Gracie Ridgeway was born on June 16, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Blues Brothers 2000 (1998). She died on April 19, 2006 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Sister of Esther Ridgeway and Gloria Ridgeway. The third of four children. She and her
sisters made their movie debut in the Universal Pictures film, _Blues Brothers 2000_,
a remake of the 1980 classic.
Her oldest brother, Tommie Ridgeway, Jr., was killed in a drug dealing
incident. Her youngest sister, Esther Ridgeway, died of a heart attack on
February 22, 2003.
Sang with her elementary school's music band.
She and sisters formed a singing group called The Ridgeway Sisters at
the age of four, six and eight and sang all types of music from Gospel
to Jazz, Blues to Hip Hop, Classical to Country Western.
Her musical career took her all over the United States and to such
countries as Italy, Japan, Holland, Germany, and France.