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Tova Borgnine
Monday, 17th November 1941 - Saturday, 26th February 2022
Norway
| Born in Oslo, Norway, her family moved to the US after WW2. After some modelling and acting work she moved into the make up side of the business and ran a skin care salon in Las Vegas, In 1971 she met actor Ernest Borgnine on a blind date and by 1973 the couple were married. While on location with the actor in Mexico she was introduced to a local cactus based skin care lotion. Taking the recipe to Hollywood and inadvertantly promoted by Ernest in 1977, the product took off. |
Borgnine, Gibb | 06/20/1984 |