Tyrone Power Quick Info | |
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Height | 5 ft 11 in |
Weight | 72 kg |
Date of Birth | May 5, 1914 |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Date of Death | November 15, 1958 |
Tyrone Power was an American actor, stage artist, producer, and radio personality whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1950s during which he was cast in various films including Jesse James, The Black Swan, The Black Rose, Witness for the Prosecution, Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake, The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, Prince of Foxes, Marie Antoinette, Nightmare Alley, Captain from Castile, The Mississippi Gambler, and Solomon and Sheba.
Born Name
Tyrone Edmund Power III
Nick Name
Ty
Age
He was born on May 5, 1914.
Died
On November 15, 1958, he died from a heart attack at the age of 44 in Madrid, Spain.
Resting Place
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States
Sun Sign
Taurus
Born Place
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Residence
He resided in Alhambra, California, United States.
Nationality
Education
Tyrone Power studied at Purcell High School and graduated in 1931.
Occupation
Actor, Stage Artist, Producer, Radio Personality
Family
- Father – Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power Sr. (May 2, 1869 – December 23, 1931) (known professionally as Tyrone Power) (Stage and Screen Actor)
- Mother – Helen Emma “Patia” (née Reaume)
- Siblings – Ann Power (Younger Sister)
- Others – Harold Littledale Power (Paternal Grandfather) (Singer, Actor, Wine Merchant), Ethel Lavenu (Paternal Grandmother) (Stage Actor), Charles William Reaume (Maternal Grandfather), Mary Adelaide Schuster (Maternal Grandmother), Tyrone Power (1797-1841) (Paternal Great-Grandfather) (also referred to as Tyrone Power I) (Stage Actor, Comedian, Author, Theatrical Manager), Anne Gilbert (Paternal Great-Grandmother), Laurence Olivier (Relative) (Actor, Director), Evelyn Waugh (Relative) (Writer), Sir (William) Tyrone Guthrie (Relative) (Theatrical Director) (the first Director of the Stratford Festival in Canada and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 11 in or 180.5 cm
Weight
72 kg or 158.5 lbs
Girlfriend / Boyfriend / Spouse
Tyrone Power had dated –
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Claudette Colbert
- Rock Hudson
- Evie Wynn Johnson
- George Beban Jr.
- Charles Laughton
- Eva Perón
- Richard Selzer
- Errol Flynn – RUMOR
- Jonathan Gilmore
- Alice Faye
- Rhonda Fleming
- Jackie Moran
- Reginald Gardiner
- Dorothy Dandridge
- Margaret Callahan
- Doris Day – RUMOR
- Mary Roblee
- Dixie Dunbar
- Phyllis Brooks
- Mark Herron
- Cesar Romero (1934) – RUMOR
- Loretta Young (1936)
- Sonja Henie (1937)
- Madeleine Carroll (1938)
- Jane Wyman (1938)
- Arleen Whelan (1938)
- Annabella (1939-1948)​ – On July 14, 1939, he married French actor Annabella and adopted Annabella’s daughter, Anne. The duo divorced in 1948.
- Janet Gaynor (1939)
- Simone Simon (1940)
- Paulette Goddard (1940)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1941)
- Jessie Matthews (1941)
- Betty Grable (1941)
- Judy Garland (1943)
- Lana Turner (1944-1949)
- Cyd Charisse (1946)
- Gene Tierney (1946)
- Linda Christian (1948-1956)​ – He met Mexican actor Linda Christian in 1948 and they married in the Church of Santa Francesca Romana on January 27, 1949. She suffered 3 miscarriages and then gave birth to a daughter, Romina Francesca Power, on October 2, 1951. Their 2nd daughter was named Taryn Stephanie Power (September 13, 1953 – June 26, 2020). They divorced in 1956.
- Silvana Pampanini (1947-1948)
- Anita Ekberg (1952)
- Alicia Darr (1954-1955)
- Zsa Zsa Gabor (1954)
- Rita Gam (1955)
- Mai Zetterling (1957)
- Marlene Dietrich (1957)
- Deborah Minardos (1957-1958) – In 1957, he met Deborah Minardos and they married on May 7, 1958. The couple remained together until his death in 1958 and she gave birth to their son Tyrone Power Jr. on January 22, 1959.
Race / Ethnicity
White
Power had Irish, English, German, French-Canadian/French Huguenot, and Dutch roots.
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Hazel
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual
Distinctive Features
Good looks
Brand Endorsements
Tyrone Power was cast in a magazine commercial for Chesterfield cigarettes in 1950.
In 1958, he was cast in a TV commercial (PSA) for the American Heart Association.
Tyrone Power Favorite Things
- Film That He Had Starred In – Nightmare Alley (1947)
Source – Wikipedia
Tyrone Power Facts
- He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1942.
- Tyrone was awarded the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze stars, and the World War II Victory Medal for his services in the Pacific War.
- He appears on the cover of the Beatles‘ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the 3rd row.
- As a stage artist, Tyrone Power was cast in productions of Flowers of the Forest, Mister Roberts, Romeo and Juliet, and Saint Joan.
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