Nina, Baroness van Pallandt (born Nina Magdelena Møller; 15 July 1932) is a retired Danish singer and actress.
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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 Ellery Queen 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 Taxi episode "Elegant Iggy".
Van Pallandt appeared in several Robert Altman films during the 1970s, including The Long Goodbye (1973), A Wedding (1978), and Quintet (1979). She notably played the Swedish madam of Richard Gere in American Gigolo (1980) and had a bedroom scene with Jeff Bridges in Cutter's Way (1981).
In 1969, van Pallandt sang John Barry and Hal David's song "Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Personal life
On 11 August 1955, she married Hugo Wessel, the son of English music hall singer Denise Orme and Danish diplomat Theodore W. "Tito" Wessel.
On 21 September 1960, she married Dutchman Frederik, Baron van Pallandt (born 1934). They formed a singing duo, Nina & Frederik, and achieved popularity, including top-40 hits in the United Kingdom, with their calypso-style songs. They had three children:
