Robbie Montgomery

Robbie Montgomery: Biography in Details

Who is Robbie Montgomery?

Robbie Montgomery is a former singer and restaurateur. Robbie Montgomery is renowned for the award-winning TV series, Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s. 

She is the owner of the restaurant chain, Sweetie Pie’s.

Who are the parents of Robbie Montgomery?

Robbie Montgomery was born on the 16th of June 1940 in Columbus, Mississippi. Her birth name is Robbie Marie Montgomery.

She happens to be the eldest child of her parents, Ora Gray (mother) and James Montgomery (father). She has nine siblings; James, Walter, Robert, George, Everett, Linda, and Janice.

They are of mixed (British, Irish, Scottish) ethnicity with Indian roots as their great-grandmother, Miss Parthenia was of half-Indian heritage.

When she was six, she moved to St. Louis, Missouri along with her parents. In St. Louis, she spent her childhood in Pruitt-Igoe as Baptist.

Concerning her academics, Robbie Montgomery graduated from Pruitt High School. Before that, she joined Curtis Elementary School.

Robbie Montgomery- Professional Career

Singing Career

Robbie Montgomery started her career singing career with her friends; Frances Hodges and Sandra Harding and created a local singing group, Rhythmettes. Later, they started appearing in local talent shows. In the course of time, a local singer, Art Lassiter hired them as backup singers. They named themselves Artettes. 

Along with the group, she contributed back vocals to the debut single, A Fool in Love for duo Ike & Tina Turner. The single peaked in the 2nd position on US Billboard Hot R&B Sides. After that, she joined the musician, Earl Hooker for his tour.

Later, she returned to Ike & Tina Turner and restarted working as the back vocalist trio, The Ikettes, and The Mirettes. At the time, she contributed her vocals for albums like Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live, Soul The Hits, and Can’t Sit Down. In 1965, she left the trios.

After that, Robbie Montgomery provided back vocals to the various artists including Dr. John, Barbra Streisand, Debbie Reynolds, Joe Cocker, and Stevie Wonder. She stops singing after her lungs collapsed. Later, in 2018, she released her first album, Miss Robbie’s What They Call Me. 

Career as Restaurateur

After the lung collapse, she started working as a dialysis technician. Later, in 1996, she started her own restaurant chain with the name, Sweetie Pie’s. The center of attraction of her restaurants happened to her soul food of her mother’s recipe.

On the 15th of March 2011, she was featured in the reality TV series, Welcome to Sweetie Pies. The show was based on her soul food restaurants. Within no time, the restaurants’ ventures flourish with the show.

Last, in January 2020, she opened her latest eatery outlet located in Jackson, Mississippi.

Robbie Montgomery- Net Worth, Salary

As of 2022, she has an estimated net worth of $12 million. The major source of her income happens to be her restaurant’s business venture. Apart from that, she also makes through her appearance in TV series.

Besides that, her net worth is also attributed to her career as a singer too.

How tall is Robbie Montgomery?

Robbie Montgomery has black eyes with black hair. However, she prefers to experiment with her hair color. Mostly, she prefers blonde hair color.

She stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches and weighs around 55 kg.

Controversy & Rumours

Back, in 2016, she filed a case against her son, Tim Norton in federal court in St. Louis for stealing money from Sweetie Pie’s. Also, she sued for him trademark violation of her restaurant’s name.

The following year, Robbie Montgomery settled the legal dispute against her son.

Social Media

Robbie Montgomery has over 57.2k followers on Instagram, over 1.1k followers on Twitter, and over 5.1k followers on Facebook.

On Instagram, she is following the personalities like Erica Campbell, Tyler Perry, and Tina Knowles.

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