, it seems the old smoothie had little time for Hjordis, the. Niven by this time making movies with stars such as Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck and Cary Grant was devastated. And bring a tape recorder. In October 1951, while pheasant shooting with friends in New England, Hjrdis had been shot in the face, neck and chest by two of Nivens companions. Actress Lilli Palmer (Rex Harrison's wife between 1943-1956: "It was almost impossible. The Biography piece is collaborative, where we work together to present the facts. She was angry with him, angry at his fame andsuccess. My relationship with Hjrdis really did change, he said. These little girls keep us young. After the craziness of 1962 and 1963, he and Hjrdis seemed to be genuinely playing happy families. 'I am sure he might have thought about killing himself after my mother died because he was devastated. As he lay dying in Switzerland, Hjordis stayed in the South of France. August 1964 In 1965 David Niven began in earnest to introduce his new family to the world: "It is the best thing I've ever done. Shortly afterwards, Niven was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and had two years to live. You could say that when it came to being unfaithful, my father didn't exactly keep his knees together all the time. 'My father had been on Michael Parkinson's show, and when he got back to the hotel he had about 25 messages from friends saying, "Why were you drunk?" Kristina Niven Published by The Medici Society, 1985 ISBN 10: 0855030844 ISBN 13: 9780855030841 Seller: Fireside Bookshop, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom Contact seller Association Member: PBFA Seller Rating: Book First Edition Signed Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good US$ 44.11 Convert currency US$ 28.14 Shipping From United Kingdom to U.S.A. David often took the opportunity to amuse himself by naming characters in his movies after friends or family. The owner of the property, a man whose debonair charm had made him Hollywoods idea of the quintessential English gentleman, shuffled painfully from the pool to the house. Long winter evenings in the north, 1919-29, Hjrdis Tersmeden : Fashion from America, 1946, Ive learned to be happy ever after, 1954, If things had turned out differently, 1969, A non-participating background presence, 1974, A bright summers day in Chateau DOex, 1983, David Nivens first wife, Primmie Niven, 1918-46, Follow Hjrdis Genberg Niven on WordPress.com. Hjrdis and Kristina Niven, Cap Ferrat 1964. Kristina Niven - Mammy Blue / Wait Until Tomorrow - Used Vinyl Record - B1450A . Cap Ferrat, summer, 1964 (Not the most flattering picture ever taken, but it fits in with the narrative..!) Jamie explained to Graham Lord that his father was worried about the prospect and approached him to beg approval: I know you want to say no because shes been a terrible mother to you, but you mustnt do that to me. However, shestill managed to land herself in an almost unbelievable series of scrapes during the decade. The early 1960s were not good years., When she became bitter, he told Vanity Fair, she found an easy target for her anger in me, and I always stood up for him which made things worse. 'I can't say if David Niven ever mentioned me to them or not,' he says. I was astonished as my dad had spurned all such aids. 'It was absolutely heartbreaking for me to see him like that, so very frail and skinny, and I remember thinking as I drove away: "My God, this could be the last time I ever see him," ' says David, 67. And when she drank, that anger intensified.. He claims he was summoned by Niven to see him at his Mayfair flat in London in 1982, just before his death, with the slurred words: 'I need to see you Mike. That day, Niven took her to a riverside pub, plied her with Black Velvet cocktails and taught her to play darts. David Jnr, has clearly inherited his father's famously urbane sense of humour and easy charm. His real father, David said, was her long-term lover Thomas Platt, a diplomat and Conservative politician who later became Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt, whom his mother married two years after William's death. As Hjrdiss drinking rapidly spiralled out of control, rumours spread that the embattled Niven was considering divorce. After all, I worked hard for it.'. When we were apart during the war, it was all too easy to have sex with other women who wanted to go to bed with a Hollywood movie star. Zara and Mike Tindall ignore family drama back home as they enjoy a sunny stroll on the Gold Coast - before she takes in the sights on horseback. She died three days later of a blood clot on the brain. But these were the survivors. But he was keen to protect them from what people would perceive as the glamour of being a movie star. Help paint a picture of Kristina so that she is always remembered. At the end of the war, she had married an extremely rich yacht-owning Swedish businessman, Carl Tersmeden, but had divorced him after only 18 months. We also present annual summer . Above all, I saw it as a haven for the whole family a retreat where we could all spend our summers together, surrounded by the Mediterranean.. Niven - a notorious ladies' man - seduced her while filming Bonnie Prince Charlie. Munn had first met Niven in 1970 - then aged 60 - when he was an 18-yearold trainee junior film publicist and interviewed him seven times between then and his death in 1983. One afternoon soon after they started dating, she was introduced to Nivens young sons, David Jr, five, and Jamie, two. Although a successful model in Sweden, she was completely unknown outside her home country. Did David Niven, abused and taunted beyond endurance, seriously consider planning the murder of his heartless wife? Hostilities continued between North and South Vietnam and the U.S. continued to bomb. Personally, I dont see any issue. I only remember waking up in the morning in a friends bedroom with the worst hangover and lying next to me was Marilyn Monroe.. Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers. Even Niven had doubts, telling friends that he was quite possibly making the greatest mistake of my life. She adds: It will shatter many myths about them both.. He made a porter feel like aKing.. But he rejected the idea. Select the next to any field to update. She died of a fractured skull and brain lacerations. 'The three of us - my father, Jamie and myself - were very close all our lives. These are the best Fashion deals youll find online. 1985 Contrary to a popular myth, he was not a cousin of actor Patrick Macnee. Jacques Gander. A Mammy Blue. Change). He's trying to destroy Charles, Camilla and William over leaks and briefings when I KNOW those spinning for him and Meghan did just the same, What royal feud? Shop with confidence. (Locals ignored the 'Private' sign) In 1961, Hjrdis and David Niven began to settle into their Swiss winter routine. 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His voice, once so distinctive, had become a slurred whisper. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Extreme coldness is the characteristic most people mention about her. After making 22 films in Hollywood during the 1930s, Niven, at the age of 29, returned to Britain on the outbreakof war in 1939 to join the Rifle Brigade. AncientFaces is a place where our memories live. The family photos were reproduced in magazines by November 1964, while Davids press announcements appeared during the first half of 1965. According to Munn's book, Niven told him that her death, combined with the theft from their home of her most treasured possessions, drove him to attempt suicide. She has gone to work for Hjordis and David Niven for a mere $500 a month. He would not tolerate lying.'. Save up to 50% on Pets when you shop now. while playing the hideand-seek game Sardines, for which the lights had been switched off, Primmie opened a door she thought was the powder room and fell head-first down a steep flight of steps into the cellar. 1 death record. Munn says, the tapes of his interview with Niven unfortunately no longer exist as they were 'chewed up' in the machine long ago, but that he transcribed them in full before they were lost. 1 She was adopted by James David Graham Niven and Hjrdis Paulina Genberg in 1960. Ive always told people I damaged it during the war. The latter died in action at Gallipoli in 1915 when young David was five. That is slightly askew. Free delivery for many products! That shows you are extra special to me. Even though he adored her, he was again incapable of monogamy. These were the days before the paparazzi, so he wasn't mobbed by fans wherever he went.'. In 1961, Swiss law stated that when adopting a child, if one of the prospective parents was over 50 and already had two children by an original marriage, and the youngest child was over fourteen, then that child had the power of veto. Margaret, a future Deb of the Year who later went on to marry into the aristocracy and became the sexually voracious Duchess of Argyll, was rushed into a London nursing home for a secret termination. Were seeing Grace and Rainier constantly and very privately, David mentioned. 'When we were young, television had only just been invented and we hardly ever went to the cinema because we were at boarding school in England. There were, as far as I'm aware, no secrets between us, and almost every subject was open to discussion'. But Roddy was left with the strong impression that she might suffer a nasty accident.. ", 'But it was very hard for him. I have no idea who first mentioned it. Niven's son David Jnr, the former head of Paramount Pictures and producer of the movie The Eagle Has Landed, and his younger brother Jamie, 64, chairman of the auctioneers Sotheby's in New York, could not be more baffled. He never fully recovered from Primmies death and now found himself alone with two young sons to raise. Grand-daughters Fernanda and Eugenie, by son Jamie. But I chose you for my daughter. So the thought of him sitting down to get things of his chest at this time seems to me laughable.'. It has been done legally. Arent we both lucky? She smiled and hugged me., I feel too, that there is no point in hiding her any more. Theres nothing I can do to change the clock, he said, but I have changed my heart. David himself would never have been involved in such a solution, she, says. Hjrdis Niven with Kristina and David. because he was slurring so much. On the day of Nivens death in 1983, Hjrdis was in the South of France. He was barely recognisable as one of the most celebrated stars in the world, winner of a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as the bogus major accused of sexual misconduct in the film of Terence Rattigans play Separate Tables. One likely source of the misunderstanding / joke / fib is that Davids 1949 movie The Elusive Pimpernel, had an aristocratic character called the Marquis de Gacher. Did Kristina serve in the military or did a war or conflict interfere with her life? But whether Nessie granted him her favours or not, another youthful escapade one that was missed by all his biographers was authentic. What is Kristina's ethnicity and where did her parents, grandparents & great-grandparents come from? As he admitted later: I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life tall, slim, auburn hair, uptilted nose, lovely mouth and the most enormous grey eyes I had ever seenI goggled. 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