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David Niven: British Army
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Synopsis: Dr. Love (David Niven) is a suave British secret agent sent to Lebanon to investigate the murder of his colleague Parkington (Nigel Davenport) by an enemy agent in this spy spoof. With the help of the beautiful Vikki (Francoise Dorlac), Love uncovers a plot by Russian agents to kill a MiddleRead More
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When war broke out Niven returned to England and rejoined the army, this time in the Rifle Brigade. In 1946 Niven was widowed after the tragic death of his first wife, Primmie. Over the next twenty years he went on to make some of his best films including the Oscar winning Separate Tables, Around the World in Eighty Days, Casino Royale, The Guns of Navarone, Please Don't Eat the Daisies and Death on the Nile. A natural storyteller he published his first novel, Round the Rugged Rocks in 1951 and his two volumes of autobiography The Moon's A Balloon (1971) and Bring on the Empty Horses (1975) were instant bestsellers. His last book, Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly was published in 1981. David Niven died in July 1983, survived by his second wife and his four children.
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After a whirlwind two-week romance in 1940, Niven married Primula Susan Rollo (1918, London - May 21, 1946, Beverly Hills, California), the aristocratic daughter of a British lawyer. The couple had two sons, David Jr. and Jamie. Primula died at age 28, only six weeks after moving to America, of a fractured skull and brain lacerations from an accidental fall in the home of Tyrone Power. While playing hide and seek, she walked through a door believing it led to a closet. Instead, it led to a stone staircase to the basement. Niven recalled this as the darkest period of his life, years afterwards thanking his friends for their patience and forbearance during this time.
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