Réjane Magloire (born 1964) is a Congolese–American singer, model, and actress.

Biography

Réjane Magloire was born in 1964 in

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(now known as the

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), but grew up in

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. She studied Western

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" al ...

with heavy emphasis on

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

singing. Her father is Haitian and her mother Polish. As an actress, Magloire had early exposure on television in commercials and went on to play Samantha, a member of the Short Circus, on the TV series ''

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'' from 1975 to the end of production in 1977 (she replaced Melanie Henderson).

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stations continued airing reruns of ''The Electric Company'' through 1985. In the early 1980s, Magloire provided vocals for New York-based R&B and post-disco group

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. After Indeep broke up, she released a few solo singles as Reggie, and in 1989, a self-titled debut album using this name. She later joined the studio-based Belgian project

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and appeared on its 1991 album '' Body to Body''. In 2005, she released the solo album ''Forbidden Opera'' (

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Records), a fusion of opera and

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* Living people American people of Haitian descent American people of Polish descent Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to the United States 20th-century Democratic Republic of the Congo women singers American dance musicians American child actresses American operatic mezzo-sopranos American television actresses EMI Classics and Virgin Classics artists 1964 births 21st-century American women {{US-opera-singer-stub