Actor

Stephanie Mills

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Movies: 7Series: 6

TMDB ID: 1494325

IMDb ID: nm0590196

Known for: Acting

Born: March 22, 1957

Age: 68

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1961 - 2023

Years active: 63

Average TMDB rating: 6.44

Wikidata: Q457850

Also known as

Stephanie Dorthea Mills

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Biography

Stephanie Dorthea Mills is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Mills rose to stardom as "Dorothy" in the original 7 Time Tony Award Winning Broadway run of the musical The Wiz from 1974 to 1979. The song "Home" from the show later became a Number 1 U.S. R&B hit for Mills and her signature song. During the 1980s, Mills scored five Number 1 R&B hits, including "Home", "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love", "I Feel Good All Over", "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" and "Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)". Mills won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her song "Never Knew Love Like This Before" in 1981.

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