Tina Sinatra
Christina Sinatra (born June 20, 1948) is an American businesswoman, film producer, Hollywood agent, and memoirist. Early life. Christina Sinatra was born on June 20, 1948, in Los Angeles, California, the youngest child of American singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra. She has two siblings, Nancy and Frank Jr. Her parents divorced when she was three years old. Career. Sinatra never wished to be a singer like her father and siblings, but took acting classes with Jeff Corey, and appeared opposite Hampton Fancher in the 1969 television miniseries "Romeo und Julia 70  in Germany, where she lived for several years. After returning to the United States, she took more classes with Corey, and appeared in episodes of Adam-12", "It Takes a Thief", "McCloud", and "Mannix". Despite her hesitance to sing, 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. In her memoir, she wrote of her acting career that though her reviews were generally favorable, she lacked the ambition and confidence to become an actress. Sinatra remained in the entertainment industry, becoming a theatrical agent under Arnold Stiefel, and once represented Robert Blake. At her father’s request, in the 1970s, she began to take charge of parts of the elder Sinatra’s career. Upon her father's death, Tina Sinatra took control of Frank Sinatra's film and music legacy. 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. She was executive producer of the 1992 CBS television miniseries, "Sinatra", about her father's life. 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. Sinatra published a memoir, "My Father's Daughter", in 2000, co-written with Jeff Coplon. Personal life. In June 1970, Sinatra announced her engagement to actor Robert Wagner. They called  off the engagement in January 1972. On January 26, 1974, Sinatra married musician Wes Farrell at her father's apartment at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. They divorced on September 3, 1976. On January 30, 1981, Sinatra married Richard M Cohen. They divorced on January 11, 1983. She started a petition in favor of the construction of the Beverly Hills Community Dog Park in Beverly Hills, California, in 2015.