Romina Power | |
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Born | Romina Francesca Power October 2, 1951 Los Angeles, California, United States |
Occupation | Actress, singer, writer, painter |
Years active | 1965 - present |
Spouse | Albano Carrisi (1970–1999) |
Children | Ylenia (1970; missing), Yari (1973), Cristel (1985), Romina (1987) |
Parents | Tyrone Power (1914-1958) Linda Christian (1923-2011) |
Relatives | Taryn Power (sister) Tyrone Power, Jr. (half-brother) |
Website | |
http://www.rominapower.it |
Romina Francesca Power (born October 2, 1951) is an American-born singer and actress.
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Born in Los Angeles, California, Romina Power is the eldest daughter of American actor Tyrone Power and his second wife, actress Linda Christian.
After her parents divorced in 1956 her mother took Romina and her sister Taryn to live all around the world but mainly in Mexico and Italy where she and her sister spent much of their childhood, although Romina attended college in England.[1]
Her interest in music was evoked in her childhood by American musicals from the 1950s, Mexican Mariachi bands and Italian music from the 1960s. In her early teens Power discovered The Beatles and Bob Dylan, which inspired her to compose music. After receiving a guitar as a birthday gift, she learned chords and wrote her first songs.
She appeared in several mainly Italian language films from the age of 14, including the 1968 adaptation of the Marquis de Sade's novel Justine directed by Jesus Franco.
She met her singer and actor husband Albano Carrisi whilst acting in films in the 1960s. They married in 1970. In 1975 they formed a singing duo, which became well known in Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, France, Greece, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the USSR, releasing multiple albums in different languages and achieving 7th place in both the 1976 and 1985 Eurovision Song Contest for Italy. The couple divorced in 1999. They have four children:
In 2005 she was a judge in the Italian TV show Ballando con le Stelle ("Dancing with the Stars").
Between 2006 and 2007 Romina organized exhibitions of her paintings, mainly in Milan. At the same time she dedicated herself to directing her film "Upaya" (2006).
In spring 2007 Romina Power bought a house in Sedona, Arizona, United States and decided to leave Italy forever and move to the United States. The clamorous interview in which she revealed her plans was published in an Italian magazine Diva e donna. According to Romina, she was perceived by the Italian public merely as a performer of Il ballo del qua-qua (a song for children, from her and Al Bano's album Felicità, 1982), and for her it was difficult to establish herself in Italy as a painter and writer. Furthermore, she was disturbed by intrusive attention of the local press that published multiple articles with speculations about her private life and disappearance of her daughter Ylenia.[3][4] The Italian people reacted with disappointment at Power's statements, because for decades, she lived and performed in Italy, surrounded by the affection of the Italian public.
Shortly after her move in, in 2008, her mother Linda Christian was diagnosed with colon cancer, so she went live in her mother's house in Palm Springs, where she remained for three years, until the life's end of her mother, on July 22 2011.
In November 2009, in an interview, said she thought of returning permanently in Italy, because of the strong bond with the nation, the culture, the Italian lifestyle, that she prefers than the U.S.. [5]
Romina is a polyglot who speaks five languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French and Dutch.[6]
Preceded by Wess & Dori Ghezzi |
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 (with Al Bano) |
Succeeded by Mia Martini |
Preceded by Alice & Franco Battiato |
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 (with Al Bano) |
Succeeded by Umberto Tozzi & Raf |