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Tina Sinatra
Born
Christina Sinatra

(1948-06-20) June 20, 1948 (age 76)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, author, producer
Years active1968–2004
Spouse
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(m. 1974; div. 1976)​
Parent(s)Frank Sinatra
Nancy Barbato
FamilyNancy Sinatra (sister)
Frank Sinatra Jr. (brother)

Christina Sinatra (born June 20, 1948) is an American former singer, actor, film producer, and memoirist.

Early life

Christina Sinatra was born on June 20, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, the youngest child of the American singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra.[1] She has two full siblings, Nancy and Frank Jr.. Her parents divorced when she was three years old.

Career

Sinatra appeared on the album The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas with her father and siblings in 1968. She contributed to five tracks on the album, including "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and a duet on "O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter)", with her sister. Tina also appeared with her siblings on an episode of Dean Martin's television show with Martin's children.[2]

Sinatra never wished to be a singer like her father and siblings, but took acting classes with Jeff Corey, and appeared in a television mini-series in Germany, where she lived for several years.[2] After returning to the United States, she took more classes with Corey, and appeared in episodes of Adam-12, It Takes a Thief, and Mannix.[2]

In her memoir, she wrote of her acting career that though her reviews were generally favourable, she lacked the ambition and confidence to become an actress.[2] Sinatra remained in the entertainment industry, becoming a theatrical agent under Arnold Stiefel, and at one stage represented Robert Blake.[2]

An occasional film producer, she also appeared in the television movie Fantasy Island (1977), which became the pilot program for the long-running TV series of the same title.[3][4] She was executive producer of the 1992 CBS television miniseries, Sinatra, about her father's life.[5][6] She was also a producer of the 2004 remake of her father's 1962 film, The Manchurian Candidate. A lead actor in The Manchurian Candidate, Frank Sinatra owned the film's legal distribution rights until his death.[7][8]

Sinatra published a memoir, My Father's Daughter in 2000, co-written with Jeff Coplon.[9]

Personal life

On 26 January 1974 Sinatra married the musician Wes Farrell at her father's apartment at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.[10] They divorced on 3 September 1976, after 2.5 years of marriage.[11]

On 30 January 1981 Sinatra married Richard M Cohen. They divorced on 11 January 1983, after 2 years of marriage.[11]


She started a petition in favor of the construction of the Beverly Hills Community Dog Park in Beverly Hills, California in 2015.[12]

References

  1. ^ Profile, nytimes.com; accessed March 10, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Tina Sinatra (2000). My Father's Daughter: A Memoir. Simon and Schuster. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-0-7432-0433-0.
  3. ^ David, Mark (September 19, 2008). "Tina Sinatra Lists Bev Hills House". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Dixon, Wheeler W. (February 17, 2006). Visions of Paradise: Images of Eden in the Cinema. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0813537986.
  5. ^ Rosenberg, Howard (November 6, 1992). "'Sinatra': The Gentleman Is a Scamp". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Shales, Tom (November 8, 1992). "FRANKLY, THIS 'SINATRA' SINGS". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  7. ^ Hoberman, J. (September 14, 2003). "FILM; A Co-Production Of Sinatra and J.F.K." The New York Times. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  8. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (July 28, 2004). "The Manchurian Candidate". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2018. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Tina Sinatra; Jeff Coplon (2000). My Father's Daughter: A Memoir. ISBN 978-0-684-87076-2. OCLC 45008498.
  10. ^ Nancy Sinatra (1986). Frank Sinatra, My Father. Simon and Schuster. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-0-671-62508-5.
  11. ^ a b "Tina Sinatra". Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  12. ^ Lelyveld, Nita (December 20, 2015). "First off-leash dog park approved for Beverly Hills". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 6, 2016. Those for and against the dog park started online petitions — the pro one penned by Tina Sinatra, an animal activist and daughter of Frank — and tensions grew as the time for a decision approached.
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