Grace Jones

Grace Jones

Nascimento : 1948-05-19, Spanish Town, Jamaica

História

​Grace Jones was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, the daughter of Marjorie and Robert W. Jones, who was a politician and Apostolic clergyman. Her parents took Grace and her brother Chris and relocated to Syracuse, New York, in 1965. Before becoming a successful model in New York City and Paris, Jones studied theatre at Onondaga Community College.

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Grace Jones
Grace Jones

Filmes

Helmut Newton - Perversão e Beleza
Self
Um documentário sobre a controversa carreira de Helmut Newton, fotógrafo pioneiro que teve impacto decisivo nos mundos da moda e da arte.
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
Self
Colorido e ultrajante, Antonio López (1943-1987) foi o ilustrador de moda mais influente da década de 1970 em Paris e Nova York.
Alexandre McQueen
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vindo de uma criação modesta em Londres para entrar para o mundo da moda internacional, Lee Alexander McQueen se tornou designer chefe da Givenchy aos 27 anos de idade e ganhou inúmeros dos maiores prêmios do mundo da moda desde então. Imagens de suas passarelas teatrais e que quebravam tabus se unem a testemunhos de seus amigos mais próximos e familiares para reconstruir a história de vida do torturado gênio da moda.
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Herself
Filmado ao longo de dez anos, este é um retrato inédito do universo privado da artista Grace Jones, conhecida por sua irreverência, originalidade e personalidade forte.
Gutterdämmerung
The "Devil's Evil Guitar" has been removed from the world by the supreme being, and rock and roll is a thing of the past in this newly puritanical environment. But what happens when the guitar is sent back by Vicious, an angel punk?
Grace Jones: Nightclubbing
The album was the second in Jones’ so-called Compass Point Trilogy, produced by Chris Blackwell and Alex Sadkin at Blackwell’s Bahamas recording studio.
Grace Jones in Concert
Herself
A rare tour from Grace in 2009 saw her dazzle with this classics laden show in Switzerland.
Chelsea on the Rocks
Bev
Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. Once considered an untouchable, impenetrable tower for writers, artists, musicians and mavericks, it has been recently claimed as a boutique hotel venture for a management company that shows disregard for its formidable history. –Cannes Film Festival
Falco: Damn It, We're Still Alive!
Kellnerin
Deals with the life, work, and tragic death of Johann "Falco" Hölzel. The biopic portrays his work through his early days, as member of the Viennese band "Drahdiwaberl", and later with his own hits as solo artist, like "Der Kommissar", "Wiener Blut", and his worldwide smash-hit "Rock Me Amadeus".
No Place Like Home
Grace
When Susan, a film producer from NYC, goes to Jamaica to shoot a shampoo commercial, she finds herself, through a series of unforeseen circumstances, drifting further and further away from the world she knows and into the life of the island, a strange alternative reality that turns many of her previously held assumptions upside down.
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
The Queen
The saga of legendary African warrior Shaka Zulu comes to the screen in this continuation of the timeless tale from original miniseries creator Joshua Sinclair. From the moment he was born, Shaka Zulu was bound for greatness. When his homeland of Africa begins to fall prey to England's rapidly expanding empire, Shaka Zulu leads a bloody struggle to keep his people free. Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Wolf Girl
Christoph/Christine
Tara Talbot is afflicted with the rare genetic condition hypertrichosis: she is covered head to toe in hair. She lives her life in Harley Dune's Travelling Freak Show, on display as the 'Terrifying Wolf Girl', but underneath she is just a teenage girl who longs to be normal.
Palmer's Pick Up
Ms. Remo
Two dimwit owners of a struggling hauling company are approached about hauling a huge, mysterious box across country at the end of the century. The cargo has religious significance and may be an attempt to release Satan in the Devil's Triangle to start the next century. En route, many step out to try to stop their delivery...
In and Out of Fashion
Self (archive footage)
The legendary photographer William Klein has designed this fascinating book on fashion photography, with a selection of images from throughout his career, including material from his films. Though Klein claims roots in areas as diverse as painting, street photography, the tabloids, and B movies, his fashion work has been known since the fifties and sixties and has been a constant in his career.
McCinsey's Island
Alanso Richter
Hulk Hogan and Grace Jones star in this adventure tale about a onetime secret agent who finds a treasure map on the shell of a turtle. Soon he's on a chase to recover the loot, just one step ahead of other seekers of wealth.
In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross
Self
A look at "Dracula" in the arts and his supposed real-life inspiration Vlad Tepes.
Cyber Bandits
Masako Yokohama
A navigator aboard a millionaire's yacht, Jack Morris discovers that the millionaire's mistress has stolen the data for his secret Virtual Reality. To escape, they encrypt, miniaturize, and tattoo the data onto Jack's PL:back. The pair share a VR adventure on the run from the Millionaire's thugs, meeting up with a wild series of characters.
O Príncipe das Mulheres
Strangé
O publicitário Marcus tem a reputação de ser mulherengo. Porém, Marcus prova seu próprio veneno quando uma fusão o coloca trabalhando com a linda Jacqueline, que tem a mesma atitude em relação a romances. Os dois se envolvem, mas agora é Jacqueline quem não quer compromisso. Enquanto isso, Marcus começa a se apaixonar pela bonita Angela, que é menos radical do que Jacqueline.
The King of Ads
Self (segment "Citroen CX2 commercial")
A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self
Documentary portrait of Andy Warhol.
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1 1/2 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, commands Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello to make Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?
A Reggae Session
Self
Gathered together for one night, the legendary names of Reggae and more meet at Fort Charles, Jamaica for a musical event that would reverberate around the world!
Marcas de uma Paixão
Conchita
American Claire wakes up blood-soaked and bruised at the end of a runway in Spain. As she tries to account for her state, she has flashbacks from the past few days. She thinks she's killed someone, but isn't sure, and now she's wandering the Spanish streets without money or a clear memory.
Straight to Hell
Sonya
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.
Vamp - A Noite dos Vampiros
Katrina
Três jovens amigos decidem viver uma noite de aventura num clube de strip-tease. Entre uma bebida e outra, o trio fica fascinado com a subida no palco de uma stripper chamada Katrina (Grace Jones). O que eles não sabem é que Katrina é a líder de um bando de criaturas satânicas, que usa o clube noturno como chamariz para atrair suas vítimas. Ela escolhe um deles para passar uma noite de amor. Quando os outros dois descobrem onde estão, tentam resgatar o amigo antes que seja tarde.
007 Na Mira dos Assassinos
May Day
O magnata Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) pretende controlar o mercado de informática. Ele resolve arquitetar um louco plano, no qual milhares de pessoas vão morrer para ficar ainda mais rico. Após retornar da sua viagem na União Soviética com um chip de computador, James Bond (Roger Moore) precisa investigar as indústrias de Zorin e tentar impedir que o vilão realize os seus planos.
Conan, O Destruidor
Zula
Para que a rainha Taramis cumpra a promessa de trazer a amada de Conan do mundo dos mortos, ele terá de cumprir uma perigosa missão da qual faz parte a princesa Jehnna. Mas o que ele desconhece é que Taramis ordenou que, cumprida a missão, Conan seja morto, e a princesa seja encaminhada de voltar para ser sacrificada ao diabólico deus Dagoth.
Grace Jones: A One Man Show
Herself
A One Man Show is a long-form music video collection featuring American singer Grace Jones, released in 1982. The video mainly consists of music videos, with some concert footage filmed when Jones was touring with the eponymous tour.
Deadly Vengeance
Slick's girlfriend
A man sets out to take revenge on the sadist who murdered his girlfriend.
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Herself
Personal diary-style documentary of German Gay rights activist Von Praunheim's sojourn in the US.
Colt 38 Special Squad
Herself - Club Singer
The city of Turin is in the grip of a brutal crime boss known as "the Marsellaise," and plenty of cops have good cause to want him dead — none more than Inspector Vanni, whose wife was murdered by the ruthless gangster. Having exhausted every other avenue, Vanni forms a crack squad of motorcycle-riding, Colt .38-toting elite officers, tasked with meting out justice on the margins of the law. But when the Marsellaise launches a bombing campaign designed to extort a vast ransom from the city's authorities, Vanni finds himself in a race against time to exact his revenge and avert disaster.
Attention les yeux!
Cuidy
Un réalisateur sans beaucoup d'expérience souhaite tourner un film pornographique.
A Guerra De Um Homem
Mary
Quatro veteranos do Vietnã declaram guerra aos traficantes e cafetões do Harlem.