Grace Jones was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, the daughter of Marjorie and Robert W. Jones, who was a politician and Apostolic clergyman. Her parents took Grace and her brothers Chris and Bishop Noel Jones and relocated to Syracuse, New York in 1965. Before becoming a successful model in New York City and Paris, Jones studied theatre at Onondaga Community College. In the 1973 film Gordon’s War, Jones played the role of Mary, a Harlem drug courier.

Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits and a large following. The three disco-oriented albums she recorded – Portfolio (1977), Fame (1978), and Muse (1979) – generated considerable success in that market. These albums consisted of pop melodies set to a disco beat, such as “On Your Knees” or “Do or Die” and standards such as “What I Did for Love” from musical A Chorus Line, Jacques Prévert’s “Autumn Leaves”, “Send in the Clowns” from Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music and Édith Piaf’s signature tune “La Vie en rose”.

During this period, she also became a muse to Andy Warhol, who photographed her extensively. Jones also accompanied him to New York City nightclub Studio 54 on many occasions. The colorful artwork and design for Jones’ three first albums and accompanying single releases were created by another of Warhol’s longtime collaborators, Richard Bernstein, arguably best known for his many cover illustrations for Interview Magazine in the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1978, she appeared with French model and singer Amanda Lear in the controversial six-episode Italian TV series Stryx.

Jones’ is a capable actress and her acting occasionally overshadowed her musical output in America; but not in Europe, where her profile as a recording artist was much higher. She appeared in some low-budget films in the 1970s and early 1980s. Her work as an actress in mainstream film began in the 1984 fantasy-action film Conan the Destroyer alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the 1985 James Bond movie A View to a Kill. In 1986 she played a vampire in Vamp, and both acted in and contributed a song to the 1992 film Boomerang with Eddie Murphy. In 2001, she appeared in Wolf Girl alongside Tim Curry.

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“Wiz Khalifa got cozy with Cassie on set of his video for “Roll Up,” the second single from his Atlantic Records debut Rolling Papers, due March 29. The Bad Boy beauty, who shaved the other side of her head for the summery shoot, plays the Pittsburgh rapper’s love interest in the Jake Davis-directed clip, shot Wednesday (Feb. 9) in Venice Beach, Calif.” – via: Rap-Up

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