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Vanity

ヴァニティ　/　ゔぁにてぃ

Actor from Canada

January 4, 1959 – February 15, 2016　・　Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Ontario
actor
singer
film actor

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.

Overview

Denise Katherine Matthews (January 4, 1959 – February 15, 2016), known professionally as Vanity, was a Canadian singer, songwriter, dancer, model, and actress. Known for her image as a sex symbol in the 1980s, in the 1990s she renounced her career as Vanity and became an evangelist. She was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6, created by the musician Prince.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / singer / film actor / model / recording artist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity%20(singer)

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