Tina Sloan (born February 1, 1943) Her father was a Harvard University educated lawyer and her mother was a homemaker. She has one brother and one sister. She attended The Ursuline School and Manhattanville College.
Career
Sloan played Kate Thornton Cannell on the NBC soap opera Somerset from 1974–1976. She then joined the cast of the CBS soap opera Search for Tomorrow, playing Patti Barron Tate McCleary from 1976–1977. Her next role was on the NBC soap opera Another World as Dr. Olivia Delaney, from 1980–1981. Sloan had an uncredited role in the film She-Devil (1989). She played a Kensington Guest in The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), also directed by Woody Allen. The same year, she guest starred on Third Watch. The same year, she played Kitty in the comedy film The Guru. She also appeared in the crime drama film People I Know, co-starring with Al Pacino. In 2003, she guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Sloan appeared in the film The Brave One (2007), co-starring with Jodie Foster.
The cancellation of Guiding Light was announced on April 1, 2009. Sloan appeared on the show until the final episode, airing September 18, 2009. She played Mrs. Fithian in the film Black Swan (2010), directed by Darren Aronofsky. In 2010, Sloan wrote a nonfiction book, Changing Shoes: Getting Older--NOT OLD--with Style, Humor, and Grace. She also wrote a one-woman show to go along with the book, touring the U.S. with several stops in Florida.
In 2014, Sloan began playing Louise Cassell on the web series Beacon Hill. In 2020, she released a new book, Chasing Cleopatra: A novel of love, betrayal, and suspense. Its sequel, Chasing Othello, was published in 2022. In March 2022, Sloan was a donor and collaborator for The Playwrights Realm's interactive fundraiser, Play on Words, a one night live streamed festival of short new plays.
Personal life
Sloan's first marriage was to a writer who had predeceased her by the time she was twenty-eight. She met businessman Steve McPherson at a dinner party five years later and they were married in 1975. She had eight miscarriages before giving birth to their son in 1980. They have three grandchildren. Sloan also has two stepchildren from McPherson's previous relationship. Sloan is on the board of advisors for Outward Bound.