贝丽尔·坎宁安 Beryl Cunningham

Beryl Cunningham is a Jamaican actress and model, mainly active in Italian cinema. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the daughter of a university professor, after the high school graduation Cunningham moved to London to attend the university and to pursue a modeling career.Cunningham"s career, after some secondary roles, was launched in the late 60"s by the erotic drama Le salamandre, directed by Alberto Cavallone, that she accepted to shoot for free. Later starred in several genre films and in Ettore Scola"s Brutti, sporchi e cattivi, but failed to capitalize on her early success and retired from acting in the early 1980s. During her career Cunningham was also a presenter, hosting among others the 1971 edition of Cantagiro, and a singer, recording among others a cover of the Jula de Palma"s hit "Tua". In 1979 she was a regular guest of the television program Playboy di mezzanotte. In 1981 she also published a book of Jamaican aphrodisiac recipes, Louisiana cucina giamaicana, published by Crochet Edizioni.