Fayard Nicholas
Dancer, Film actor
1914 – 2006
Who was Fayard Nicholas?
Fayard Antonio Nicholas was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He, along with his brother Harold, made up the Nicholas Brothers tap-dance duo who starred in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show, Stormy Weather, The Pirate, The Five Heartbeats and Hard Four. Fayard along with his brother Harold also starred in the 20th Century-Fox musicals "Down Argentine Way", "Sun Valley Serenade", and "Orchestra Wives". Fayard Nicholas was a member of the Bahá'í Faith.
Fayard was inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 2001, along with his brother Harold Nicholas.
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- Born
- Oct 20, 1914
Mobile - Also known as
- Fayard Antonio Nicholas
- Nicholas Brothers
- The Nicholas Brothers
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Barbara January
(1967 - 1998) - Katherine Hopkins
(2000 - 2006/01/24) - Geraldine Pate
( - 1942)
- Barbara January
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 24, 2006
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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