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ISBN 9781869508388

Tina Grenville A Life In Three Acts

GRENVILLE Tina

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Edition: 1/2012

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Robert burst into my bedroom and grabbed the gun, pointing it straight at John who was sitting on the bed beside me. I was six months pregnant, and I realized my baby and I were in the direct line of fire.’ Born Kristine DeLacy, Tina Grenville’s privileged childhood did nothing to prepare her for being thrust into the spotlight in the most terrible of circumstances. At 19 years of age with a young baby, her hedonistic former husband disappeared from a Wellington wharf one morning - he was never seen or heard of again. Beautiful and driven, Tina rose above the breathless, insinuation-laced headlines and went on to a successful modelling and acting career, to become one of the most recogniza ...

Robert burst into my bedroom and grabbed the gun, pointing it straight at John who was sitting on the bed beside me. I was six months pregnant, and I realized my baby and I were in the direct line of fire.’ Born Kristine DeLacy, Tina Grenville’s privileged childhood did nothing to prepare her for being thrust into the spotlight in the most terrible of circumstances. At 19 years of age with a young baby, her hedonistic former husband disappeared from a Wellington wharf one morning - he was never seen or heard of again. Beautiful and driven, Tina rose above the breathless, insinuation-laced headlines and went on to a successful modelling and acting career, to become one of the most recognizable faces on New Zealand and Australian television. While her career grew from strength to strength, controversy continued to dog her personal life. Yet through it all Tina refused to allow herself to give in. If life was a performance, she hadn’t yet reached the last act. Tina Grenville always wanted to be an actress. Widowed at the age of 20, in mysterious and still unresolved circumstances, she was forced to find work as a housekeeper on a remote Hawke's Bay farm. Eventually able to move to Auckland with her young son, she became first a radio actress, then a leading photographic and catwalk model. One of 'Paddy's Girls', an elite stable of top models, in 1964 she won Model of the Year. Encouraged to move to Australia, she was a resounding success, in demand with leading couturiers and top fashion magazines. Finally achieving her childhood ambition, she became a long-standing cast member on Logie award-winning series 'The Godfathers'. A regular guest on television game shows and Paramount telemovies, she stayed in Australia for 14 years before moving back to New Zealand in 1980, to host her own show, 'Good Morning', for Northern Television. A panellist on 'Beauty and the Beast', with the legendary Selwyn Toogood, and a regular at Wellington's Downstage Theatre, she has continued working as an actress, having recently completed a supporting role in the movie adaptation of Ronald Hugh Morrieson's work 'Predicament'. This is her story - tragic, absorbing, funny, poignant and uplifting. Her insights into life, love and the lives of the lovely will have you laughing and crying in equal measure.

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Publication date: 2012-06
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Harper Collins
Subjects: Category, Non-fiction, Art/design/film, Film, TV & Radio, Individual Actors & Performers, Television, Lifestyle, Sport And Leisure, Biography & True Stories, Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment

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