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Hightower in 2009, photo by miromiro /Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Kilmichael, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 7, 1955
Ethnicity: African-American, possibly Blackfoot Native American
Grace Hightower is an American philanthropist, socialite, actress, and singer.
Grace was raised in a poor family from Mississippi. She is said to be of African-American and Blackfoot Native American descent. Grace has two children with her husband, actor Robert De Niro .
About her background, Grace has stated , “Black, female, part Indian in the Deep South… I had it all coming at me.”
Hightower with husband Robert De Niro, 2010, Vonora/bigstock.com