# Taryn Power > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Taryn_Power > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Taryn_Power.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taryn_Power > Source revision: 1354435597 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American actress (1953–2020) Taryn Power Power in 1974 Born Taryn Stephanie Power (1953-09-13)September 13, 1953 Los Angeles, California, United States Died June 26, 2020(2020-06-26) (aged 66) Viroqua, Wisconsin, United States Other name Taryn Power-Greendeer Occupation Actress Years active 1972–1990 Spouses Norman Seeff ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1982)​ Tony Fox 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] (September 13, 1953 – June 26, 2020) was an American actress. ## Early life, family and education Power was born in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), in 1953, to actors [Tyrone Power](/source/Tyrone_Power) and [Linda Christian](/source/Linda_Christian).[1] When her parents divorced in 1956, her mother took Taryn and her elder sister [Romina](/source/Romina_Power) to live all around the world, mainly spending their childhoods in Mexico City (her mother's mother's home),[2] Italy, and Spain.[3] Power's father died in 1958 of a [heart attack](/source/Heart_attack) when she was five years old.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] She was educated during her later youth at [boarding schools](/source/Boarding_school) in England.[2] [Romina](/source/Romina_Power) and Taryn Power, guests of the Italian TV show *Tutto è pop*, Turin, 1972 ## Career Taryn Power acted in eight films. Her first two were in [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language), and the rest were mostly [English language](/source/English_language) films. The first film was the Mexican film *Maria* (1972); she was the starring role and was cast when she was 18 years old.[2] She played Valentine De Villefort in *[The Count of Monte Cristo](/source/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo_(1975_film))* (1975), which starred [Richard Chamberlain](/source/Richard_Chamberlain_(actor)), [Donald Pleasence](/source/Donald_Pleasence), and [Tony Curtis](/source/Tony_Curtis); her character's father was played by [Louis Jourdan](/source/Louis_Jourdan).[2] She played Dione in *[Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger](/source/Sinbad_and_the_Eye_of_the_Tiger)* (1977), starring [Patrick Wayne](/source/Patrick_Wayne) (son of [John Wayne](/source/John_Wayne))[2] and [Jane Seymour](/source/Jane_Seymour_(actress)). On television, she acted in an episode of *[Matt Houston](/source/Matt_Houston)*.[2] ## Personal life and death In 1975, she met photographer [Norman Seeff](/source/Norman_Seeff) in Los Angeles, and eventually married him shortly before the birth of her first child, Tai. Her relationship with Seeff faded, ending in divorce in 1982. Power lived with rock musician [Tony Sales](/source/Tony_Sales) (son of comedian [Soupy Sales](/source/Soupy_Sales)) in the 1980s. They had two children together: Anthony Tyrone Sales (born 1982) and Valentina Fox Sales (born 1983).[2] Power married William Greendeer and with him had a fourth child, Stella Greendeer, on April 21, 1996.[4] Taryn Power died from [leukemia](/source/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 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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ref1_1-0)** [Deutsch, Linda](/source/Linda_Deutsch) (2 January 1975). ["Taryn Power Has No Recollection Of Her Movie-idol Father"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKMgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1380,123325&dq=). *[Lewiston Evening Journal](/source/Lewiston_Evening_Journal)*. [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) – via Google News. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-steps_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-steps_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-steps_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-steps_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-steps_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-steps_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-steps_2-6) Evans, Hilary (10 June 1985). ["Tyrone Power's Daughter Taryn Steps into the Family Business"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110216213026/https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20090942,00.html). *[People](/source/People_(magazine))*. Vol. 23, no. 23. Archived from [the original](http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20090942,00.html) on 2011-02-16. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Berumen_2016_p._102_3-0)** Berumen, F.J.G. (2016). [*Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films Since the 1960s*](https://books.google.com/books?id=6OpZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA102). McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 102. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4766-1411-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4766-1411-3). Retrieved 5 November 2019 – via Google Books. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-bio_4-0)** ["Ty's Children"](http://www.tyrone-power.com/biography_children.html). *tyrone-power.com*. Retrieved September 21, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** nj (2020-06-28). ["Farewell to Taryn Power, Romina Power's younger sister and actress"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200701184805/https://www.njmmanews.com/farewell-to-taryn-power-romina-powers-younger-sister-and-actress/). *njmmanews.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.njmmanews.com/farewell-to-taryn-power-romina-powers-younger-sister-and-actress/) on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2025-07-07. ## External links - [Taryn Power](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694470/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Taryn Power](https://www.discogs.com/artist/Taryn+Power) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Spain Korea Artists MusicBrainz People Deutsche Synchronkartei This article about a United States film actor born in the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:US-film-actor-1950s-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AUS-film-actor-1950s-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US-film-actor-1950s-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Taryn Power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taryn_Power) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taryn_Power?action=history)). 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