| LC control no. | n 88028222 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Williams, Vanessa |
| Variant(s) | Williams, Vanessa L. (Vanessa Lynn) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1963-03-18 |
| Place of birth | Tarrytown (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Syracuse University Mercury Record Corporation |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Actresses Dancers Authors |
| Special note | Do not confuse with actress Vanessa Williams, 1963- (Vanessa A. Williams; NAF nr2004014442) or with software developer Vanessa L. Williams (NAF n 2006061224) |
| Found in | Vanessa Williams, Miss America, at the National Press Club [SR] p1983: label (Vanessa Williams) narration (musician, Miss America 1984) Internet movie database, Jan. 13, 1998 (Williams, Vanessa L., a.k.a. Vanessa Williams, b. Vanessa Lynn Williams, Mar. 18, 1963; actress, Miss America 1984; Screen Actors Guild assigned her the name Vanessa L. Williams to distinguish from the actress Vanessa Williams) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed April 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Williams, Vanessa L.; singer, actress, Miss America; born 1963 in Tarrytown, New York, United States; enrolled at Syracuse University (1981); won Miss Syracuse beauty pageant and 1983 Miss America pageant; launched a singing career with Mercury Records (1987); her debut album, The Right Stuff, received three Grammy Award nominations and the Best New Female Artist Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (1988); performed the song "Colors of the Wind" on Academy Award-winning soundtrack to the Disney film Pocahontas (1994)) Bubble kisses, 2020: title page (Vanessa Williams) |
| Associated language | eng |
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