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Fayard Nicholas

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Choreographer, dancer, actor (1914-2006)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1914 to 2006 · aged 91
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Fayard Antonio Nicholas was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He and his younger brother Harold Nicholas made up the Nicholas Brothers tap dance duo, who starred in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948), and Hard Four (2007).

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Fayard Nicholas dances with Harold Nicholas and Bob Hope, 1965Fayard Nicholas dances with Harold Nicholas and Bob Hope, 1965

Awards 3

1991Kennedy Center Honors
1989Tony Award for Best Choreography
1978Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame

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Stymie BeardAlso in Stormy Weather (1943)Tex BenekeAlso in Sun Valley Serenade (1941)Benjamin GlazerAlso in The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)Alice WhiteAlso in Coronado (1935)Elena VerdugoAlso in Down Argentine Way (1940)

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Fayard Antonio Nicholas was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He and his younger brother Harold Nicholas made up the Nicholas Brothers tap dance duo, who starred in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948), and Hard Four (2007). The Nicholas brothers also starred in the 20th Century-Fox musicals Down Argentine Way (1940), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), and Orchestra Wives (1942).

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1914 to 2006 · aged 91
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13 languages

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