Tina Caspary

Tina Caspary

Born: December 28, 1970
in Downey, California, USA
Tina Caspary is an American actress, dancer, choreographer and dance instructor, born on December 28, 1970 in Downey, California to Father, Dewitt Caspary III and Mother, Brenda Caspary. She has 2 brothers, Dennis Caspary (dance choreographer) & Dewitt "Dee" Caspary (actor & dance choreographer). She grew up in the Southern California dance scene and has worked in every major facet of the entertainment industry. She developed a vivid interest in dancing at a very young age, influenced by her mother, Brenda. She's known for Can't Buy Me Love (1987) where She gained moderate attention in the late 1980s with a supporting role, Mac and Me (1988) and Annie (1982), Her first role as a dancer. She appeared on and was originally cast in the Unaired Pilot as Kelly Bundy on Married with Children (1986), along with Hunter Carson, who played her brother Bud. However, the producers thought they didn't exactly fit the roles, so they replaced her with Christina Applegate and Carson was replaced with David Faustino. Three years after Annie, she appeared on an episode of the TV series Silver Spoons. Caspary's performance in the 1986 TV movie News at Eleven earned her a nomination for a Young Artist Award in the Exceptional Young Actress Starring in a Television Special or Movie of the Week category. Her 1987 supporting role in Can't Buy Me Love earned her a second Young Artist nomination, for Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy. Caspary's starring role in 1988's Mac and Me, a cult film that is regarded as one of the worst films ever made, earned her a third Young Artist Award nomination. Caspary quit acting after two teen roles in 1989's My Mom's a Werewolf and Teen Witch, re-focusing on dance. She has appeared in music videos by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Reba McEntire, and was a principal dancer on the Academy Awards show for five years, working with Debbie Allen. In 1996, Caspary launched a line of dance clothing called Katrina Activewear. Caspary and her husband, Ryan Cyphert, who she is presently married to, are on the faculty of SHOCK the Intensive, a company that provides intense one-day dance training programs across the United States. She has also appeared in countless TV commercials and industrials. Tina is a successful dance entrepreneur, with her popular brand of quality, dance-inspired activewear, Ktrna, now in its 22nd year producing goods for dancers. But her true passion is being a technical trainer. Tina owned her own dance studio in Downey, CA, Studio C, for 10 years and trained many of today's premier dancers, ballerinas and choreographers before spending the last 20 years as a traveling master teacher and choreographer inspiring future generations across the world to live their best life. She and her husband Ryan Cyphert have two children that are twins.

Movies for Tina Caspary...

My Mom's a Werewolf
Title: My Mom's a Werewolf
Character: Jennifer Shaber
Released: May 11, 1989
Type: Movie
The frustrated housewife Leslie visits an animal shop to purchase a flea-collar. Unknowing that the owner is a werewolf, she accepts his invitation to lunch and later in his apartment. Through a bite in her toe he starts her slow transformation in a werewolf. Home again, she desperately tries to hide the often disgusting process from her family, but her daughter Jennifer and her - from horror magazines well educated - friend recognize what's going on, and help to kill the non-human.
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Teen Witch
Title: Teen Witch
Character: Shawn
Released: April 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Louise is not very popular at her highschool. Then she learns that she's descended from the witches of Salem and has inherited their powers. At first she uses them to get back at the girls and teachers who teased her and to win the heart of the handsome footballer's captain. But soon she has doubts if it's right to 'cheat' her way to popularity.
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Title: Live-In
Character: Rhonda Graham
Released: March 20, 1989
Type: TV
Live-In is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March 20, 1989 to May 29, 1989. The series stars Australian actress Lisa Patrick and was described as a updated version of Nanny and the Professor.
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Mac and Me
Title: Mac and Me
Character: Courtney
Released: August 12, 1988
Type: Movie
A Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) escaping from nefarious NASA agents, is befriended by a young boy in a wheelchair. Together, they try to find MAC's family from whom he has been separated.
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Title: Day by Day
Character: Linda (as Katrina Caspary)
Released: February 29, 1988
Type: TV
Day by Day is an American sitcom starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch. Day by Day was telecast from February 29, 1988, through June 25, 1989, on NBC.
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Totally Minnie
Title: Totally Minnie
Character: Dancer
Released: February 25, 1988
Type: Movie
The film centers on nerd Maxwell Dweeb (Robert Carradine), who is a loner with no friends. While watching television, he sees an advertisement for the Minnie Mouse Center for the Totally Unhip, named after its owner, Minnie Mouse. Dweeb, in an effort to improve himself, decides to attend. After being welcomed by the director (Suzanne Somers), Dweeb is taken on a tour of the centre, where other Disney characters run various courses: Goofy is a fitness instructor, Donald Duck is a wardrobe manager, and Pluto is a messenger boy. After finally meeting Minnie Mouse, Dweeb is taken on by the director, whom he eventually falls in love with, and dates once he has passed his training. The film is intershot with various musical numbers (including the duet "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Minnie Mouse and Elton John) and excerpts from early Disney shorts.
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Can't Buy Me Love
Title: Can't Buy Me Love
Character: Barbara
Released: August 14, 1987
Type: Movie
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy grows fond of Ronald, making him popular. But when Ronald's former best friend gets left behind, he realizes that social success isn't everything.
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Title: Married... with Children
Character: Kelly Bundy
Released: April 5, 1987
Type: TV
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.
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Combat Academy
Title: Combat Academy
Character: Mary Beth
Released: November 23, 1986
Type: Movie
"Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious military academy, where one of the cadets finds out who is responsible for a spate of midnight thefts. Written by Mark Lennon
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The Thanksgiving Promise
Title: The Thanksgiving Promise
Character: 1st Girl
Released: November 23, 1986
Type: Movie
A teenage boy is torn between his love for an injured Canadian goose that he has found and his agreement to fatten and kill it for an approaching Thanksgiving dinner for his neighbors.
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News at Eleven
Title: News at Eleven
Character: Gretchen Kent
Released: April 2, 1986
Type: Movie
When television news director Eric Ross pressures esteemed senior anchor Frank Kenley to sensationalize the news, Kenley isn't pleased -- and the conflict comes to a head when a local high school sex scandal hits the news. As Ross pushes him to play up the story, Kenley wrestles with the moral complexities of the situation and tries to find the balance between the public's need to know and the individual's rights.
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Title: Growing Pains
Character: Jamie
Released: September 24, 1985
Type: TV
Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spending 15 years as a housewife.
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Title: Silver Spoons
Character: Amanda
Released: September 25, 1982
Type: TV
Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987. The series was produced by Embassy Television for the first four seasons, until Embassy Communications moved the series to syndication. Silver Spoons was created by Martin Cohan, Howard Leeds and Ben Starr. The show's title refers to family wealth and to the expression that rich children are born with "silver spoons" in their mouths—they are given only the very best and want for nothing.
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Annie
Title: Annie
Character: Dancer
Released: May 21, 1982
Type: Movie
An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.
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Title: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Character: 1st Girl
Released: October 27, 1954
Type: TV
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The same basic show has since appeared on several networks, with its latest revival debuting in 2012 on Disney Junior. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.