Jean's 'other' career

From what I understand, after Jean left the Supremes, she became a hairdresser? Is that true? Did she actually own a salon or work for someone else? How long did she do this? I wonder what prompted this move. I don't believe I've ever heard this discussed here.

Jean's family owned Terrell's and Terrell's II, hair salons. Several of her siblings had taken up barbering and hairdressing. In the early 80s, before joining the FLOs, Jean attended a class at a local Community College where she learned hair and cosmetics. Apparently they became pretty good at it. The Terrell's were much like the Gordy family, a large clan that stuck together and made good business decisions. About 20 years ago, Jean's family sold the businesses and retired.

The shop was in Inglewood, CA. A few fans would stop in to get an lp autographed and Jean was usually gracious about that. But she made it clear that she wanted no involvement with show business after the Mary Wilson lawsuit in 1994. Jean wanted nothing to do with the Supremes legacy after that.

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Originally Posted by BayouMotownMan

Jean's family owned Terrell's and Terrell's II, hair salons. Several of her siblings had taken up barbering and hairdressing. In the early 80s, before joining the FLOs, Jean attended a class at a local Community College where she learned hair and cosmetics. Apparently they became pretty good at it. The Terrell's were much like the Gordy family, a large clan that stuck together and made good business decisions. About 20 years ago, Jean's family sold the businesses and retired.

The shop was in Inglewood, CA. A few fans would stop in to get an lp autographed and Jean was usually gracious about that. But she made it clear that she wanted no involvement with show business after the Mary Wilson lawsuit in 1994. Jean wanted nothing to do with the Supremes legacy after that.

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was that the Mary lawsuit against the FLOs?

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Originally Posted by BayouMotownMan

Jean's family owned Terrell's and Terrell's II, hair salons. Several of her siblings had taken up barbering and hairdressing. In the early 80s, before joining the FLOs, Jean attended a class at a local Community College where she learned hair and cosmetics. Apparently they became pretty good at it. The Terrell's were much like the Gordy family, a large clan that stuck together and made good business decisions. About 20 years ago, Jean's family sold the businesses and retired.

The shop was in Inglewood, CA. A few fans would stop in to get an lp autographed and Jean was usually gracious about that. But she made it clear that she wanted no involvement with show business after the Mary Wilson lawsuit in 1994. Jean wanted nothing to do with the Supremes legacy after that.

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Thank you so much for that information. I've often wondered about that.

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Originally Posted by sup_fan

was that the Mary lawsuit against the FLOs?

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Yes, and she started her own lawsuit against Motown for royalties but did not finish it

Why would Mary sue the FLO’s? The name??

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Originally Posted by jobeterob

Why would Mary sue the FLO’s? The name??

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Yes. Mary filed a lawsuit against the “Former Ladies of the Supremes” She claimed they were misleading the public into believing they were the authentic Supremes. The rights to the group’s name are owned by Motown Records, not by former members like Mary. The Court ruled that Motown had allowed the “Former Ladies of the Supremes” and “Sounds of the Supremes,” to keep their names, and there was nothing Mary could do about it.

Of course, at the time, Mary was doing the same thing. The Supremes name was always in her billing, usually more prominently than her own name. Mary was losing a lot of bookings to these groups, so she sued. She lost