Photo: Motown Records / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Vanity fascinates me less as an 80s sex symbol and more as a study in reinvention. A Niagara Falls girl plucked by Prince to front Vanity 6, she reached the glittering peak of pop image-making, then walked away from all of it in the 90s to become an evangelist. That arc, fame to faith, reads to me as someone who tasted the top and found it hollow. I do not think that turn deserves the smirk it often gets. Her death in 2016 closed a life lived in extremes, and I prefer to honor the whole of it rather than just the glamour.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Vanity
- Name (Japanese)
- ヴァニティ
- Reading
- ゔぁにてぃ
- Born
- January 4, 1959 – February 15, 2016
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
- actor / singer / film actor / model / recording artist
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity%20(singer)
Frequently asked questions
When was Vanity born?
January 4, 1959 – February 15, 2016.
Where is Vanity from?
Vanity is from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
What does Vanity do?
Vanity works as actor, singer, film actor, model, recording artist.
Actor — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.