| 词条 | Grace Hightower |
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| name = Grace Hightower | image = Grace Hightower 2011 Shankbone.JPG | alt = | caption = Hightower attending the premiere of The Union at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival | birth_date = c. {{Birth year and age|1955}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Philanthropist, socialite, actress, singer, flight attendant | spouse = {{Marriage|Robert De Niro|1997|2018|end=separated}} | children = 2 | years_active = 1994–present }} Grace Hightower De Niro (born circa 1955)[1] is an American philanthropist, socialite, actress, and singer. She was married to actor Robert De Niro from 1997 to 2018. CareerAs a philanthropist, Hightower launched Grace Hightower & Coffees of Rwanda in 2013 with the mission of improving Rwandan livelihoods by marketing their products internationally. She is a board member of the New York Women's Foundation and the New York Fund for Public Schools as well as a member of Ronald Perelman's Women's Heart Health Advisory Council and the International Women's Coffee Alliance. Hightower has been honored for her work by numerous institutions including the American Cancer Society of New York City. As a socialite, Hightower's gala 55th birthday party was covered in Vogue magazine by André Leon Talley.[1] In 2010, she presented the Pratt Institute's Creative Spirit Award to director Lee Daniels.[2] As an actress, Hightower has had minor roles in various movies including Precious (2009) and The Paperboy (2012). Additionally, she had a minor part in the ABC TV series, NYPD Blue, in the 1994 Season One episode entitled "Zeppo Marks Brothers". As a singer, she performed the lead vocals for the track, "Somethin's Comin' My Way", written by Dan Manjovi for the 2009 Precious movie soundtrack. Personal lifeHightower is of African-American and Blackfoot descent and was raised in Kilmichael, Mississippi. She grew up in a poor family and worked various odd jobs to help support them. Hightower became a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines, attracted by the possibility of traveling and expanding her horizons. Settling in Paris and later London, she worked variously as a mutual fund trader and restaurant worker. In 1987, while working at Mr. Chow, an upscale London Chinese restaurant and celebrity hangout, she met and began dating Robert De Niro.[1]. Hightower and De Niro married in 1997.[3] In 1998, at the age of 43, she gave birth to the couple's first child. De Niro filed for divorce in 1999 and sued Hightower for custody of their son in 2001. However, the two resolved their differences, and by 2004 the divorce was dropped and they renewed their vows.[4] In 2011, at the age of 56, the couple had their second child, via surrogate. The couple separated in November 2018.[5] References1. ^André Leon Talley "Grace Hightower's Birthday Party", Vogue, April 8, 2010, Retrieved December 18, 2010 2. ^"20th Anniversary of Black Alumni of Pratt: A Celebration of the Creative Spirit", Events, Black Tie International, May 26, 2010 3. ^1 2 {{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/fashion/grace-hightower-de-niro-the-tribeca-rwanda-connection.html |title=Grace Hightower De Niro: The TriBeCa-Rwanda Connection|first= Joshua David |last=Stein|work=The New York Times|date= July 17, 2013|quote=Ms. Hightower, 58.... I grew up in Kilmichael, Mississippi...}} 4. ^Todd Peterson "De Niro, Wife Renew Wedding Vows", People, November 22, 2004; Retrieved December 18, 2010 5. ^{{cite web|author=|url=https://people.com/movies/robert-de-niro-splits-from-wife/|title=Robert De Niro Splits from Wife Grace Hightower After Over 20 Years of Marriage|work=People |date=November 20, 2018 |accessdate=November 21, 2018}} External links{{Commons category|Grace Hightower}}
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