Tini Cansino was born
Photina Lappa on September 23, 1959 in Volos, Magnisia, Greece. She studied
classical ballet, and at 19 years old, during a vacation in Italy, she was
noticed by Alberto Tarallo, a manager who introduced her to the world of
entertainment. The same manager suggested the name of Tini Cansino, noting its
resemblance to the actress Rita Hayworth as the real name of the actress was
just Cansino, in order to invent a fake relationship with the American actress,
all to increase her fame. Because of her stage name, for years mistakenly
considered to be the granddaughter of Hayworth.
She made her debut on
television in the sexy show ‘Playgirl’, with Minnie Minoprio, but her big
breakthrough came in 1983 with the role of "ragazza fast food" in the
popular television show Drive In . Switching to film came as a result. Her
first role as Scella Pezzata in the cult Euro-western by Ciro Ippolito “Arrapaho”
(1984), inspired by the self-titled album of Squallor the previous year. She
then participated the following year in the comedy “Carabinieri si nasce” by
Mariano Laurenti, the television film “Doppio misto” (1986) and “Provare per
credere” (1987) by Sergio Martino, and the erotic film “Delizia” of Joe D'Amato
(1987), “A un passo dall'aurora” by Mario Bianchi and “Arabella l'angelo nero”
by Stelvio Massi (1989).
In 1989, after joining the
program on Italy 1 ‘Trisitors’, she retired from acting to devote herself fully
to her family. In 2006 with a heartfelt appeal she aska in the newspapers to be
a part of the cast of “L'isola dei
famosi” because of her financial straits, but her direct appeal to the
presenter Simona Ventura falls on deaf ears. In January 2012 she joined as a
commentator for the transmission of Channel 5 ‘Uomini e Donne’, dedicated to
meetings between ultra-forties.
Today we celebrate Tini
Cansino’s 55th birthday.
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