Carver began her acting career in Europe in the early 1950s, performing in theaters in Paris and Berlin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Houston Actress Doing Summer Stock in Paris|work=[[The Houston Post]]|date= July 17, 1951|page= 13}}</ref> In Paris she starred in [[Meyer Levin]]’s ”The Good Old Days” in 1951 for the opening of the American Theatre.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/07/18/archives/american-theatre-opens-in-paris.html?searchResultPosition=1|title=American Theatre Opens in Paris|date=July 18, 1951|page= 21|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 1953 she portrayed the vicar’s wife, Penelope Toop, in [[Philip King (playwright)|Philip King]]’s ”[[See How They Run (play)|See How They Run]]” at the Playhouse Theatre in Houston,<ref>{{cite news|title=””See How They Run” Gives Playhouse Audiences Big Laughs|work=[[The Houston Chronicle]]|date= October 1, 1953|page=D2}}</ref> and the part of nurse Ruth Kelly in [[Mary Chase (playwright)|Mary Chase]]’s ”[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]” in a production in [[La Puente, California]].<ref>{{cite news|title=This and That|work=[[The Houston Chronicle]]|date= November 6, 1953|page=D9}}</ref>
Carver began her acting career in Europe in the early 1950s, performing in theaters in Paris and Berlin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Houston Actress Doing Summer Stock in Paris|work=[[The Houston Post]]|date= July 17, 1951|page= 13}}</ref> In Paris she starred in [[Meyer Levin]]’s ”The Good Old Days” in 1951 for the opening of the American Theatre.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/07/18/archives/american-theatre-opens-in-paris.html?searchResultPosition=1|title=American Theatre Opens in Paris|date=July 18, 1951|page= 21|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 1953 she portrayed the vicar’s wife, Penelope Toop, in [[Philip King (playwright)|Philip King]]’s ”[[See How They Run (play)|See How They Run]]” at the Playhouse Theatre in Houston,<ref>{{cite news|title=””See How They Run” Gives Playhouse Audiences Big Laughs|work=[[The Houston Chronicle]]|date= October 1, 1953|page=D2}}</ref> and the part of nurse Ruth Kelly in [[Mary Chase (playwright)|Mary Chase]]’s ”[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]” in a production in [[La Puente, California]].<ref>{{cite news|title=This and That|work=[[The Houston Chronicle]]|date= November 6, 1953|page=D9}}</ref>
On television Carver guest starred in a 1954 episode of ”[[Big Town (American TV series)|Big Town]]”,<ref>{{cite news|title=What’s On Air|work=The Zanesville Signal|date= October 20, 1954|page= 6}}</ref> and performed opposite [[Alan Ladd]] as his love interest in the episode “Committed” on ”[[General Electric Theater]]” in December 1954; the latter of which was hosted by [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tele-Views|work=The Capital Journal|date= December 3, 1954|page=15}}</ref> She also starred opposite [[John Ireland]] in a 1954 episode of ”[[The Whistler (TV series)|The Whistler]]”.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abbe Airs It|first=James|last=Abbe|work=[[Oakland Tribune]]|date= December 29, 1954|page= 16}}</ref> She starred in “The Quiet Wife” episode of ”[[The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse]]” anthology in 1955.<ref>{{cite news|title=WHBQ-TV|work=[[The Commercial Appeal]]|date= February 27, 1955|page=12}}</ref>
On television Carver guest starred in a 1954 episode of ”[[Big Town (American TV series)|Big Town]]”,<ref>{{cite news|title=What’s On Air|work=The Zanesville Signal|date= October 20, 1954|page= 6}}</ref> and performed opposite [[Alan Ladd]] as his love interest in the episode “Committed” on ”[[General Electric Theater]]” in December 1954; the latter of which was hosted by [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tele-Views|work=The Capital Journal|date= December 3, 1954|page=15}}</ref> She also starred opposite [[John Ireland]] in a 1954 episode of ”[[The Whistler (TV series)|The Whistler]]”.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abbe Airs It|first=James|last=Abbe|work=[[Oakland Tribune]]|date= December 29, 1954|page= 16}}</ref> She starred in “The Quiet Wife” episode of ”[[The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse]]” anthology in 1955.<ref>{{cite news|title=WHBQ-TV|work=[[The Commercial Appeal]]|date= February 27, 1955|page=12}}</ref>
By June 1954 Carver was under contract with [[Columbia Pictures]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Between the Lines|first=Gilbert|last=Gorman|work=[[The Houston Chronicle]]|date= June 27, 1954|page=2, section Feature Magazine}}</ref> For Columbia she starred as Joni Calvin in the [[film noir]] crime film ”[[Inside Detroit]]” (1955).<ref name=”IND”>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/variety201-1955-12/page/n78/mode/1up?q=%22Tina+Carver%22|title=Inside Detroit|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 14, 1955|page=6|author=Brog.}}</ref> In 1956 she filmed the episode “After the Fact” with [[Keith Larsen]] and [[Robert Foulk]] for the anthology series ”[[The Web (1957 TV series)|The Web]]” which aired in 1957.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/02/15/archives/screen-gems-begins-filming-the-web-series-of-suspense-melodramas.html?searchResultPosition=3|title=Screen Gems Begins Filming ‘The Web,’ Series of Suspense Melodramas for TV|date=February 15, 1956|page= 46|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
By June 1954 Carver was under contract with [[Columbia Pictures]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Between the Lines|first=Gilbert|last=Gorman|work=[[The Houston Chronicle]]|date= June 27, 1954|page=2, section Feature Magazine}}</ref> For Columbia she starred as Joni Calvin in the [[film noir]] crime film ”[[Inside Detroit]]” (1955).<ref name=”IND”>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/variety201-1955-12/page/n78/mode/1up?q=%22Tina+Carver%22|title=Inside Detroit|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 14, 1955|page=6|author=Brog.}}</ref> she the [[ ]] ”[[ ]]”.<ref =/>
==Later life==
==Later life==
*”[[A Cry in the Night (1956 film)|A Cry in the Night]]” (1956) as Marie Holzapple<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1956-08-15_203_11/mode/2up?q=%22Tina+Carver%22|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 15, 1956|volume=203|number= 11|title=Film Reviews: A Cry in the Night|page=18}}</ref>
*”[[A Cry in the Night (1956 film)|A Cry in the Night]]” (1956) as Marie Holzapple<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1956-08-15_203_11/mode/2up?q=%22Tina+Carver%22|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 15, 1956|volume=203|number= 11|title=Film Reviews: A Cry in the Night|page=18}}</ref>
*”[[Inside Detroit]]” (1955) as Joni Calvin<ref name=”IND”/>
*”[[Inside Detroit]]” (1955) as Joni Calvin<ref name=”IND”/>
*”[[A Bullet for Joey]]” (1955) as Counter girl<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/George_Raft/Qi7JiuIsQbsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Tina+Carver%22+%22A+Bullet+for+Joey%22&pg=PA162&printsec=frontcover|page=162|title=George Raft: The Films|first=Everett|last= Aaker|year= 2013|isbn=9780786493135|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]}}</ref>
*”[[A Bullet for Joey]]” (1955) as Counter girl<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/George_Raft/Qi7JiuIsQbsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Tina+Carver%22+%22A+Bullet+for+Joey%22&pg=PA162&printsec=frontcover|page=162|title=George Raft: The Films|first=Everett|last= Aaker|year= 2013|isbn=9780786493135|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]}}</ref>
===TV shows===
===TV shows===
American actress and model (1931–1985)
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Tina Carver |
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Bertenia June Brown (1923-11-02)November 2, 1923[1] |
| Died | February 18, 1982(1982-02-18) (aged 58)[1][2] |
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| Years active | 1954-1960 |
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| Children | 2 |
Tina Carver (November 2, 1923 – February 18, 1982) was an American film actress and model active in the 1950s.[8]
Early life
The daughter of Herbert Weir Brown[1][9] and Opha Estelle Cox,[1] Tina Carver was born with the name Bertenia June Brown[1][2][9] on November 2, 1923[1] in Salina, Kansas.[3][4] Her first marriage was to a Mr. M. M. Dickason[5] with whom she had two sons, Robert and Charles.[10] That marriage ended in divorce in December 1945.[5]
Tina originally trained to be a musician and worked as a pianist in Texas.[11] In 1946 she was enrolled at the University of Houston and starred in a student production of Karel Čapek‘s R.U.R.; performing under the name Tina Dickason.[12] It was reported in The Houston Chronicle in December 1947 that she was living in Germany and had recently married a second time to Tom Carver who was employed in the Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories in Berlin.[6] They married in the autumn of 1947.[10] The couple separated in November 1952 around the time their daughter Victoria was born, and later filed for divorced in October 1955.[13] Their divorce was finalized in January 1956.[7] At the time of their divorce Tom Carver was a professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.[7]
Career
Carver began her acting career in Europe in the early 1950s, performing in theaters in Paris and Berlin.[14] In Paris she starred in Meyer Levin‘s The Good Old Days in 1951 for the opening of the American Theatre.[15] In 1953 she portrayed the vicar’s wife, Penelope Toop, in Philip King‘s See How They Run at the Playhouse Theatre in Houston,[16] and the part of nurse Ruth Kelly in Mary Chase‘s Harvey in a production in La Puente, California.[17]
On television Carver guest starred in a 1954 episode of Big Town,[18] and performed opposite Alan Ladd as his love interest in the episode “Committed” on General Electric Theater in December 1954; the latter of which was hosted by Ronald Reagan.[19] She also starred opposite John Ireland in a 1954 episode of The Whistler.[20] She starred in “The Quiet Wife” episode of The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse anthology in 1955.[21] In 1956 she filmed the episode “After the Fact” with Keith Larsen and Robert Foulk for the anthology series The Web which aired in 1957.[22]
By June 1954 Carver was under contract with Columbia Pictures.[23] For Columbia she starred as Joni Calvin in the film noir crime film Inside Detroit (1955).[24] That same year she had a minor role in the United Artists film A Bullet for Joey.[25]
Later life
In her later life Carver lived in Seattle, Washington where she worked as a realtor.[1] She died at Stevens Memorial Hospital in Edmonds, Washington on February 18, 1982 from pneumonitis related to small-cell carcinoma.[1] Her body was cremated and then transported to Texas for interment at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston.[2]
Filmography
Feature films
TV shows
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Tina J. Carver in the Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1907-2017, State File No. 2 04061, Local File Number 335
- ^ a b c “Death Notices: Mrs. Bertenia June Brown-Carver”. The Houston Post. February 24, 1982. p. 18C.
- ^ a b Bertenia J Brown in the Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925, 1925
Saline, Salina - ^ a b Bertenia J Brown in the 1930 United States Federal Census, Arkansas
Pulaski, Little Rock, District 0028 - ^ a b c “Local Court”. The Houston Chronicle. December 20, 1945. p. 4.
- ^ a b “Boys, 5 and 3, To Fly to Germany to Rejoin Mother”. The Houston Chronicle. December 19, 1947. p. 30A.
- ^ a b c “Actress Tina Carver Divorces Professor”. Washington Evening Star. January 14, 1956. p. B9.
- ^ “Tina Carver – Rotten Tomatoes”. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Stockard, Mildred (April 11, 1956). “Pair of Melodramas Showing at Delman”. The Houston Chronicle. p. 40.
- ^ a b “Youngsters Fly to Europe”. The Houston Post. December 19, 1947. p. 1.
- ^ “King Farce Next at Playhouse”. The Houston Post. September 23, 1953. p. 25.
- ^ “Two Performances of R.U.R. Slated By Houston U. Unit”. The Houston Chronicle. November 24, 1946. p. 17D.
- ^ “Actress Receives Default Divorce”. Valley Times. October 28, 1955. p. 2.
- ^ “Houston Actress Doing Summer Stock in Paris”. The Houston Post. July 17, 1951. p. 13.
- ^ “American Theatre Opens in Paris”. The New York Times. July 18, 1951. p. 21.
- ^ “See How They Run Gives Playhouse Audiences Big Laughs”. The Houston Chronicle. October 1, 1953. p. D2.
- ^ “This and That”. The Houston Chronicle. November 6, 1953. p. D9.
- ^ “What’s On Air”. The Zanesville Signal. October 20, 1954. p. 6.
- ^ “Tele-Views”. The Capital Journal. December 3, 1954. p. 15.
- ^ Abbe, James (December 29, 1954). “Abbe Airs It”. Oakland Tribune. p. 16.
- ^ “WHBQ-TV”. The Commercial Appeal. February 27, 1955. p. 12.
- ^ “Screen Gems Begins Filming ‘The Web,’ Series of Suspense Melodramas for TV”. The New York Times. February 15, 1956. p. 46.
- ^ Gorman, Gilbert (June 27, 1954). “Between the Lines”. The Houston Chronicle. p. 2, section Feature Magazine.
- ^ a b Brog. (December 14, 1955). “Inside Detroit”. Variety: 6.
- ^ a b Aaker, Everett (2013). George Raft: The Films. McFarland & Company. p. 162. ISBN 9780786493135.
- ^ Blottner, Gene (September 30, 2011). Wild Bill Elliott: A Complete Filmography. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7864-6903-1. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ Craig, Rob (September 21, 2013). It Came from 1957: A Critical Guide to the Year’s Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-4766-1243-0. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ Blum, Daniel (1958). Screen World: 1958. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-8196-0264-0. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ “Film Reviews: A Cry in the Night”. Variety. 203 (11): 18. August 15, 1956.
