- She met actor James Robertson Justice on the set of a film in 1961, and the couple fell passionately in love. Her career was by then on the wane, James Robertson Justice was instrumental in securing the last 3 roles that she performed. She left behind career and Pit Severin, her third husband, to live with him in England. She became a British citizen in 1967, and changed her name to Irina. A series of strokes gradually prevented James Robertson Justice working and led to his bankruptcy. Earning her living as a teacher at a local Language School, Irina nursed him until his death in 1975. After 14 years of living together, they were finally married on his deathbed in hospital. She subsequently married his best friend and their neighbour, the millionaire and philanthropist Keith "Toby" Bromley. She was a passionate gardener and excellent cook, her rose garden at Ashley Manor
- the home she and Keith Bromley shared - was renowned locally as was
- In 1961 she met British actor James Robertson Justice, fell in love with him and left her third husband Pit Severin, a journalist from Hamburg, to follow Justice to England. She all but gave up acting, returning only briefly in such films as the costume drama Mayerling (1968). A series of strokes gradually prevented James Robertson Justice working and led to his bankruptcy. Earning her living as a teacher at a local language school, Irina nursed him until his death in 1975. After 14 years of living together, they were finally married on his deathbed in hospital.
- Eight years after Justice's death in 1975, she married his best friend and their neighbor, millionaire and philanthropist Keith Bromley.
- At age 70, she sailed to the Arctic and the Orinoco River.
- When she attracted attention by Joseph Goebbes she rebuffed him with the words "You would degrade me and you would degrade yourself". It's told that the phrase "Bock von Babelsberg" for Goebbels was also coined by her.
- A baroness.
- When the revolution broke out in Russia, her family fled to Germany where Irene von Meyendorff lived in Weimar with her mother.
- Irene von Meyendorff was married three times. When she met the British actor James Robertson Justice in 1961 she left her second husband and went to England where she got the British nationality in 1967.
- Had one son Andreas Zahler who died in 1985.
- She was able to continue her career smoothly after the war and was active in the film business till the beginning of the 70's.
- The sale of her promotional post cards shows that she was the number one pin-up girl among the German Army during WWII.
- She became a British citizen in 1967, and changed her name to Irina.
- Had 2 grandchildren, Rebecca Zahler, daughter of Andreas Zahler and his son from his first marriage; and step-grandmother to Toby, Siobhan and Gordon Bromley, children of Roderick Bromley.
- She went to Berlin at the beginning of the 30's in order to work as a cutter for the Ufa. But thanks to her charisma she was engaged as an actress for an unimportant adventure movie called "Die letzten Vier von Santa Cruz" (1935). No one expected the Irene von Meyendorff would become a star with this role but her personality was settled in the awareness of the audience with this production.
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