
Nina van Pallandt
Actor · Born July 15, 1932 (94) · Copenhagen, Denmark
Nina van Pallandt (born Nina Magdelena; 15 July 1932) is a Danish retired actress. She was first a celebrated folk singer in Europe, together with her husband, Baron Frederik van Pallandt. They split up in 1969 and after a brief solo career as a singer she ended up in Hollywood, appearing in several Robert Altman movies as well as various TV series. She is also famous as the mistress of hoaxer Clifford Irving, who went to jail when his biography of Howard Hughes proved to be a fake.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 15, 1932 (94)
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Nina van Pallandt's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 2
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shadowas Eileen Wade in The Long Goodbye (1973)
- Heroas Joanna Quinn in Jungle Warriors (1984)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nina van Pallandt's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Nina van Pallandt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Time Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

The Way They Were (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

O.C. and Stiggs(1985)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Second Serve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Jungle Warriors(1984)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Cutter's Way(1981)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Cloud Dancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

American Gigolo(1980)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Hart to Hart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Tales of the Unexpected(1979)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Quintet(1979)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
A Wedding(1978)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Taxi(1978)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Ellery Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Assault on Agathon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

The Long Goodbye(1973)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Mandolins and Moonlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Kærlighedens melodi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Verdens rigeste pige (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Career shape
Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 21 titles from 1958 to 1988; peak year 1973.

Biggest box office
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

Highest rated
The Long Goodbye (1973)

Most popular right now
Cutter's Way (1981)
Film career
Peak 1973 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1973Screen debut· The Long Goodbye
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Nina van Pallandt's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 62nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Nina van Pallandt's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Nina van Pallandt work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nina van Pallandt's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Altman shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Robert AltmanShared titles: Quintet (1979), A Wedding (1978), The Long Goodbye (1973)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Altman

Writers
- Patricia ResnickShared titles: Quintet (1979), A Wedding (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Patricia Resnick

Actors
- Vittorio GassmanShared titles: Quintet (1979), A Wedding (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Vittorio Gassman

Producers
- Tommy ThompsonShared titles: Quintet (1979), A Wedding (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Tommy Thompson
- Robert EggenweilerShared titles: A Wedding (1978), The Long Goodbye (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Eggenweiler
Mixed roles
- Allan F. NichollsShared titles: Quintet (1979), A Wedding (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Allan F. Nicholls


