Tina Tyler
Encyclopedia
Tina Tyler was a prolific Canadian pornographic actress, director
and is the current director of publicity for Sin City Films. She created her stage name by combining the first name of actress Tina Louise
and the last name of Aerosmith
's lead singer Steven Tyler
.
at age 19. She graduated to working as a feature dancer for eight years before entering the adult film industry. She filmed her first scene in September 1992 with Sean Michaels
and Jake Steed
.
She was married to fellow porn star Tony Tedeschi
from 1993 to 1994 and to another man from 1984 to 1985. She remarried in October 1999 to an unknown man.
Besides appearing in adult films, Tyler has also appeared on the TV shows 21 Jump Street
, Booker
and Wiseguy
and was an extra in the movie Star 80
.
Tyler was diagnosed with skin and breast cancer in the late 2000s, and she later reflected upon her experiences via a blog. In 2009, after a brief return to the porn industry, Tyler returned to her native Canada to undergo treatments for the cancer. "The prognosis is excellent," she said.
Nominations
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and is the current director of publicity for Sin City Films. She created her stage name by combining the first name of actress Tina Louise
Tina Louise
Tina Louise is an American actress, singer, and author. She is best known for her role as the "movie star" Ginger Grant on the television situation comedy Gilligan's Island .-Early life:...
and the last name of Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
's lead singer Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman and lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the harmonica, and occasional piano and percussion. He is known as the "Demon of Screamin'", due to his high screams...
.
Biography
Tyler grew up with her mother's family in Germany for the first three years of her life. She has said she was "painfully shy" and a bookworm in her childhood. She worked as a shoe salesperson and a receptionist at a modelling agency before becoming a stripperStripper
A stripper is a professional erotic dancer who performs a contemporary form of striptease at strip club establishments, public exhibitions, and private engagements. Unlike in burlesque, the performer in the modern Americanized form of stripping minimizes the interaction of customer and dancer,...
at age 19. She graduated to working as a feature dancer for eight years before entering the adult film industry. She filmed her first scene in September 1992 with Sean Michaels
Sean Michaels
Sean Michaels is a pornographic actor and director. He moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in order to begin his career in the porn industry, in which he has worked since 1985...
and Jake Steed
Jake Steed
Jake Steed is an American male porn star, who appeared in interracial pornography.Jake Steed is best known for his outrageous and controversial video series Little White Chicks, Big Black Monster Dicks featuring extremely well-endowed African American performers, such as Mandingo, Lexington Steele...
.
She was married to fellow porn star Tony Tedeschi
Tony Tedeschi
Tony Tedeschi is an American pornographic movie actor.Before his pornography career, he worked as a deejay at the Foxy Lady strip club in Providence...
from 1993 to 1994 and to another man from 1984 to 1985. She remarried in October 1999 to an unknown man.
Besides appearing in adult films, Tyler has also appeared on the TV shows 21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...
, Booker
Booker (TV series)
Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series was a spin-off of 21 Jump Street...
and Wiseguy
Wiseguy
Wiseguy is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987 to December 8, 1990 for a total of four seasons. Starring Ken Wahl, the series was produced by Stephen J...
and was an extra in the movie Star 80
Star 80
Star 80 is a 1983 American film about the true story of Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her estranged husband Paul Snider in 1980...
.
Tyler was diagnosed with skin and breast cancer in the late 2000s, and she later reflected upon her experiences via a blog. In 2009, after a brief return to the porn industry, Tyler returned to her native Canada to undergo treatments for the cancer. "The prognosis is excellent," she said.
Awards
Wins- 2003 AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for The Ozporns
Nominations
- 2000 AVN Best Supporting Actress – Video for The Devil in Miss Jones 6
- 2000 AVN Best Oral-Themed Feature for Tina Tyler's Favorites 1: Blow Jobs
- 2001 AVN Best All Girl Sex Scene- Video for Chloe's "I Came, Did You?!!"
- 2004 AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for The Ozporns go to Hell