Thordis Brandt(1940-2015)
- Actress
Thordis Brandt was born in Germany of Norwegian and German
parents. She moved to Canada as a young girl and was raised there.
After school, where she completed a University degree in nursing, she
moved to Santa Monica, California. As she pursued acting and dancing as
careers, she continued to practice her nursing in private duty. One of
her jobs in private duty was serving actress
Patricia Neal. Ms. Neal recommended
Thordis to other actors and actresses, thus Thordis became known as the
"actor's nurse." After retiring from acting, she continued nursing in
Beverly Hills.
