Stephanie Mills is an American Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Disco and Gospel singer and songwriter, born on March 22, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Mills began her career in 1966, when she received a role in the Broadway play Maggy Flynn. In 1973, Mills signed at Paramount Records by Michael Barbiero, releasing her first single. Her role as Dorothy in The Wiz made her a star. She has been produced by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas, Ashford & Simpson, George Duke, Angela Winbush, Gene Griffin, Nick Martinelli, Marc Gordon and Gerald Levert, LeMel Humes, Robert Brookins, Paul Laurence, Wayne Brathwaite, Russell Simmons etc. She has dueted with Teddy Pendergrass (Two Hearts, 1981).