Taryn Power

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Taryn Power
Power in 1974
Born
Taryn Stephanie Power

(1953-09-13)September 13, 1953
Los Angeles, California, United States
DiedJune 26, 2020(2020-06-26) (aged 66)
Viroqua, Wisconsin, United States
Other namesTaryn Power-Greendeer
OccupationActress
Years active1972–1990
Spouses
Norman Seeff
(m. 1978; div. 1982)
Tony Sales
(divorced)
William Greendeer
(m. 1993, divorced)
Children4
Parent(s)Tyrone Power
Linda Christian
RelativesRomina Power
(sister)
Tyrone Power Jr.
(half-brother)
Tyrone Power Sr.
(grandfather)
Tyrone Power
(great-great-grandfather)

Taryn Stephanie Power (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]

Romina and Taryn Power, guests of the Italian TV show Tutto è pop, Turin, 1972

Career

Power acted in eight films, the first two in

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

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 four and a half 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

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