• Name: Grace Jones
  
• Birth Name: Grace Mendoza
  
• Height: 5' 9''
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: May 19, 1954
  
• Birth Place: Spanishtown, Jamacia
  
• Profession: actress, musician, model
  
• Education: Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY
  
• Husband/Wife: Atila Altaunbay (bodyguard; married in February 1996)
  
• Relationship: Jean-Paul Goude (1 son), Dolph Lundgren (actor)
  
• Son: Paulo
  
• Claim to fame: as May Day in View to a Kill, A (1985)
  

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• Enjoys taking on the roles of both sexes in her daily life.
• Her act at Walt Disney World was a show stopper after she exposed her breasts during a performance at the Orlando, FL theme park, the London Sunday Mirror reported.
• During A VIEW TO A KILL (1985) filming, her boyfriend was a little-known actor named Dolph Lundgren. Lundgren has a small part in the film as a KGB heavy.
• Was nominated for Razzie Award in 1988 for Worst Supporting Actress for SIESTA.
• Is better known as a model and singer. Her androgynous appearance, and outrageous musical act employing live lions and leopards, has made her a cult favorite, and propelled her into several acting roles.
• During the 70s, often attended legendary New York disco Studio 54
• Famously attacked British interviewer Russell Harty when he turned away from her to speak to the other guests on his programme.
• Was signed to Island Records in 1977 and released her debut album Portfolio.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger complained that Grace was too tough during the filming of CONAN THE DESTROYER.
• Attended the 1986 wedding of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver on Cape Cod with Andy Warhol.
• Her androgynous and statuesque style made her extremely successful in New York City's underground and nightlife scenes and her sexually evocative stage shows and songs like I Need A Man earned her the title The Queen of Gay Discos, because of her large following of gay men.
• Was signed to one of New York's top modeling angencies but Grace's looks were too strong for American magazines, so she spent several years in Paris working as a successful model.
• Speaks French
• Was a close friend and confidant of Andy Warhol's and was a member of his entourage. Warhol made a portrait of her.

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