| LC control no. | n 91071699 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mills, Stephanie, 1957- |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a Grammy awardee and a Tony awardee. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19570322 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Popular music Acting |
| Affiliation | Juilliard School Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.) Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Rhythm and blues musicians Actresses |
| Found in | Her I've got the cure [SR] p1984: label (Stephanie Mills) OCLC 12967996 (Hdg.: Mills, Stephanie, 1959- ) Mapp, E. Dir. of Blacks in the perf. arts, 2nd ed. (Mills, Stephanie (Dorothea); b. 3-22-59, Queens, NY; singer, actress) All music guide, Aug. 16, 2002 (Stephanie Mills; b. Mar. 22, 1957, Brooklyn, N.Y.) Soulwalking Web site, Aug. 16, 2002 (Stephanie Mills; b. Mar. 22, 1957, Brooklyn, N.Y.) Biog. & geneal. master index online, Aug. 16, 2002 (Mills, Stephanie (1957-), Mills, Stephanie (1959-)) Biog. resource center, Aug. 16, 2002 (Mills, Stephanie (American actor, 1957-)) Contemp. misicians, v. 21, 1998 (Mills, Stephanie; b. March 22, 1957 (some sources say 1959), in Brooklyn, NY) The medicine song, 1984: front cover (Stephanie Mills) African American National Biography, accessed March 4, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mills, Stephanie; rhythm and blues musician/ singer, stage/ screen actor; born 22 March 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, United States; studied at Julliard; won her first recording contract, which produced the MCA single, “I Knew It Was Love” (1974); was cast as Dorothy in the Broadway musical “The Wiz” (1974); show ran for five years and played in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, and Madison Square Garden; musical became one of Broadway's longest-running; received a Tony Award for the role; signed with Motown; signed with Twentieth Century Records (1979); a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal (1980); an American Music Award in the same category (1981); left Twentieth Century Records and joined Casablanca (1981); produced only one Top 10 single in her next four albums) |
| Invalid LCCN | nb2002068294 |
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