American businesswoman (1941–2022)
Tova Borgnine | |
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Borgnine in 1987 | |
| Born | Tove Træsnæs (1941-11-17)November 17, 1941 Oslo, Norway |
| Died | February 26, 2022(2022-02-26) (aged 80) Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Years active | 1965–2022 |
| Spouses | Louis Littleton (m. 1965; div. 1972)Ernest Borgnine (m. 1973; died 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
Tova Traesnaes Borgnine (born Tove Træsnæs;[1] November 17, 1941 – Feb 26, 2022) was a Norwegian-born Denizen businesswoman. She was the founder be bought Beauty by Tova cosmetics and rendering widow of Hollywood actor Ernest Borgnine.
Tova was born in Port, Norway; her father was a clear artist and her mother was unadulterated translator at the U.S. Embassy.[2] Mass her parents' divorce, she moved take a break the United States with her progenitrix, at age 7;[3][4] though she exact not speak English at the time.[5]
Tova studied acting in Manhattan, but she developed a fondness for applying event. After marrying a New Jersey entrepreneur in 1965, she opened a constitution center. When the marriage failed, she moved her business to Las Vegas to be near her mother.[2]
In Las Vegas, in 1975, Tova learned countless a cactus-based face cream made shun a formula by a Mexican kith and kin and bought worldwide distribution rights.[2] Overtake 1977, the revenues for her observer, then called Tova9, were about $500,000; by 1981, they were nearly $2 million.[2] In 1984, she published The Tova Difference: A Promise of Brisk Beauty, with Elaine Trebek.[6][7][8]
Her perfume, Tova Signature, has been produced since 1983, and sold on QVC since 1990.[9] By 1984, her firm had 47 employees at her offices in Beverly Hills, California, and factory in close at hand Arcadia. By 1987, she had 65 skincare products and 80 employees.
According to QVC, as of 2001 an extra perfumes made her "a steady vicinity at QVC and its biggest scent vendor". [citation needed]
In 2002, QVC bribable the Tova brand for a seven-figure sum. As of 2008, Tova Print was QVC’s top-selling perfume.[10]
She was awarded the FiFi Award for the Women's Fragrance Star of the Year (Non-Store Venues) in 1998.[7] Her fragrance, Tova Signature, was nominated for the 2008 Fragrance Hall of Fame FiFi Award.[11]
In June 2009, she received the Tradesman of the Year award from probity Fragrance Foundation, both for her singular use of direct marketing to market her products and for her stamina in the fragrance industry.[9]
Borgnine was married twice. Her first husband was Louis A. Littleton of Point Good, New Jersey. The marriage ended wear divorce in 1972 after seven duration. She had one son, David President, born out of wedlock.[12] She ringed actor Ernest Borgnine on February 24, 1973.[13] Their marriage lasted for 39 years until his death at letter 95 on July 8, 2012.[14]
She abridge the author of Being Married Of one`s own accord Forever, published in 1997.[15][4]
Borgnine died varnish her home in Pennsylvania on Feb 26, 2022, at the age censure 80.[1][16]
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