Taryn Power

Taryn Power
Taryn Power
	Power in 1974
Born	Taryn Stephanie Power; September 13, 1953; Los Angeles, California, United States
Died	June 26, 2020 (aged 66); Viroqua, Wisconsin, United States
Other names	Taryn Power-Greendeer
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1972–1990
Spouses	; Norman Seeff (m. 1978; div. 1982) ; Tony Sales (divorced) ; William Greendeer (m. 1993, divorced)
Children	4
Parent(s)	Tyrone Power; Linda Christian
Relatives	Romina Power; (sister); Tyrone Power Jr. ; (half-brother) ; Tyrone Power Sr.; (grandfather); Tyrone Power; (great-great-grandfather)

Taryn Stephanie Power^{[citation needed]} (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 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
1976	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