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Stephanie Mills(I)

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Stephanie Mills was born on 22 March 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Cop Out (2010), Fletch (1985) and The Wiz Live! (2015). She was previously married to Micheal Saunders, Dino Meminger and Jeffrey Daniel.
BornMarch 22, 1957
BornMarch 22, 1957
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      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

    Known for

    Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in Cop Out (2010)
    Cop Out
    5.5
    • Soundtrack("Bit By Bit")
    • 2010
    Chevy Chase in Fletch (1985)
    Fletch
    6.9
    • Soundtrack("Bit By Bit" (Theme From Fletch))
    • 1985
    The Wiz Live! (2015)
    The Wiz Live!
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Auntie Em
    • 2015
    The Wiz
    7.1
    Video
    • Dorothy
    • 1983

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    Actress

    • Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (2023)
      Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • Birdie Moore
      • 2023
    • The Wiz Live! (2015)
      The Wiz Live!
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Auntie Em
      • 2015
    • Stephanie Mills: Never Do You Wrong
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1993
    • Stephanie Mills: All Day, All Night
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1992
    • Stephanie Mills: Comfort of a Man
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1990
    • Stephanie Mills: Home
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1989
    • Stephanie Mills: Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1989
    • Robert Brookins Feat. Stephanie Mills: Where Is the Love
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1988
    • Stephanie Mills: (You're Puttin') A Rush on Me
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1987
    • Stephanie Mills in Stephanie Mills: I Feel Good All Over (1987)
      Stephanie Mills: I Feel Good All Over
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1987
    • Stephanie Mills: Stand Back
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1985
    • Stephanie Mills: Bit by Bit
      8.7
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1985
    • Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)
      The Love Boat
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Tara
      • 1985
    • Stephanie Mills: The Medicine Song
      Music Video
      • Stephanie Mills
      • 1984
    • The Wiz
      7.1
      Video
      • Dorothy
      • 1983

    Director

    • Ganesh Mantras
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022

    Soundtrack

    • Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (2023)
      Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • performer: "Faith and Love"
      • 2023
    • Tamron Hall in Tamron Hall (2019)
      Tamron Hall
      4.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "Never Knew Love Like This Before"
      • 2023
    • Jennifer Hudson in The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
      The Jennifer Hudson Show
      4.4
      TV Series
      • performer: "Home", "Be a Lion"
      • 2023
    • James Franco, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Deuce (2017)
      The Deuce
      8.1
      TV Series
      • performer: "The Medicine Song"
      • 2019
    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • performer: "Never Knew Love Like This Before"
      • 2019
    • Black Girls Rock! (2018)
      Black Girls Rock!
      6.8
      TV Special
      • performer: "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
      • 2018
    • Crystal Fox, Peter Parros, John Schneider, Gavin Houston, Angela Robinson, Renee Lawless, Tika Sumpter, Aaron O'Connell, and Tyler Lepley in The Haves and the Have Nots (2013)
      The Haves and the Have Nots
      6.0
      TV Series
      • performer: "I Feel Good All Over"
      • 2018
    • Good Day New York (1988)
      Good Day New York
      4.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "Never Knew Love Like This Before"
      • 2016
    • The Wiz Live! (2015)
      The Wiz Live!
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • performer: "The Feeling We Once Had"
      • 2015
    • 2014 Soul Train Awards (2014)
      2014 Soul Train Awards
      6.4
      TV Special
      • performer: "Home"
      • 2014
    • 2003 Trumpet Awards (2003)
      22nd Annual Trumpet Awards
      TV Special
      • performer: "Home"
      • 2014
    • Stevie Wonder with Friends: Celebrating a Message of Peace
      7.8
      TV Special
      • performer: "Heaven Help Us All", "As", "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
      • 2013
    • Happiness Never Comes Alone (2012)
      Happiness Never Comes Alone
      6.5
      • performer: "Never Knew Love Like This Before"
      • 2012
    • Petar Gagic in The Cine-Masochist (2010)
      The Cine-Masochist
      TV Series
      • performer: "Bit By Bit (Theme From Fletch)"
      • 2011
    • Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in Cop Out (2010)
      Cop Out
      5.5
      • performer: "Bit By Bit"
      • 2010

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    The Wiz: Live Event
    Featurette 2:49
    The Wiz: Live Event

    Personal details

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    • Official sites
      • 444Love
      • Facebook
    • Height
      • 4′ 9″ (1.45 m)
    • Born
      • March 22, 1957
      • Brooklyn, New York, USA
    • Spouses
        Micheal Saunders1993 - 2001 (divorced)
    • Children
      • Farad J. Mills
    • Parents
        Joseph Mills
    • Other works
      Played the starring role of Dorothy in the hit Broadway show 'The Wiz' for four years.

    Did you know

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      At age seven appeared as an orphan in the Broadway musical, 'Maggie Flynn' along with other orphans Irene Cara, Giancarlo Esposito and his brother Vincent Esposito.

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