Vanity and Prince appeared on the cover of the Apissue of Rolling Stone magazine. I wanted the old Diana Ross image," she said.
I did it because he told me I had to do it. I lied and said it was the image I wanted. "Prince created the whole Vanity Six image. They wore lingerie and Vanity's image became that of an erotic and sexy "nasty girl". The group recorded one album, and had some success internationally with the single " Nasty Girl". Prince initially wanted to name her "Vagina," but she refused so they settled on Vanity, as he considered her to be the female form of himself. After learning that she could sing, Prince later invited her to front a girl group he had formed called the Hookers. She had met musician Prince at the American Music Awards earlier that year. Matthews appeared on the cover of the funk band Cameo's album cover, Alligator Woman, released in March 1982. She then went to Toronto to film the lead role in the B-movie Tanya's Island (1980).
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Matthews had a small role in the horror movie Terror Train (1980), which was filmed in Montreal in 1979. Vanity appeared in commercials for Pearl Drops toothpaste, before completing a modeling stint in Japan. However, because she was short in stature, her modeling career was limited to commercials and photoshoots and excluded runway work. At age 17, she moved to New York City to further her career. She won the Miss Niagara Hospitality title in 1977 and went on to compete for Miss Canada in 1978. Matthews began entering local beauty pageants before moving to Toronto, where she modeled. I wish I could see my father in heaven, but I won't. The abuse caused her to have a negative self-image. Matthews revealed to Jet in 1993 that her father physically and verbally abused her for years. Her father died when she was 15 years old. Matthews had two sisters, Patricia and Renay, and several half siblings. Her mother was of German-Jewish and Polish-Jewish descent, and she was born in Germany, while her father was of African-American descent and was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. ĭenise Katrina Matthews was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario on January 4, 1959, the daughter of Helga Senyk and Levia James Matthews. Matthews died on February 15, 2016, at the age of 57, due to kidney failure. She later devoted herself to her church in Fremont, California. Vanity also had a successful career as an actress, starring in the film The Last Dragon, 52 Pick-Up, and Action Jackson.Īfter years of drug abuse, which caused health issues, Matthews became a born again Christian in 1992.
She had minor hit singles with " Pretty Mess", " Mechanical Emotion", " Under the Influence", and " Undress" from the 1988 film Action Jackson.
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Vanity released two solo albums on the Motown Records label, Wild Animal and Skin on Skin. They disbanded in 1983 when she decided to embark on a solo career. Vanity was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6 known for their 1982 hit song " Nasty Girl". Known for her image as a sex symbol in the 1980s, she became an evangelist and renounced her career as Vanity in the 1990s. “RIP Sweet Princess.Denise Katrina Matthews (Janu– February 15, 2016), known professionally as Vanity, was a Canadian singer, songwriter, model, and actress. The woman who Prince essentially picked to be Vanity’s replacement in “Purple Rain,” Apollonia, also paid homage to her via Twitter. Matthews famously became a Christian fundamentalist after battling a crack cocaine addiction in the early-‘90s, which left her with severely damaged kidneys.
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"U are in his arms now, free of pain," Sheila wrote. However, one of Prince's later protégés, Sheila E., posted a long tribute note that trumpeted their mutual strict Christian beliefs via Facebook. There has been no public reaction from Prince yet on her death. It was also in 1983 when she stood oh-so-adoringly behind Prince in his first Rolling Stone cover photo (shot by Richard Avedon). The Canadian singer, actress and model born Denise Matthews had been battling a variety of health issues and recently started a GoFundMe page asking for help fighting a condition called sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis.Īlthough she never formally lived in the Twin Cities, Vanity came to Minnesota frequently in the early-‘80s to work with Prince in the typically lingerie-clad trio Vanity 6, which scored the 1982 hit “Nasty Girl.” She returned in the late-‘80s after her breakup with Prince to work on solo albums with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who got to know her when she toured with Prince & the Revolution and the Time on the 1999 Tour in 1983. Prince’s first female protégé turned girlfriend turned ex, Vanity, has died from natural causes in a California hospital at age 57, according to various industry sources.
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