Stephanie Mills

An actress, a songwriter and an actress, Stephanie Dorthea Mills is a woman of many talents. The biggest event of her life that put her on the map was her role as “Dorthy” in the musical The wiz, which ran on Broadway from 1975 to 1977. Her song called “Home”, took the U.S. billboards by storm.

It was ranked number 1 in the U.S. R&B hit. Her songs “Something in the Way”, “A Rush on Me,” “I Feel Good All Over,” “Home,” and “I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love,” are all songs by Mills that have scored number 1 R&B hits in the 80s. For her song “Never knew love like this before”, , Stephanie Dorthea Mills received Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in the year 1981.

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Biography and Early Life

Stephanie Dorthea Mills, more popularly known as Stephanie Mills, was born on the 22nd of March 1957 to Christine and Joseph Mills. Mills was raised in Brooklyn in Bedford – Stuyvesant. At Brooklyn’s Cornerstone Baptist Church, Mills used to sing gospels. Mills started her professional career at the early age of nine by making an appearance in the Broadway musical Maggie Flynn.

After winning Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater for six weeks straight at an early age of just eleven, for the Isley Brothers, Mills became the opening act. In 1973, Michael Barbiero signed Mills to Paramount records. With Paramount records, Mills signed her first single, “I Knew It was Love.” Later, Mills was signed to Motown.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Stephanie Mills in 2021 and what is her height and weight? Well, Stephanie Mills’s age is 64 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 22 March 1957. Though, she is 4′ 9″ in feet and inches and 145 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 121.2 lbs in Pound and 55 kg in Kilograms. Her eye color is Black and hair color is Brown.

Education

Information about Stephanie Dorthea Mill’s educational career is fairly unknown. It is known that Mills used to sing gospels in the church at an early age of nine. Later at eleven, she started to open for the Isley Brothers when she won Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater for six weeks straight. Later she signed to paramount records to release her first single and then to Motown. Hence according to the timeline, it seems as if she has been quite busy with her professional career from an early age.

Personal Life: Dating, Boyfriends, Husband, Kids

Stephanie Dorthea Mills likes to keep her personal life fairly private. She has kept her life away from the light of the media for quite a long time. She has, however, had a rocky marriage life as she is now divorced. In the year 1980, Mills married Jefferey Daniel, who was from the R&B soul group Shalamar. Due to their differences later in the year 1983, the couple split.

Mills then decided to remarry and got married to Dine Meminger in the year 1989. Unfortunately for Mills, even this marriage did not seem to last. Again in 1991, the couple called it quits. Mills tried her luck once more. She was tying the knot to Michael Saunders in the year 1993. Their wedding ceremony was even officiated by Minister Louis Farrakhan. However, the couple later ended up splitting up in the year 2001.

With her multiple marriages Mills only has one child named Farad Mills. Farad Mills was born with a disability of Down syndrome, where day to day activities become quite challenging. It is rumoured that Mills may have briefly had a relationship with the legendary singer Michael Jackson.

Is Stephanie Mills Lesbian?

Stephanie Dorthea Mills is known to have an extremely rocky marriage life. She has a son who has Down syndrome named Farad Mills. She has been through a total of three marriages to date. Her first marriage in 1980 didn’t go too well with Jeffery Daniel. After splitting in 1983, Mills proceeded to marry Dino Memiger in 1989. Their differences proved too major to handle, and in 1991 the couple split. Later she married Saunders for a period of 1993 to 2001. It is even rumoured that Mills has had a relationship with Michel Jackson. Stephanie Dorthea Mills is hence not Lesbian or Gay.

Professional Career

Mill’s career’s main highlight was her performance in the Broadway musical ‘The Wiz’. Her song from the musical called “Home” became her signature tune for many years. For the movie adaptation, the song was covered by Diana Ross several years later. When she signed to the 20th Fox Records label, its commercial success remained elusive until the year 1979. Mills even signed to Paramount record label and released her single. She, however, later signed to Motown.

Awards

Stephanie Dorthea Mills has had multiple awards throughout her life. Some of them include:

In 1981 she won the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance – Female for her song (“Never Knew Love Like This Before”).

In 1981 in the category Soul / Rhythm and blues, she won the American Music Award for Favourite Female Artist.

For the musical (“The Wiz”), Mills got nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress.

In the category Soul / Rhythm and Blues, Mills got nominated for the American Music Award for favourite Female Artist.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Stephanie Mills in 2nd August 2021

Stephanie Dorthea Mills has released many albums and singles throughout her professional career. With five hit singles, namely Merciless in 1983, Sweet Sensation in 1980, Tantalizingly Hot in 1982, I Got the Cure in 1984 and Stephanie in 1981; Mills has gained a massive net worth. Most of her income seems to come from her very successful R & B career. As of 2021, Her net worth is estimated to be over $3 Million. She was also an established actress before she became quite a prominent actress.

As a songwriter, singer and actress, Stephanie Dorthea Mills has had an insanely successful career. Mills has been very hardworking and persistent. She started her career from a very early age at nine years of age itself, where she performed gospels in the church. She later started performing for the musical The wiz in the Broadway show. The rest is history. Her talent has got her multiple awards and nominations.