![]() ![]() Hoffs made her acting debut in the 1978 film Stony Island, directed by Andrew Davis and co-written by Hoffs' mother, Tamar Simon Hoffs. They reformed in 1998 and have since released two albums, Doll Revolution (2003) and Sweetheart of the Sun (2011). Due to tensions within the group, they split in 1989. top 10 during the 1980s, including Manic Monday (1986), Walk Like an Egyptian (1986), Hazy Shade of Winter (1987), In Your Room (1988), and Eternal Flame (1989). The group released 3 studio albums, All Over the Place (1984), Different Light (1986), and Everything (1988) yielding several singles that reached the U.S. Hoffs co-founded the Bangles in 1981 with Vicki and Debbi Peterson. Led by David Roback, the project also included Vicki Peterson and members of other Paisley Underground bands: Dream Syndicate, the Three O'Clock, and Rain Parade. She contributed lead vocals to covers of Bob Dylan's " I'll Keep It with Mine" and Lou Reed's " I'll Be Your Mirror" on Rainy Day's album Rainy Day (1984). In the late 1970s Hoffs and David Roback formed the duo the Psychiatrists, later changing their name to the Unconscious. With college friends she attended the final Sex Pistols show at Winterland Ballroom and a Patti Smith concert which inspired her to pursue a career in music. While in college, she worked as a production assistant for, and made her acting debut in, the 1978 film Stony Island directed by Andrew Davis and co-written by Hoffs' mother, Tamar Simon Hoffs. She attended Palisades High School and received a Bachelor's Degree in Art in 1980 from the University of California, Berkeley, where she switched majors between dance, theater, film, and art. Hoffs learned ballet as a child and started playing guitar in elementary school, learning chords from her uncle. Hoffs traveled with her family to Israel for the first time at the age of 12 to visit her grandparents. She described the home environment as an "atheist, intellectual, creative world". She is the couple's only daughter they also have two sons. She is the daughter of film director/writer/producer Tamar Ruth (née Simon) and Joshua Allen Hoffs, a psychoanalyst. ![]() ![]() Susanna Lee Hoffs was born in Los Angeles, California, on January 17, 1959. It received favorable reviews, and Universal Pictures purchased the rights to the novel for a screen adaptation. Hoffs' first novel, This Bird Has Flown, a romantic comedy about a struggling musician, was published by Little Brown in 2023. Her next solo album Someday (2012) was followed by the cover albums Bright Lights (2021) and The Deep End (2023). Hoffs teamed with Sweet to produce three albums of cover songs. She later recorded several songs for movies, and formed the faux British 1960s band Ming Tea, with Mike Myers and Matthew Sweet, which performed in all three Austin Powers movies. Neither of the releases proved to be as popular as the Bangles' albums, although they yielded two charting singles in the US, the Top-40 hit " My Side of the Bed", and "All I Want". Her first solo album, When You're a Boy (1991), was followed by Susanna Hoffs (1996). She starred in the comedy movie The Allnighter (1987), again directed by her mother, which was a commercial and critical failure. Hoffs appeared in the films Stony Island (1978) and The Haircut (1982), both directed by her mother, Tamar Simon Hoffs. The Bangles re-formed in 1999 and released albums in 20. Following tensions in the band that included resentment at Hoffs being perceived as the band's leader, the group split in 1989. The group's third album, Everything (1988), included the US top-ten hit In Your Room and number one Eternal Flame, both written by Hoffs with Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. They released their first album All Over the Place on Columbia Records in 1984. Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, and Vicki Peterson founded the Bangles in 1981. Susanna Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, author, and actress. ![]()
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