Editing Tyrone Power (section)

==Early life==
Power was born in [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]], in 1914, the son of Helen Emma "Patia" (née Reaume) and the English-born American stage and screen actor [[Tyrone Power Sr.]], often known by his first name "Fred". Power was descended from a long Irish theatrical line going back to his great-grandfather, the Irish actor and comedian [[Tyrone Power (Irish actor)|Tyrone Power]] (1797–1841). Tyrone Power's sister, Ann Power,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.tyrone-power.com/biography_sister.html|title = Biography-Ann Power Hardenbergh|website = Biography-Ann Power Hardenbergh}}</ref> was born in 1915, after the family moved to California. His mother was [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], and her ancestry included the French-Canadian Reaume family and French from [[Alsace-Lorraine]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Clooney|first=Nick|title=Remembering the Local Stars III|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72897101.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526211226/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72897101.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2013|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=August 5, 1996|access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBEWAAAAYAAJ&q=Amanda+Brazee+Schuster |title=Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788–1912 – S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Clarke, S. J., Publishing Company – Google Books |access-date=2012-04-21|last1=Goss |first1=Charles Frederic |year=1912 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THd5AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA574 |title=History of Chicago – Alfred Theodore Andreas – Google Books |access-date=2012-04-21|last1=Andreas |first1=Alfred Theodore |year=1886 }}</ref> Through his paternal great-grandmother, Anne Gilbert, Power was related to the actor [[Laurence Olivier]]; through his paternal grandmother, stage actress [[Ethel Lavenu]], he was related by marriage to author [[Evelyn Waugh]]; and through his father's first cousin, Norah Emily Gorman Power, he was related to the theatrical director Sir (William) [[Tyrone Guthrie]], the first director of the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival|Stratford Festival]] in [[Canada]] and the [[Guthrie Theater]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]].<ref>Kidd, Charles (1987). ''Debrett Goes to Hollywood''. St. Martin's Press. {{ISBN|0-312-00588-1}}.</ref>

Power went to Cincinnati-area Catholic schools and graduated from [[Purcell Marian High School|Purcell High School]] in 1931. Upon his graduation, he opted to join his father to learn what he could about acting from one of the stage's most respected actors.{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}}