Taryn Stephanie Power (September 13, 1953 – June 26, 2020) was an American actress.

Biography

Early life

Taryn was born in

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, in 1953, to actors

Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include ''Jesse James (193 ...

and Linda Christian.Deutsch, Linda (Associated Press)(2 January 1975)
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'' 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

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and

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Career

She acted in eight films, the first two in Spanish, the rest mostly

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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

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Personal life

Taryn'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.Evans, Hilary (10 June 1985)
Tyrone Power's Daughter Taryn Steps into the Family Business
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'' She later married William Greendeer and had a fourth child, Stella Greendeer, on April 21, 1996.Ty's Children
tyrone-power.com, Retrieved September 21, 2011 She died from leukemia on June 26, 2020, after a four and a half year battle against the disease.

Filmography

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