Jennifer Holliday's Birth Card: The 3 of Clubs

In the record

Jennifer Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American singer and actress. The birth-card coordinate for October 19 is the 3 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1982 Best Actress in a Musical (Dreamgirls) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1982 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical — Dreamgirls as Effie White

The 3 of Clubs coordinate

Jennifer Holliday's birthday maps to the 3 of Clubs (The Creative Communicator). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Tony Award and not a verdict on Jennifer Holliday. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You move an idea across more than one channel without abandoning the one that needs depth.

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Jennifer Holliday in the public record

She has been referred to as the "Original Dreamgirl". Holliday began her career as an actress in several Broadway productions. Her signature and breakout role as "Effie White" as well in the original Broadway musical Dreamgirls in 1981, led to numerous accolades including a recording contract with Geffen Records. Her debut single "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", released on the Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album (1981), became an number-one R&B hit and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 1982. She released her first album Feel My Soul on Geffen Records in 1983, to moderate success. The album's lead single, "I Am Love", peaked at number two on the US R&B chart. Her follow-up album, Say You Love Me (1985), produced a single titled "No Frills Love" which topped the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. The album also featured a rendition of "Come Sunday" which earned a Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance in 1986.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Jennifer Holliday (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 9 of Hearts

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Jennifer Holliday, and not a forecast of a Tony.

You stay kind without picking up what is not yours. You're wired for a love that extends beyond the personal—compassion for people, causes, and the world. You feel others' pain as your own and are moved to ease it. At your best, you carry deep wisdom about what to hold and what to release.

She was subsequently dropped from Geffen after the release of third album Get Close to My Love (1987) as the label deemed her unmarketable due to her weight gain.

Paired on shared wording: love, release.

Also on the record

1. She was subsequently dropped from Geffen after the release of third album Get Close to My Love (1987) as the label deemed her unmarketable due to her weight gain.
2. She released her fourth album I'm on Your Side on Arista Records in 1991.
3. After releasing her fifth album On & On (1994) on Intersound Records, she focused on her acting career.
4. In 1997, she landed the recurring of Lisa Knowles in the American legal drama television series Ally McBeal.

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Barbara Harris — 1967 Best Actress in a Musical (The Apple Tree)
• Brent Carver — 1993 Best Actor in a Musical (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
• John Lithgow — 2002 Best Actor in a Musical (Sweet Smell of Success); 2026 Best Actor in a Play (Giant)

FAQ

What is Jennifer Holliday's birth card?

The 3 of Clubs. October 19 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Jennifer Holliday's dates come from?

Birth date 1960-10-19 is the day-precision date on Jennifer Holliday's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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