Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. ', David Jnr is highly sceptical, however. One of Munn's assertions David Jnr does agree with - that his father's second marriage to Hjordis, who later descended into depression and alcoholism, brought him no happiness. I have no idea who first mentioned it. According to Munn, who says he became a confidant to Hjordis after Niven's death,. But he rejected the idea. He and Primmie were married nine months later. His voice, once so distinctive, had become a slurred whisper. He made a porter feel like aKing.. Vintage photo of Kristina and Fiona Niven. As the marriage remained childless, the Nivens adopted a Swedish girl called Kristina born to another model, Mona Gunnarson, who worked in London. 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. At the same time, Hjrdis spoke to Woman magazine about Kristina and Fiona and their effect on her life. Intransigent as a toddler. The Biography piece is collaborative, where we work together to present the facts. My relationship with Hjrdis really did change, he said. At a reception in Monaco for the 1966 movie Grand Prix, a journalist noted that Grace was happy to momentarily escape her royal duties and sit in a corner with Hjrdis to compare notes on their children. And why, if Michael Munn was such a good friend, did he never introduce him to us? David never really wanted me to be an actor, and he had never gone out of his way to help me, Trubshawe told Morley. There was also a Trubshawe. In 1973, on January 28th, the Paris Peace Accord was signed - supposedly ending the Vietnam War. Share what Kristina did for a living or if she had a career or profession. Another actress told Munn: Infidelity seems to be an occupational hazard with many actors. On Christmas Eve 1997, at the age of 78, Hjrdis died of natural causes a stroke in hospital in Switzerland. Niven by this time making movies with stars such as Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck and Cary Grant was devastated. 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. Grandson Michael (born 1990), by daughter Kristina. Its a terrible flaw in me. Did David Niven, abused and taunted beyond endurance, seriously consider planning the murder of his heartless wife? 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. She was angry with him, angry at his fame andsuccess. We talked a lot about what was going on and how she felt. 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. Then it leaked out. The leak proved to be more of a slow puncture. Documents of Kristina Andersson Niven. She adds: It will shatter many myths about them both.. We used to sit by the fire with a night-cap just before bed-time.. Cap Ferrat, 1964, For a long time it was a well-kept secret among a few close friends, Davids friend Roddy Mann wrote. And as falsehood followed contradiction followed hypocrisy, a nation screamed at Harry's white-gloved TV interviewers: When WILL you call him out? But this is the first time David Jnr has ever heard of his father openly admitting to anyone that he was illegitimate. In addition to the upturn in his home life, Davids working life also perked up. All our images are original photos from a press archive. According to Munn (who has also written biographies on Lord Olivier, Kirk Douglas and John Wayne), Niven told him that his mother, Henriette Degacher, was married to William Niven, a wealthy landowner killed fighting the Turks in the World War I when the young David was five. Experiences, organizations, & how she spent her time. In November 1977, while David Niven was in Egypt filming 'Death On The Nile', he heard that his daughter Kristina had been seriously injured in a car accident in Switzerland. 'In The Moon's a Balloon, he even alluded to the fact that he felt like killing himself,' says Munn. (LogOut/ By Helen Weathers for the Daily Mail Updated: 06:02 EST, 27 June 2009. DEVILISH: David Niven bedded many famous stars and starlets. This section is to introduce Kristina Niven with highlights of her life and how she is remembered. To the fury of her father, she became pregnant as a result. Suggest an alternative Share your comments about this record 'If he wanted to confess something, why would it be to this man? He then shared a bachelor pad with fellow roisterer Errol Flynn, although the pair fell out when Flynn made a pass at Niven. In the hilarious and best-selling first volume of his memoirs, The Moons A Balloon, Niven related that as a 14-year-old public schoolboy at Stowe, he availed himself of the services of a 17-year-old Piccadilly prostitute called Nessie. But Niven's popularity with so many other ordinary people was staggering. By 1970, Hjrdis was drinking heavilyand seemed intent on undermining her husband. MAUREEN CALLAHAN: Thick as a plank. Looking for Kristin Nivens? The comments below have been moderated in advance. When we share what we know, together we discover more. But Niven, who allegedy had an affair with Mona, was always strongly suspected of being the girls real father. Fiona Niven 1 F, #183117 Last Edited=24 Feb 2007 When you share, or just show that you care, the heart 'The three of us - my father, Jamie and myself - were very close all our lives. What is Kristina's ethnicity and where did her parents, grandparents & great-grandparents come from? Davids brother had it and when he died it passed to David. So, given his very frail state and rapidly decreasing ability to communicate, you can imagine David Jnr's rather stunned surprise to learn of his father's series of 'confessions' - given, we are told, as he was dying - to 'friend and biographer' Michael Munn. Ive been addicted to sex ever since, he told Michael Munn, the trusted biographer he summoned in his dying years. 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. She died three days later of a blood clot on the brain. Deals and discounts in Tech & Electronics you dont want to miss. One afternoon soon after they started dating, she was introduced to Nivens young sons, David Jr, five, and Jamie, two. We showed up with about 50 other couples, and everyone that I knew had either been or was being unfaithful to the other. His conquests included Princess Marina, widow of the Duke of Kent, and according to Hjrdis Princess Margaret, while for her part, she had a quickie with US President John Kennedy and caught a dose of chlamydia from him. Find the best deals on Kitchen from your favorite brands. 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. But our friends dont need to worry, it wont go beyond a joke.. 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. 1985 Contrary to a popular myth, he was not a cousin of actor Patrick Macnee. 'Once, I changed the grades on one of my school reports, not realising that the ink I used was not the same as that on the report. Your email address will not be published. Actress Lilli Palmer (Rex Harrison's wife between 1943-1956: "It was almost impossible. He'd change the cast of characters to embellish but also obscure the truth.'. AbeBooks.com: Pour Toi (9780855030841) by Kristina-niven and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. As well as having previous history with Cassinis and Kennedys, Grace and Hjrdis also shared an earthy sense of humour. Actress Lilli Palmer (Rex Harrison's wife between 1943-1956: "It was almost impossible. Cap Ferrat, summer, 1964 (Not the most flattering picture ever taken, but it fits in with the narrative..!) These are the best Fashion deals youll find online. But when you are not receiving love and affection at home, you seek it elsewhere. These little girls keep us young. After the craziness of 1962 and 1963, he and Hjrdis seemed to be genuinely playing happy families. David avoided tension at home by taking up cross-country skiing in Gstaad. But these were the survivors. Her chronic alcoholism, already an open scandal, was now compounded by obvious mental problems. She had left instructions that she wasnt to be buried inthe grave beside Niven at Chteau dOex, so she was cremated and her ashes scattered in the Mediterranean. He later regretted not marrying her but told Munn he was unable to stay faithful. '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. Jacques Gander. But at the end of her husband's life, she refused. We had candles in old bottles and champagne in new ones. 'As far as I'm concerned, this is the most insane part of the story,' says David Jnr. Share highlights of Kristina's life. How could you do this Hjrdis? an outspoken one said. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Hjordis Genberg-Tersmeden on a magazine cover in 1946, as a celebrity ex-model. we begin to Show & Tell who they were during particular moments in their lives. How curious that Niven should choose someone his two sons have never heard of to 'get off his chest' some rather explosive revelations - ones that he never shared with them or, they say, his two 'bosom buddies' and fellow film stars Roger Moore and Robert Wagner. 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 He thinks nothing of trudging along for fifteen or twenty miles. David eventually formeda ski club called DNO (David Nivens Own Ski Club) with a membership of one, himself. The card read: To the finest gentleman who ever walked these halls. (LogOut/ And bring a tape recorder. Two weeks later she was handed over to Hjrdis. Such was his unsettled lifestyle that David later looked back on it as a time when he actually had time to spend with his family: The Rogues allowed me to live in one spot longer but, like all good things, it ended and I was travelling again.. He sees no intrinsic merit in it, since he did nothing to earn it. Oh God, I wanted her to die.. 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. Other projects were allowed to slip by, such as Circus, Paris 1900, Jack Be Nimble and Honey for the Bears. The next, he took her to his London club Bucks for lunch. 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