Suzette Charles
Suzette Charles was born in Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States on March 2nd, 1963 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 61, Suzette Charles biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Suzette Charles (born Suzette DeGaetano, March 2, 1963) is an American singer, dancer, and actor.
Miss New Jersey in 1983 and 1984 as Miss America 1984, a week after Vanessa Williams was forced to resign from her post in July.
Early life
Suzette Charles was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Suzette Burroughs, of West Indian origins, and Italian American Charles DeGaetano. She lived in Mays Landing, New Jersey, for a short time before heading to Philadelphia to enroll in private school. She attended The Performing Arts School in 1981 and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts as a high school graduate. President Ronald Reagan gave her and 141 others the Presidential medallion. Charles earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Temple University and went on to be named Miss America 1984.
Charles is the second Jewish Miss America after Bess Myerson. Charles is divorced and has two children.
Personal life
Charles has been a resident of New York City for more than 30 years.
She is divorced and is the mother of two children.
Career
Charles worked in modeling and acting in advertising and educational television and branched out further as a singer and television personality. She acted on the ABC soap opera Loving, CBS television series Frank's Place and performed on This Morning, a British talk show. She hosted a show on Bravo, Arts-Break. She narrated the motion picture Beyond The Dream. She has appeared on stage singing with Stevie Wonder, Alan King, Joel Grey, Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Cosby and Frank Sinatra.
In 1993, Charles was signed to RCA Records and recorded with top British producers Mike Stock and Pete Waterman, releasing her debut single, "Free To Love Again", in August of that year. The single peaked at number 58 on the UK Singles Chart. Other songs she recorded with Stock and Waterman included "After You're Gone", "Don't Stop (All The Love You Can Give)", "Every Time We Touch", "What The Eye Don't See" and "Just For A Minute". Her producers have included Waterman and David Foster who also signed her on his 143 Label. In the late 1980s, Barry Manilow and his management company Stiletto Management represented her on Capitol Records as well.