Purple Rain Costar Apollonia Sues Prince Estate As Stage Adaptation Announces Its Cast

For more than four decades, Patty A. Kotero has been widely known — performing, acting, singing, and entertaining — as Apollonia. After Denise “Vanity” Matthews’ resignation from the girl group Vanity 6, Prince cast Apollonia as his love interest in 1984’s legendary Purple Rain and installed her as the leader of the group, which was rechristened Apollonia 6. Since 1983, she’s recorded under the Apollonia name, releasing Apollonia 6 in 1984 and Apollonia in 1988. Now, she’s in ...

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