Miss Cleo is one of the most mythical pop culture characters of recent history. Her story is pretty fascinating.
The legend of Miss Cleo begins in 1996 in Seattle, Washington...
Via: sweetfineday.com
A woman who called herself Ree Harris (she had also gone by Cleomili Harris, Youree Perris, Cleo Harris, and Rae Dell Harris) had just finished producing and acting in a play.
A 2002 investigation by the Seattle P-I found that Ree had created a character named Cleo. "Back then, she was known as Ree Perris and had produced and acted in a play at the Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center called For Women Only. In it, Perris played a Jamaican woman named Cleo."
But there was drama with the production.
Apparently Cleo had dealt poorly with the grant money she was given by the Langston Center. Actors were left unpaid, and the Langston Center wanted answers. They were going to press charges but decided the legal action would cost far more than that money.
So "Cleo" left town.
