What is Hjordis Tersmeden's middle name?
Paulina
What is Hjordis Tersmeden's full name?
Hjördis Paulina Genberg
Hjordis Tersmeden date of birth:
November 10, 1919
How old was Hjordis Tersmeden when died?
78
Where was Hjordis Tersmeden born?
Sweden
When did Hjordis Tersmeden die?
December 24, 1997
Where did Hjordis Tersmeden die?
Switzerland
Hjordis Tersmeden body shape:
Slim
What color are Hjordis Tersmeden's eyes?
Blue
What color is Hjordis Tersmeden's hair?
Brown - Dark
Is Hjordis Tersmeden gay or straight?
Straight
What is Hjordis Tersmeden's ethnicity?
White
What is Hjordis Tersmeden nationality?
Swedish
What is Hjordis Tersmeden's occupation?
Model
Hjordis Tersmeden claim to fame:
2nd Wife of David Niven
Hjordis Tersmeden friends:
Fred Astaire, Greta Garbo, Anita Ekberg, Patricia Medina, Noel Coward, Deborah Kerr
Short Biography
Born Hjördis Paulina Genberg in Kiruna, Sweden. Just after the second World War, she married Swedish businessman, Carl Tersmeden, but divorced him after only 18 months. She met her second husband, David Niven, on the set of his film, Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1948, and he recorded that he was utterly smitten by her beauty. They were married six weeks after meeting. After an initial happy period, their marriage became tumultuous as she became dissatisfied at her position as 'Mrs Niven' rather than a star in her own right. She had worked as a model in Sweden but was completely unknown outside her home country. The couple adopted two daughters, reportedly in an effort to stabilize their relationship. She, however, reportedly descended into infidelity and alcoholism, until at last she and Niven were leading almost entirely separate lives. She died at the age of 78 from a stroke. She left specific instructions that she wasn't to be buried beside Niven, so was cremated and her ashes scattered in the Mediterranean.