Beryl Cunningham
| Beryl Cunningham | |
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| Born |
1946 (age 67–68) Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| Occupation | Actress, model, singer |
Beryl Cunningham (born 1946) is a Jamaican actress and model, mainly active in Italian cinema.
Life and career
Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the daughter of a university professor, after the high school graduation Cunningham moved to London to attend the university and to pursue a modeling career.[1]
Cunningham's career, after some secondary roles, was launched in the late 60's by the erotic drama Le salamandre, directed by Alberto Cavallone, that she accepted to shoot for free.[2][3] Shortly after she obtained two more commercial successes, Il dio serpente and The Black Decameron, both directed by Piero Vivarelli, her partner at the time.[3] Later starred in several genre films and in Ettore Scola's Brutti, sporchi e cattivi, but failed to capitalize on her early success and retired from acting in early 1980's.[3]
During her career Cunningham was also a presenter, hosting among others the 1971 edition of Cantagiro, and a singer, recording among others a cover of the Jula de Palma's hit "Tua". In 1979 she was a regular guest of the television program Playboy di mezzanotte.[4]
In 1981 she also published a book of Jamaican aphrodisiac recipes, La cucina giamaicana, published by Crochet Edizioni.[5]
References
- ↑ Lionello Fabbri, "Essere negra", Ciao 2001 n° 12, 16 April 1969, pp. 66-68.
- ↑ "Erna Schürer: la donna volitiva". Nocturno Dossier: Le sorelle di Venere 2. June 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. Le straniere del nostro cinema. Gremese Editore, 2005.
- ↑ "Playboy di periferia", La Stampa, 2 July 1979, p. 3.
- ↑ "Beryl: ricette dai caraibi", La Stampa, 19 January 1981, p. 32.