Taryn Power
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Taryn Stephanie PowerScript error: No such module "Unsubst". (September 13, 1953 – June 26, 2020) was an American actress.
Biography
Early life
Power was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1953, to actors Tyrone Power and Linda Christian.[1] When her parents divorced in 1956, her mother took Power and her elder sister Romina to live all around the world, mainly spending their childhoods in Italy and Spain.[2]
Career
Power acted in eight films, the first two in Spanish, the rest mostly English language films. Her most notable roles were as "Valentine De Villefort" in The Count of Monte Cristo (1975), with Richard Chamberlain, Donald Pleasence, and Tony Curtis, and as "Dione" in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977), starring Patrick Wayne and Jane Seymour.
Personal life
Power's father died in 1958 of a massive heart attack when she was five. In 1975, she met photographer Norman Seeff in Los Angeles, and eventually married him shortly before the birth of her first child, Tai. They split and eventually divorced in 1982. Power also had two children, Anthony Tyrone and Valentina Fox, with musician Tony Sales (son of comedian Soupy Sales) in the 1980s.[3] She later married William Greendeer and had a fourth child, Stella Greendeer, on April 21, 1996.[4]
She died from leukemia on June 26, 2020, after a <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />4+1⁄2-year battle against the disease.[5]
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | María | María | |
| 1974 | Un Viaje de locos | Fedora | |
| 1975 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Valentine De Villefort | |
| 1976 | Tracks | Stephanie | |
| House of Pleasure for Women | Olimpia | Alternative title: Bordella | |
| 1977 | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | Dione | Alternative title: Sinbad at the World's End |
| 1984 | The Sea Serpent | Margaret | Alternative title: Serpiente de Mar |
| 1990 | Eating | Anita | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Helene Holstead | 1 episode |
| 1985 | Matt Houston | Deborah | 1 episode |
Award nominations
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Saturn Award | Nominated | Best Actress - Fantasy | Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger |
References
External links
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- ↑ Deutsch, Linda (Associated Press)(2 January 1975). Taryn Power Has No Recollection Of Her Movie-idol Father, Lewiston Evening Journal
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary (10 June 1985). Tyrone Power's Daughter Taryn Steps into the Family Business, People (magazine)
- ↑ Ty's Children, tyrone-power.com, Retrieved September 21, 2011
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