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Tina Turner Biography
Birth Name:
Anna Mae Bullock
Birth Place:
Nutbush, Tennessee, United States
Profession
Singer, dancer, actor
Fast Facts
- Had planned on a career as a practical nurse
- Began her music career in 1960 with then-husband Ike Turner
- Recorded first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On, in 1974
- Divorced Ike in 1978 after years of marital problems and documented physical abuse; became a solo artist in 1982
- Wrote autobiography I, Tina in 1986
- Her story spawned the 1993 hit movie What's Love Got to Do With It
- Became a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and was inducted into the St
- Louis Walk of Fame in the same year
Relationships
- Floyd Richard Bullock -- Father
- Alex Bullock -- Grandfather
- Josephus Currie -- Grandfather
- Georgianna Currie -- Grandmother
- Roxanne Bullock -- Grandmother
- Evelyn Currie -- Half Sister
- Erwin Bach -- Husband
- Zelma Bullock -- Mother
- Allline Bullock -- Sister
- Craig Hill -- Son
- Ronald Turner -- Son