StatsBirth Name: Shirley Ann Manson Age: 46, born 26 August 1966 Country of origin:  United Kingdom Currently Residing In:  United States Height: 5' 7" Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Relationship Status: Married Partner: Billy Bush
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Singer for the band Garbage
Is asthmatic.
Her father was a biology teacher, her mother a singer.
Has two sisters
She dropped out of high school at 16. Since then, she has been in bands such as Autumn 1904, Wild Indians, Goodbye Mr Mckenzie and Angelfish.
She was the lead singer of Angelfish by the time she was discovered by Butch Vig and Steve Marker.
She is the author of the handwrit
Trivia:
Singer for the band Garbage
Is asthmatic.
Her father was a biology teacher, her mother a singer.
Has two sisters
She dropped out of high school at 16. Since then, she has been in bands such as Autumn 1904, Wild Indians, Goodbye Mr Mckenzie and Angelfish.
She was the lead singer of Angelfish by the time she was discovered by Butch Vig and Steve Marker.
She is the author of the handwriting in Garbage's debut album.
Her former husband is a sculptor.
Lead singer, lyricist, guitarist, and co-producer on Garbage's three albums - the 1995 debut release 'Garbage', 1998s follow up 'Version 2.0' and 2001s 'beautifulgarbage'. These albums have sold over 10 million copies to date.
She quit smoking after her husband's nephew died of cancer at age seven
Her favorite singer is Frank Sinatra
She has an orange Fender Strocaster wich she named "Rita"
She had piano lessons as a child.
Butch, Duke and Steve wore kilts to her wedding.
She was in the theater group when she was in high school
Was a model for Calvin Klein
Ranked #47 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
She had a cyst removed from her vocal chords during the Beautiful Garbage period.
Her divorce from sculptor husband Eddie Farrell became final in 2005. They had been separated since 2003.
In 2005, she revealed that she has the condition body dysmorphia, which may be the root of the depression which she has mentioned previously.
Her band Garbage, went on an extended hiatus in late 2005, although have worked together infrequently since.
Has reported that she used to cut herself as a teenager, even keeping a Swiss Army Knife in her boots, and has since used her celebrity status to bring awareness to the dangers of self-mutilation.
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 When Celebs Lost Their V-cards (43 person items)"Awkward, disappointing sex stories are dime a dozen in (and out of) Hollywood. “I was 15 and it was with an older man I was absolutely besotted with, so I was very willing," Shirley Manson has said. "Unfortunately, it was a nothing experience, in his friend’s super low-fi bachelor pad with dirty pants and half-eaten bowls of cereal around the bed. It lasted 40 seconds. And I remember the words ‘Is that it?’ spinning around my head, cause, if that’s what it’s all about, someone has be"
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The redheaded rocker from Garbage,one of my favorite nineties bands,is still kicking ass and taking names!She was sexy in every one of her videos and still is. "
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