Beryl Cunningham
Beryl Cunningham (8 August 1946 – 11 December 2020) was a Jamaican actress and model, mainly active in Italian cinema.
Beryl Cunningham

Fabrizio Zampa · (in italian) (December 1968). "Black Power '68". Playmen (12): 120. Rome, Italy: Balsamo Editore. · Public domain
- Name
- Beryl Cunningham
- Born
- 8 August 1946
- Birthplace
- Montego Bay, Jamaica
- Died
- 11 December 2020 (aged 74)
- Place of death
- Borbona, Rieti, Italy
- Occupation
- * Actress
- Nationality
- Jamaica
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Beryl Cunningham (8 August 1946 – 11 December 2020) was a Jamaican actress and model, mainly active in Italian cinema.
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• Name — Beryl Cunningham • Born — 8 August 1946 • Birthplace — Montego Bay, Jamaica • Died — 11 December 2020 (aged 74) • Place of death — Borbona, Rieti, Italy • Occupation — * Actress • model • singer
Life and career
Life and career
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. Shortly after she obtained three more commercial successes, The Weekend Murders, directed by Michele Lupo, and Il dio serpente and The Black Decameron, both directed by Piero Vivarelli, her partner at the time. 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, La cucina giamaicana, published by Crochet Edizioni.
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Beryl Cunningham is recorded as actress, singer, television presenter and model.

Jamaican actress and model Beryl Cunningham like a Mexico 1968's olympian athlete, in a photo shoot by Fabrizio Zampa for Italian magazine Playmen.
Fabrizio Zampa · (in italian) (December 1968). "Black Power '68". Playmen (12): 122. Rome, Italy: Balsamo Editore.

Jamaican actress and model Beryl Cunningham like a Mexico 1968's olympian athlete, in a photo shoot by Fabrizio Zampa for Italian magazine Playmen.
Fabrizio Zampa · (in italian) (December 1968). "Black Power '68". Playmen (12): 124. Rome, Italy: Balsamo Editore.
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Beryl Cunningham died in 2020 at Borbona.
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- 1.Lo show di Onda Nera. La Stampa. 30 luglio 1979.
- 2.Lionello Fabbri. Essere negra. Ciao 2001. 12. 16 aprile 1969.
- 3.Black Power '68. Playmen. Balsamo Editore. 12. dicembre 1968.
- 4.cita Lancia, Melelli .
- 5.Playboy di periferia. La Stampa. 2 giugno 1979.
- 6.Beryl: ricette dai Caraibi. La Stampa. 19 gennaio 1981.
- 7.Scompare Beryl Cunningham la musa del Dio serpente. 25 aprile 2021.
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