Debbie Harry
- Actress
- Composer
- Producer
Deborah Harry was born Angela Trimble on July 1, 1945 in Miami,
Florida. At three months, she was adopted by Catherine (Peters) and Richard Smith Harry, and was raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. In the 1960s, she worked as a Playboy
Bunny and hung out at Max's Kansas City, a famous Warhol-inhabited
nightspot. Her professional singing career started in 1968 with a folk
band called The Wind in the Willows. She sang backup on their first
(and only) album. The band broke up shortly after failing to achieve
commercial success or critical acclaim. In 1973, she met
Chris Stein, who became her longtime
boyfriend. They created Blondie in
1974 after they both were in the Stilletoes, a theatrical "girl group"
band. Blondie struggled for a few
years, then went on to be one of the most successful bands of the late
1970s and early 1980s, but the group broke up in 1982.
Harry has released five solo albums, acted in several movies and
television series and a few commercials
(Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans, Sara Lee,
Revlon). She has done many benefit shows in support of AIDS charities,
a Broadway show ("Teaneck Tanzi"), poetry readings, and been one of the
most notorious characters in the New York downtown scene. As of 1995,
she was doing shows in the United States and Europe with the Jazz
Passengers and Elvis Costello, filming
two new movies (Heavy (1995) with
Liv Tyler and
Evan Dando and
Drop Dead Rock (1995) with
Adam Ant) and topping the dance charts with two
newly remixed Blondie singles
("Rapture" and "Atomic"). Several
Blondie tribute albums have been
released and a Blondie remix album
titled "Remixed, Remade, Remodeled" came out in 1995.
Florida. At three months, she was adopted by Catherine (Peters) and Richard Smith Harry, and was raised in Hawthorne, New Jersey. In the 1960s, she worked as a Playboy
Bunny and hung out at Max's Kansas City, a famous Warhol-inhabited
nightspot. Her professional singing career started in 1968 with a folk
band called The Wind in the Willows. She sang backup on their first
(and only) album. The band broke up shortly after failing to achieve
commercial success or critical acclaim. In 1973, she met
Chris Stein, who became her longtime
boyfriend. They created Blondie in
1974 after they both were in the Stilletoes, a theatrical "girl group"
band. Blondie struggled for a few
years, then went on to be one of the most successful bands of the late
1970s and early 1980s, but the group broke up in 1982.
Harry has released five solo albums, acted in several movies and
television series and a few commercials
(Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans, Sara Lee,
Revlon). She has done many benefit shows in support of AIDS charities,
a Broadway show ("Teaneck Tanzi"), poetry readings, and been one of the
most notorious characters in the New York downtown scene. As of 1995,
she was doing shows in the United States and Europe with the Jazz
Passengers and Elvis Costello, filming
two new movies (Heavy (1995) with
Liv Tyler and
Evan Dando and
Drop Dead Rock (1995) with
Adam Ant) and topping the dance charts with two
newly remixed Blondie singles
("Rapture" and "Atomic"). Several
Blondie tribute albums have been
released and a Blondie remix album
titled "Remixed, Remade, Remodeled" came out in 1995.