Biography for
Cyndi Lauper More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

22 June 1953, Ozone Park, Queens, New York, USA

Birth Name

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper

Nickname

Cyn

Height

5' 3" (1.60 m)

Spouse

David Thornton

(24 November 1991 - present) 1 son

Trade Mark

Known for her Queens, NY accent

Wild hair that changes colors often

Her offbeat fashion sense

Trivia

Met her husband on set of the film Off and Running (1991).

Toured in 1997 with Tina Turner, and 1999 with Cher.

Sang in dance cover bands in the 70s until she lost her voice in 1977, when doctors told her she'd never sing again.

Her mother has appeared in several of her videos.

Son, with Thornton, Declyn Wallace Thornton Lauper, named after singer, Elvis Costello, whose real name is Declan Patrick MacManus. [19 November 1997]

In 1984 awarded a Grammy for Best New Artist.

Little Richard married Cyndi and David.

Patti LaBelle is her son Declyn's godmother and sang "Come What May" at Cyndi's wedding.

Son is bilingual (English and Spanish).

Her voice range is four octaves.

Born at 11 PM EST

Is a huge Marlene Dietrich fan.

Her first band, Blue Angel, was named after the film "Blue Engel (Angel)"

At the beginning of her video for "Time after Time", she is watching the film The Garden of Allah (1936)

She appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song We Are The World: The Story Behind The Song (1985) (TV).

Her parents are Fred Lauper and Catrine Lauper. Her siblings are Elen and Fred. Sister Elen Lauper ran for the mayorship of Phoenix and is a member of the Socialist Workers Party, a radical-leftist political group.

Lives in famous Manhattan apartment house on West Side called the Apthorp.

She is of Italian origin by her mother's side (Sicily) and Swiss origin by her father's side. Her mother's maiden name is Gallo.

Measurements: 34B-24-34 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Ranked #58 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

She has a beach house in South Carolina.

Known for her outrageous antics, perhaps her wildest yet was appearing at a 1997 Halloween ball to raise money for AMFAR dressed as a belly dancer - when she was nine months pregnant. She drolly vogued it up for the tabloid paparazzi, who eagerly snapped hundreds of photos of her.

Attended the same High school as Rodney Dangerfield and New York Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto - Richmond Hill, Queens.

Helped produce "Captain Lou's History of Music" on The Wrestling Album in 1985, appearing under the name Mona Flambé. 'Jesse Ventura' (aka Jesse "The Body" Ventura) then referred to her as Mona Flamboyant.

Is good friends with WWF wrestler Lou Albano.

Honored by PFLAGG for her support of Gay families after appearing with her Lesbian sister in a PFLAGG sponsored campaign. [2005]

Her most successful songs are "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (1983, #2 US and UK), "Time After Time" (1984, #1 US, #2 UK), "She Bop" (1984, #3 US), "All Through The Night" (1984, #6 US), "True Colors" (1986, #1 US), "Change of Heart" (1986, #3 US) and "I Drove All Night" (1989, #6 US, #7 UK).

On "Press Your Luck" (1983), there was a Whammy based on her.

An active supporter of Gay Rights.

Personal Quotes

You always have to remember - no matter what you're told - that God loves all the flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.

I absolutely refuse to reveal my age. What am I - a car?

You can laugh when I talk, but not when I sing. People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes...now they wanna know where I buy them.

On being a feminist: "I'm a bra-burner from way back!"

I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else

You can't stamp out individuality - there's too many of us.

(about her album 'At Last') It was an idea to do a special project. because people would come see me live and go, 'Gee, I didn't know she could sing.' And I'd be like, 'Yeah, you ever tried to sing 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,' pal?'

There have been great things that happened to me. If they didn't happen to me, I wouldn't be here. Everything was supposed to happen to me. I wouldn't have the sight that I have, I wouldn't have the creative moments that I have, I wouldn't be able to articulate what I need to articulate. I wouldn't have my son. I wouldn't have my husband. I'm a lucky woman. Everything. Every single thing. There are no mistakes.