- Diana Ross is an American singer and actress.
- Diana was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 26, 1944.
- She is the second of six children.
- She was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s.
- Diana Ross received a Best Actress Oscar Award nomination for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972).
- Name at birth: Diana Ernestine Earle Ross.
- Diana Ross' height is 5' 4½" (1.64 m)
- Parents: Ernestine and Fred Ross, Sr.
- Ross' parents separated when she was still in her 10's.
- Her father, Fred Ross, Sr. passed away November 20, 2007 at the age of 87.
- Diana Ross won eight American Music Awards.
- Diana has sold more than 100 million records worldwide
- In 1976, Billboard magazine named Diana Ross the "Female Entertainer of the Century."
- In 1982, Diana sang the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.
- In 1993, the Guinness Book of World Records declared her the most successful female music artist in history.
- Diana Ross contributed her voice to the fictionalized version of herself in the debut episode of popular 1970's classic cartoon by ABC entitled, The Jackson 5ive.
- Diana has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—one as a solo artist and the other as a member of The Supremes.
- New Zealand band Diana Rozz take their name from Ross.
- Ross has been nominated for twelve Grammy awards, but never won.
- When Diana Ross was with The Supremes the group had twelve #1 songs in the United States.
- After Michael Jackson's sudden death, Diana Ross was named in his will as the custodian of his children in the event of the death of his mother, Katherine Jackson.
- Actress Holly Robinson Peete portrayed Ross in the 1992 television mini-series The Jacksons: An American Dream.
- Her voice can be heard introducing The Jackson 5 at the beginning of the Jackson 5 medley in the film Michael Jackson's This Is It.
- Her ex-husband, Arne Naess Jr., died on January 13, 2004 in a climbing accident in South Africa.
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