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didn’t consider themselves religious. Amy’s mother was Janis Winehouse, she was a pharmacist. Her father was Mitchell Winehouse. He was a part-time taxi driver. Amy also had an older sibling, Alex. He helped his mother around the house with Amy, at the young age of only four. Growing up in Southgate was rough for Amy and Alex. Amy’s

we cannot pinpoint the exact moment we learn our own names, I can’t recall when my love for theatre began, but it must have been around the same time. I don’t remember a time I hadn’t been fascinated by storytelling and performance. This childhood amusement only strengthened when I started going to school and we’d put on plays for parents, and started reading and discussing literature later on. To me theatre means the perfect alliance of performance, art and academics. It represents to me all the

Early Life From a very young age music, jazz especially, was a significant influence in her household. Amy Jade Winehouse was born on September 14, 1983 in Chase Farm Hospital in Southgate, London, England to parents Mitch and Janis Winehouse. Her father was a cab driver and her mother was a pharmacist. At age ten she attempted suicide due to the separation of her parents. When she was twelve she was accepted into the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School in London but was kicked out at age fourteen

from the vaudeville and movie industry, raised Edward in Westchester, New York. With the advantage of social and economic privilege, Edward was raised to be a respectable member of New York’s elite society. He was constantly exposed to well known theatre personalities throughout his life. Sadly, this lifestyle resulted in little connection between Edward and his conservative parents. He always felt extremely

songwriter artist for modern dance is Amy Winehouse a young girl from London who got into the music business at the age of 16 after a young classmate passed her cd down. In 2006 she won five grammy awards for her album Back to Black and also for her famous song rehab. On july 23rd 2011 she passed away from an alcohol poisoning. At an early age she had relatives on her mom’s side that were professional jazz musicians and her dad sang as a young

The X Factor judge, Rita Ora, disclosed that at 14, she started a sexual relationship with a 26-year-old man but further reveals that it actually lifted her confidence. The pop star said she was a drama student at London's Sylvia Young Theatre School when the ''sexual abuse" happened. However, the singer has insisted that she was not a victim of "child sex abuse." In a 2013 interview, which can be found in a newly published unauthorized biography, the 24-year-old singer talked about the relationship

middle name Jade, from her late step grandfather (Winehouse, 2002). Amy was accustomed to Jazz music from an early age, and loved to hear stories from when her grandmother dated an English jazz legend, Ronnie Scott. (Winehouse, 2002). From a very young age Amy’s father instilled in her the love of dance and music. In addition, Amy along with her older brother Alex would put on shows for their

she despised, she lasted only six weeks at the school and returned home to Celoron. While waiting for her big break, Ball modeled under the name Diane Belmont until she was virtually bedridden for three years by rheumatoid arthritis. After her recovery, she returned to New York and was chosen by Liggett and Myers to promote cigarettes as "the Chesterfield Girl." Her entrance into the film industry came about when she accidentally ran into Sylvia Hahlo, a local theatrical agent, while walking up

2000s. She grew up in a normal household with a cab driver father and a pharmacist mother. The fame started when a friend submitted her tape to a record company. Amy was always a bit troubled, for example, she was expelled from her school, Sylvia Young Theatre School, for not applying herself and for piercing her nose at the age of sixteen. She had always been exposed to jazz music, from her family being involved in the industry as well. She started liking rap on her own in her childhood years;

illness through self-medication. From the day she was born Winehouse has been surrounded by music. Growing up she admired the rebellious nature of groups such as TLC and Salt-N-Pepa. Her love for music led her to attend a school for musically talented kids called Sylvia Young