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Stephanie Mills
ActorBorn March 22, 1957 (69 years)
Stephanie Dorthea Mills is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Mills rose to stardom as "Dorothy" in the original 7 Time Tony Award Winning Broadway run of the musical The Wiz from 1974 to 1979. The song "Home" from the show later became a Number 1 U.S. R&B hit for Mills and her signature song. During the 1980s, Mills scored five Number 1 R&B hits, including "Home", "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love", "I Feel Good All Over", "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" and "Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)". Mills won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her song "Never Knew Love Like This Before" in 1981.
Filmography
| 2025 | It's Dorothy! · as Self |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Sherri (2022) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · as Self |
| 2019 | The Tammi Mac Late Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Black Girls Rock! · as Self - Performer |
| 2018 | 3rd Annual Black Music Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2017 | Sister Circle Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | Daily Blast Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | 2014 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2014 | 22nd Annual Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2014 | The Breakfast Club (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Haves and the Have Nots (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Mo'Nique Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | Unsung (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Sunday Best (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Carmen and Geoffrey · as Self |
| 2003 | Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2000 | Journeys in Black (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Soul Music Festival: Part 4 · as Self |
| 1998 | Essence Awards · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | 1993 Essence Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1992 | The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self |
| 1991 | The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1990 | Motown 30: What's Goin' On! · as Self |
| 1990 | 22nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1989 | The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1989 | Pat Sajak Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Good Day New York (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | The 2nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1987 | Motown Merry Christmas · as Self |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | The 1st Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1986 | The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew: King Holiday · as Stephanie Mills |
| 1984 | Puttin' on the Hits (TV Series) · as Self - Judge |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Penitentiary II · as Stephanie Mills |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Solid Gold (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The John Davidson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Bobby Jones Gospel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Nightline (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Dance Fever (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Kids Are People Too! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Sha Na Na (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (TV Series) · as Self - Dorothy |
| 1975 | Musical Chairs (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Bicentennial Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 1973 | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | Captain Kangaroo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | Wonderama (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Self |