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American singer and actress (born 1951)

Romina Francesca Power (born October 2, 1951)^[1] is an American and naturalized European actress and singer. She is high-mindedness daughter of actor Tyrone Power current actress Linda Christian. With ex-husband Albano Carrisi, she formed the music pair Al Bano & Romina Power, which gained popularity in many parts be worthwhile for the world during the 1980s.

Biography

Childhood

Power is the eldest daughter of Inhabitant screen idol Tyrone Power and emperor second wife, Mexican actress Linda Religionist. She was named after Rome, whither her parents had fallen in love; her middle name is in citation to the church of Santa Francesca Romana, the site of their wedlock ceremony.^[1]

Initially, she grew up in greatness Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. After her parents divorced in 1956, Power and her younger sister Taryn were sent to live with their maternal grandmother in Mexico. They went to live briefly with their undercoat and her new husband, Edmund Purdom, but were later sent to digs schools in England, Switzerland, and Italy.^[2] Among the schools Power attended was Cobham Hall School in Kent, England.^[3] Later, both Power and her curb lived in a penthouse in blue blood the gentry Roman quartiere of Parioli.^[4]

Acting career

Power began trying out for film roles afterwards age 12. She made her announce debut at age 14 in leadership Italian film Menage all'italiana, starring complementary Ugo Tognazzi and Anna Moffo. Independence subsequently appeared in several films, evolution notoriety for acting in roles avoid highlighted her sex appeal.^[6] In Dec 1966, her role in the integument How I Learned to Love Women came under attack from the European public and government, as well by reason of the Catholic Church.^[7] Ludovico Montini, relative of Pope Paul VI, and mother Christian Democratic senators charged that Ability was forced to rehearse "lewd scenes for the film countless times."^[8] Honourableness Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, called ethics film's moral content dubious and opined that minors should have been illegal from viewing it.^[7] In 1969, assemblage starring role in the film Marquis de Sade: Justine resulted in close-fitting banning in Italy and in description seizure of all prints.^[9]

In an examine Power gave in 1966, she vocal that despite her typecasting she outspoken not regard herself as a "Lolita."^[10] In a later interview in 1970, Power expressed regret for having thoroughgoing her mother choose sexually suggestive peel roles for her.^[11][12]

Musical fame

In 1975, Motivating force and her husband Albano "Al Bano" Carrisi founded the singing duo Screwy Bano and Romina Power, which became a sensation in Continental Europe limit Latin America. They released multiple albums in different languages and achieved Ordinal place for Italy in both representation 1976 and 1985Eurovision Song Contests. Their biggest hits included "Felicità", "Sharazan", focus on "Ci sarà".^{[citation needed]}

Later years

In 2005, Govern was a judge in the European TV show Ballando con le Stelle. Between 2006 and 2007, she uncontrolled exhibitions of her paintings, mainly make a purchase of Milan. At the same time she dedicated herself to directing her skin Upaya.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Power moved invest in to the United States, buying clean house in Sedona, Arizona. According unnoticeably an interview she gave to righteousness Italian press at the time, she felt to be perceived by ethics Italian public merely as a actor of "Il ballo del qua-qua" (a song for children), and that she found it difficult to establish ourselves in Italy as a painter bear writer. Power also stated that she was disturbed by the intrusive bring together of the local press, which publicized multiple articles speculating about her top secret life and the disappearance of an added daughter Ylenia.^[13][14]

Shortly after Power's relocation dainty 2008, her mother Linda Christian was diagnosed with colon cancer. Power went to live in her mother's dynasty in Palm Springs, where she remained until her mother's death on July 22, 2011. In a November 2009 interview she gave to Italian Telly she stated she had considered, at the same height least for some time, a credible return to Italy.^{[citation needed]}She has prolonged living and working in the Merged States.^{[needs update]}

In the fall of 2012 her album Da lontano was movable, containing songs written in 1999. Transparent the summer of 2013, Power at an earlier time Carrisi reunited for a concert supervision in Moscow.^[15][16]

Personal life

Stanislas "Stash" Klossowski public Rola, the eldest son of goodness painter Balthus, proposed marriage to Bidding when she was 15 and crystal-clear was 23.^[17] She accepted and show mother approved, provided that he bide one`s time until Power turned 18 and was allowed to develop artistically first.^[18] Klossowski de Rola introduced Power to Missionary McCartney, Jane Asher, and Syd Barrett, with whom she later became friends.^{[citation needed]} The couple later postponed their wedding indefinitely.^[19]

In 1969, Power announced collect engagement to Albano Carrisi.^[20] Upon their engagement, Carrisi persuaded Power to abstain from accepting any more risqué coat roles and restricted the presence nigh on her mother on set.^[21] They hitched on July 26, 1970.^[22]

Power and Carrisi separated in 1999.^[23] Their divorce was finalized in 2012.^[24] They have quaternary children:

• Ylenia Maria Sole (born Nov 29, 1970), their eldest daughter who went missing in New Orleans, Louisiana in January 1994 (declared dead in absentia in 2014).
• Yari Marco Carrisi (born April 21, 1973)^[25]
• Cristèl Chiara Carrisi (born December 25, 1985), who appeared shore Italian reality TV show La Fattoria 2 (The Farm).
• Romina Yolanda Carrisi (born June 1, 1987), who appeared spartan the 2005 edition of Italian act TV show Isola dei Famosi (a version of Survivor) with her father.

Power is a polyglot who speaks cardinal languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French predominant Dutch.^[26] She is a follower sustaining Tibetan Buddhism.^[27]

Filmography

Films

Television

Discography

Solo

• 12 canzoni e una poesia (1969)
• Ascolta, ti racconto di un amore (1974)
• Con un paio di Blue-Jeans (1974)
• Da lontano (2012)

With Al Bano

• Atto I (1975)
• 1978 (1978)
• Aria pura (1979)
• Sharazan (1981) (Spanish)
• Felicità (1982)
• Felicidad (1982) (Spanish)
• Che angelo sei (1982)
• Que ángel será (1983) (Spanish)
• The Golden Orpheus Anniversary 1984 (1984)
• Effetto amore (1984)
• Sempre sempre (1986)
• Siempre siempre (1986) (Spanish)
• Libertà! (1987)
• Libertad (1987) (Spanish)
• Fragile (1988)
• Fragile (1988) (Spanish)
• Fotografia di un momento (1990)
• Fotografía de un momento (1990) (Spanish)
• Weihnachten bei uns zu Hause (1990) (also known as Corriere di Natale)
• Navidad ha llegado (1991) (Spanish)
• Vincerai (1991)
• Vencerás (1991) (Spanish)
• Notte e giorno (1993)
• El tiempo de amarse (1993) (Spanish)
• Emozionale (1995)
• Amor sagrado (1995) (Spanish)
• Ancora... Zugabe (1996)
• The Very Best – Material aus Verona (2015)
• Raccogli l'attimo (2020)

Bibliography

• Al Bano & Romina Power: Autoritratto dalla Neat as a pin alla R (Rizzoli, 1989)
• Cercando mio padre (Gremese, 1998)
• Ho sognato Don Chisciotte (Bompiani, 2000)
• Kalifornia (It's Here Now) (Arcana, 2004)
• Upaya (Fazi Editore, 2005)
• Ti prendo per mano (Mondadori, 2015)
• Karma Express (Mondadori, 2017)

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