Stephanie Mills’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

  • Source of Wealth: Music
  • Age: 62
  • Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.A.
  • Marital Status: Divorced (Michael Saunders)
  • Full Name: Stephanie Dorthea Mills
  • Nationality: United States
  • Date of Birth: March 22, 1957
  • Ethnicity: Black, African-American
  • Occupation: Singer
  • Children: 1 (Farad)

At the age of 9, Stephanie started his stage career when she appeared on her first play. Two years later, she won the Amateur Night which landed her a Broadway role as an orphaned child of a slave in the musical Maggie Flynn.

In 1973, she started her music recording career however her two albums didn’t succeed. Her name instantly rose to fame when she became a part of The Wiz, an African-American adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and during that time, she was dating Michael Jackson.

Her most popular singles include I Wanna Be Where You Are, He’s Out Of My Life,  Put Your Body In It, Never Knew Love Like This Before, You Can Get Over, Two Hearts, What Cha’ Gonna Do With My Lovin’, The Medicine Song, I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love, The Comfort of a Man, and Can’t Let Him Go.

 

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