- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEunice Kathleen Waymon
- Nicknames
- High Priestess of Soul
- Nina
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Nina Simone was born on February 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA. She was a music artist and actress, known for Point of No Return (1993), Repo Men (2010) and Miami Vice (2006). She was married to Andrew Stroud and Donald Ross. She died on April 21, 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
- SpousesAndrew Stroud(December 4, 1961 - 1971) (divorced, 1 child)Donald Ross(December 1958 - 1960) (divorced)
- Children
- ParentsJohn Devan WaymonMary (Irvin) Waymon
- RelativesSam L. Waymon(Sibling)John Irvine Waymon(Sibling)Carrol Wayman(Sibling)Harold(Sibling)Dorothy Simmons(Sibling)Robin Thomas(Sibling)Crystal Fox(Niece or Nephew)
- Her professional name is a combination of Nina ("little one"), from an Hispanic boyfriend, and Simone from French film actress Simone Signoret.
- Daughter Lisa Celeste (Lisa Simone Kelly), born in 1962.She's a Broadway actress, star of the Broadway musical "Elton John's Aida".
- In 1995 she was given a suspended eight-month jail term after firing a scatter-gun at a pair of noisy teenagers playing next to her home in Bouc-Bel-Air near Aix-en-Provence. That same year she was fined $US 5,000 for leaving the scene of a car accident that had occurred in 1993.
- Sixth of seven children. Studied at Julliard School of Music in New York Resides in the South of France Awarded an Honorary Doctor in Music and Humanities
- Her first hit recording was her rendition of the classic song "I Loves You, Porgy", from Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess".
- Jazz is a white term to define Black people. My music is Black classical music.
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