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Tina Caspary

Tina Caspary

Acting

Biography

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.

Known For

Growing Pains
6.5

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.

Growing Pains

1985
Silver Spoons
6.3

Wealthy, young-at-heart business owner Edward Stratton III is stunned to discover his brief marriage several years ago produced a son, Richard Bluedhorn-Stratton, now 12 and standing in Edward's living room, wanting to live with the father he never knew. Although Edward's first impulse is to send Ricky to boarding school, he soon relents and let his son move in with him and Kate, his love-struck secretary.

Silver Spoons

1982
The Wonderful World of Disney
7.9

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 show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. 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.

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954
Day by Day
6.3

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.

Day by Day

1988
Annie
6.6

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.

Annie

1982
Can't Buy Me Love
6.9

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.

Can't Buy Me Love

1987
Mac and Me
4.5

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.

Mac and Me

1988
Teen Witch
6.0

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.

Teen Witch

1989
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6.0

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Live-In

1989
Combat Academy
5.6

"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

Combat Academy

1986
The Thanksgiving Promise
5.8

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.

The Thanksgiving Promise

1986
My Mom's a Werewolf
4.8

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.

My Mom's a Werewolf

1989
News at Eleven
8.0

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.

News at Eleven

1986
Totally Minnie
5.8

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.

Totally Minnie

1988