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Vanity

1959 - 2016

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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, she became an evangelist and renounced her career as Vanity in the 1990s. Vanity was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6, which was created by the musician Prince. Known for their 1982 hit song "Nasty Girl", they disbanded in 1983, when she decided to embark on a solo career. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vanity is the 2,247th most popular actor (up from 7,922nd in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Canada (up from 679th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among actors, Vanity ranks 2,247 out of 13,578. Before her are Elizabeth McGovern, Dilip Kumar, Lupe Vélez, Susan Sullivan, Andrey Myagkov, and John Williams. After her are Nolan North, Timothy Hutton, Riz Ahmed, Sebastian Koch, Caterina Boratto, and Michael Sheen.

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Among people born in 1959, Vanity ranks 142. Before her are Renny Harlin, Saïd Aouita, Suzanne Vega, Anatoly Onoprienko, Nagarjuna, and Christian Thielemann. After her are Nicole Brown Simpson, Pietro Vierchowod, Baron Waqa, Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Henry Czerny, and Jim Yong Kim. Among people deceased in 2016, Vanity ranks 192. Before her are Papa Wemba, Zdravko Tolimir, Željko Čajkovski, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, and Jadranka Stojaković. After her are Guido Westerwelle, Silvana Pampanini, Silvio Gazzaniga, Georges Cottier, Susannah Mushatt Jones, and Patty Duke.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Vanity ranks 188 out of 1,622. Before her are Christian Cage (1973), Brian Kernighan (1942), Evangeline Lilly (1979), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), and Alex Wilson (1905). After her are Maynard Ferguson (1928), Robert Langlands (1936), Bret Hart (1957), Henry Czerny (1959), John van 't Schip (1963), and Marie Dressler (1868).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Vanity ranks 49. Before her are Fay Wray (1907), Deanna Durbin (1921), Joanna Shimkus (1943), William B. Davis (1938), Lorne Greene (1915), and Evangeline Lilly (1979). After her are Henry Czerny (1959), Marie Dressler (1868), Katheryn Winnick (1977), Joseph Wiseman (1918), Hayden Christensen (1981), and Phil Hartman (1948).

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