Tina Grenville
A Life in Three Acts
Tina Grenville
- The
- extraordinary
- life
- of
- a
- former
- top
- model
- and
- television
- star.
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,
- and
- her
- insights
- into
- life,
- love
- and
- the
- lives
- of
- the
- lovely
- will
- have
- you
- laughing
- and
- crying
- in
- equal measure.
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