Michael Steele

Career overview

Michael Steele, also known as Susan Nancy Thomas, Micki Steele, and The Bangle, is an American bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and singer born on June 2, 1955, in Pasadena, California. Under the name Micki Steele, she was a founding member of the Runaways before leaving the band in 1975, shortly before its major label debut. Following her departure from the Runaways, she performed with various other musical groups for short periods of time over the next several years. In 1983, Steele joined the Bangles by replacing original bassist Annette Zilinskas, entering the group in time to perform on their first full-length album, All Over the Place. She stayed with the Bangles through the high point of their career, contributing as a bassist, vocalist, and songwriter.

A different individual named Michael Steele, born on October 19, 1958, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, is an actor known for work including Graves in 2016, This Is Not Normal, and the 2024 production hashtag UNTRUTH: The Psychology of Trumpism. This actor has been married to Andrea Derritt since 1985, and the couple has two children.

A third individual, actor Michael Steele, was born on October 5, 1921, in Berwick, Pennsylvania, and died on August 1, 1993, in Los Angeles, California. His acting credits include Command Decision in 1948, The Whip Hand in 1951, and Highway Patrol in 1955. Additionally, a separate Michael Stephen Steele, born on October 19, 1958, is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007 and as chair of the Republican National Committee from 2009 until 2011, making him the first African-American to hold either position.