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Thread started 07/20/18 9:31am

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“Purple Rain” Actress Disclosed The Hardships & Odd Life She Led After Success

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Jill Jones is widely known as the actress whose character as a waitress in "Purple Rain" was sweet on "The kid" (Prince's character) in the movie. But what some may not know is that Jones is a singer who was once signed to Prince's Paisley Park Records..........


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Reply #1 posted 07/20/18 6:32pm

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thanks for posting!

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Reply #2 posted 07/20/18 8:20pm

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A path for healing is in front of us all. Good on her.
Thx for posting!
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Reply #3 posted 07/23/18 7:11pm

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Dear Jill Jones: Ur 1st Album is a GEM in the Paisley Park Catalog!!! LOVE IT! The "Powers That Be" shoulda released it NO LATER than 1985, but what do I know?? Keepon pushin'! U are a GEM!!!

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Reply #4 posted 07/24/18 7:11am

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I am glad you are able to live on your terms.
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Reply #5 posted 07/24/18 12:48pm

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Good interview! Thanks!

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Reply #6 posted 07/24/18 6:51pm

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luv4u said:

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Jill Jones is widely known as the actress whose character as a waitress in "Purple Rain" was sweet on "The kid" (Prince's character) in the movie. But what some may not know is that Jones is a singer who was once signed to Prince's Paisley Park Records..........


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I haven't read the article, but I was struck by the quoted bit--is there anyone (really) to whom Jill is "known as the actress whose character... was sweet on 'The Kid'" who doesn't know about her musical career? That seems pretty unlikely to me. People who don't know she's a singer aren't sitting around going "Man, remember that Jill Jones actress? The one with that little part in Purple Rain? I wonder if she ever did anything else." If people know she's in the movie, they know the rest, too. It's almost like saying "Anthony Mosley is widely known for brief snippets of dancing during crowd scenes in the movie Purple Rain, but what some might not know is he did a bunch of rapping on Prince records in the early 1990s, when he worked as a member of the New Power Generation."

Now I'll read the article, but I got to say that intro doesn't promise much.

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