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Tai Babilonia
ActorBorn September 22, 1959 (66 years)
Tai Reina Babilonia (born September 22, 1959) is an American former pair skater. Together with Randy Gardner, she won the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships and five U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1976–1980). The pair qualified for the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics.She was the first African American figure skater to compete for the United States at an Olympics and win world titles. She is also part Filipino on her father's side and part Native American.
She and Gardner began skating together at eight and ten years old when skating coach Mabel Fairbanks needed a young pair team for a skating show in Culver City, California. They began training with John Nicks in 1971. They won the gold medal as juniors at their first U.S. Nationals in 1973 and as seniors, they came in second place in 1974 and 1975. The pair became five-time U.S. National champions, between 1978 and 1980, and won the gold medal at the 1979 World Championships. They were medal favorites at the 1980 Winter Olympics but were forced to withdraw due to an injury to Gardner, which ended their competitive careers.
She and Gardner toured with the Ice Capades for four years and with Champions on Ice for two years. They performed in many ice shows and competed professionally, earning first place in the World Professional Championships in 1985.
In 1990, a biographical film of her rise to fame was aired on television, On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story.
She has a son named Scout with former husband Cary Butler. She was engaged in 2005 to actor and comedian David Brenner, but they never married before their breakup in 2011.
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She and Gardner began skating together at eight and ten years old when skating coach Mabel Fairbanks needed a young pair team for a skating show in Culver City, California. They began training with John Nicks in 1971. They won the gold medal as juniors at their first U.S. Nationals in 1973 and as seniors, they came in second place in 1974 and 1975. The pair became five-time U.S. National champions, between 1978 and 1980, and won the gold medal at the 1979 World Championships. They were medal favorites at the 1980 Winter Olympics but were forced to withdraw due to an injury to Gardner, which ended their competitive careers.
She and Gardner toured with the Ice Capades for four years and with Champions on Ice for two years. They performed in many ice shows and competed professionally, earning first place in the World Professional Championships in 1985.
In 1990, a biographical film of her rise to fame was aired on television, On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story.
She has a son named Scout with former husband Cary Butler. She was engaged in 2005 to actor and comedian David Brenner, but they never married before their breakup in 2011.
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Tai Babilonia Filmography
| 2001 | |
| 1998 | Nutcracker on Ice · as Clara |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) · as Reporter |
| 2020 | Go Figure: the Randy Gardner Story · as Self |
| 2018 | The Bachelor Winter Games (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Bloomers (2011) (TV Series) · as Tai Babilonia |
| 2007 | Jocking Around · as Self |
| 2006 | Skating with Celebrities (TV Series) · as Self - Couple 2 |
| 2001 | The Test (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Hot Seat Contestant |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Tai Babilonia |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | It's Garry Shandling's Show (TV Series) · as Tai Babilonia |
| 1986 | Liberty Weekend · as Self |
| 1984 | A Christmas Dream · as Self |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Tai Babilonia |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) · as Tai Babilonia |
| 1979 | Dance Fever (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Kids Are People Too! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | Family Feud (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |