Nina Van Pallandt

Danish born singer and actress. Born Nina Magdelene Møller-Hasselbalch in 1932 in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she is best known for her part in Nina & Frederik, a calypso-inspired folk duo with her husband Frederik, Baron van Pallandt, whose name she took. The duo achieved international succes, also appearing in the movie The Melody Of Love with Louis Armstrong. They married in in 1960 and had 3 children but divorced in 1975. Before, she had been married to Danish-English singer/actor Hugo Wessel. In 1969 she contributed the song Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown? to the James Bond-movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. (Rumours has it she also "played a part" in another 1969 song, Peter Sarstedts UK #1 hit Where Do You Go Where Do You Go To (My Lovely). One theory is that Nina van Pallandt was the mysterious Marie-Claire in the song about a young jet-setter who moved in high circles but was from a lowly origin. As an actress, Van Pallandt appeared in several Robert Altman films during the 1970s, including The Long Goodbye, A Wedding, and Quintet. In the early 1980s she appeared in American Gigolo and Cutter's Way.