Nationality: Canadian
Ethnicity: She is African American and German.
Born Denise Katrina Matthews, Vanity is a glamorous Canadian ex-model and lead singer of the all-girl group “Vanity 6” of German and African/American , she specialized in playing sultry female characters often in trouble with the law.
(CNN) Vanity fronted the group Vanity 6 but was best known for her collaboration with Prince, has died at a hospital in Fremont, California.
Her death was confirmed by Gisela Hernandez, spokeswoman for Washington Hospital Health Care System. Hernandez did not say when Matthews died or under what circumstances.
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Vanity had something very special about her. Her essence oozes out from her pictures, music and movie screens. – Sola
History and controversy behind Vanity.
She was considered by some one of the most beautiful woman in the world.
She died 57 years old.
She died on Monday due to a small intestine complication, family said.
Was supposed to play the female lead opposite Prince in Purple Rain (1984).
As a singer she has performed under the name D.D. Winters in Canada, Denise Matthews in Los Angeles, and Denise Sonic in Tokyo.
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This post is dedicated to her eternal die hard fans.
Vanity version of sex shooter. R.I.P.
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However, her best two performances were as the naive stripper assisting blackmail victim Roy Scheider in the under-rated thriller 52 Pick-Up(1986) and as a seductive, smart-talking nightclub singer teaming up with cop Carl Weathers to defeat murderous car tycoon Craig T. Nelson in the violent Action Jackson (1988).
An ex-model, she is the sister of model Patricia Matthews.
Vanity was engaged to Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue.
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Unfortunately, the remainder of Vanity’s film work was of the “straight-to-video” variety and she only scored minor roles in several low-budget thrillers such as Neon City (1991) and Da Vinci’s War (1994).
In late 1995 Vanity turned her back on Hollywood and the entertainment industry and has since dedicated her life to the Christian faith.
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Our condolences gose out to her family