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Fayard Nicholas
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Choreographer, dancer, actor (1914–2006)
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Fayard Nicholas (1914–2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, singer, and stage actor. He was a member of the Nicholas Brothers, performing alongside his brother Harold Nicholas. His field of work was tap dance, a style in which he also served as a choreographer. Nicholas began his professional work period in 1935.
He received the Tony Award for Best Choreography and was recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors collection. Nicholas was of African American ethnicity and practiced the Baháʼí Faith. He was born in Mobile and died in Los Angeles from pneumonia due to natural causes. He is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Film & TV
Mobile, Alabama, USA
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, Stormy Weather, The Pirate, and Hard Four. The Nicholas brothers also starred in the 20th Century-Fox musicals Down Argentine Way, Sun Valley Serenade, and Orchestra Wives.…
Known for
- Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather — Self (archival footage)2022
- Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back — Self (archive footage)2019
- Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops — Self2016
- Hard Four — Ulysses2007
- The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest — Self (archive footage)2007
- Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty — Self2003
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self2003
- Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story — Self (uncredited)2002
- Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self2002
- It's Black Entertainment — Self2002
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mobile
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Sibling
- Harold Nicholas
- Occupation
- film actor
- Religion
- Baháʼí Faith
- Field of work
- tap dance
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Fayard Nicholas.jpeg
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- member of
- Nicholas Brothers
- place of burial
- Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1914-10-20
- date of death
- 2006-01-24
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- Commons category
- Fayard Nicholas
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- partner in business or sport
- Harold Nicholas
- dance style
- tap dance
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