Tina Lenert

Tina Lenert
Born	June 6, 1948 Caracas, Venezuela

Tina Lenert is an American magician, mime and harpist. She has performed worldwide and is known for combining elements of pantomime and magic. For many years she has been a regular performer at the world famous Magic Castle, in Hollywood where she has been voted Stage Magician of the Year by the Academy of Magical Arts.

Early life

Tina grew up in Caracas, Venezuela. Her father was a geologist working for a United States oil company and at a young age her family moved to Malibu, California. She learned how to play electric guitar in high school as part of the short lived female rock band, the Leftovers. Shortly after high school, she began her career as a classical guitarist, and upon completing college studies as a performance major, abandoned the instrument and achieved success as a mime and then as an award-winning magician.

She is a regular performer and life member of Hollywood’s Magic Castle, where she was voted Stage Magician of the Year by the Academy of Magical Arts & Sciences. Tina has toured Europe several times, appearing in major theatres including Berlin's Wintergarten, the London Palladium and a performance for the Royal Family in Monte Carlo. She has been featured on television in many European, South American and Asian countries. In the United States she has appeared at Harrah's Reno, Atlantic City and Las Vegas as well as Caesars Palace. On television she has been featured on the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and CBS and NBC Specials.

Tina has played the harp internationally at a wide range of venues including concerts, cruise ships, corporate events, on MTV, NBC and European television specials.

She is a regular performer with both the harp and magic at Hollywood's Magic Castle, and the Hermosa Beach Comedy and Magic Club.

Personal life

In 1977, Tina met and later married magician and magic historian Mike Caveney, who she lives in Pasadena, California with.

References

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• The Linking Ring, Vol. 65, No. 6, June 1985, Memoirs Of A Magician's Ghost, by John Booth, CHAPTER 192 – Magic's Young Publishers Extraordinary, page 55
• Cover, M-U-M, Vol. 77, No. 8, January 1988, Magician of the Month, Tina Lenert, page 9, THE MIME SPEAKS, An Interview with Tina Lenert, page 11
• Cover, Magische Welt, Vol. 52, No. 3, Juni 2008, Tina Lenert: Gefühlvoll, page 136
• Cover Genii Magazine, Vol. 68, No. 12, December 2005, The Magic and Memories of Tina Lenert and Mike Caveney by Dustm Stinett, page 40
• Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Lenert, Tina USA Zauberkünstlerin (*06.01.1948 Caracas, Venezuela), page 202
• IMBD Tina Lenert

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