Harold Nicholas
Harold Nicholas was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States on March 27th, 1921 and is the Dancer. At the age of 79, Harold Nicholas biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Harold Lloyd Nicholas (March 17, 1921 – July 3, 2000) was an American dancer specializing in tap.
Nicholas was the younger half of the Nicholas Brothers, who are known as two of the world's best dancers.
Fayard Nicholas, Nicholas' older brother, died.
Nicholas appeared in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vain Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1948). The Pirate (1948).
(1991) and The Five Heartbeats (1991).
Personal life
Nicholas was married three times and had two children. Dorothy Dandridge, an actor, singer, and dancer, was married for the first time on September 6, 1942. In 1938, they met at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Harolyn Suzanne, a daughter who was born on September 2, 1943 (died in 2003), suffered with severe brain injury that prevented her from speaking or even acknowledging her parents. Nicholas' marriage had devolved by 1948, and Nicholas left his family. Their marriage lasted nine years, with the exception of 1951. Nicholas had been introduced in Europe to Swiss actress Nyta Dover for a brief period of time. Melih and his second wife Elyanne Patronne were Nicholas' sons. He was married to Rigmor Newman Nicholas at the time of his death.
Life and career
In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Nicholas was born to drummer and orchestra leader Ulysses Domonick and pianist Viola Harden. Fayard, his older brother, enjoyed being captivated by the great performers on stage at the age of three. When the Nicholases welcomed their second son into the family, seven-year-old Fayard insisted that the child be named after his idol, Harold Lloyd, the silent-screen comedian. The two brothers began dancing shortly, and they soon gained acclaim for their graceful acrobatic moves and tap mastery. Fayard, 16 and Harold nine years old, made their first appearance at the legendary Cotton Club in New York City and became a hit straight away.
Harold and Fayard, a young dancer with their astonishing dance numbers in the studio's musicals films, became established overnight, and their fame soared. Eubie Blake's brothers first appeared in musical films. They appeared in vaindeville, on Broadway, in nightclubs, on television, and in film musicals. Harold appeared in more than 50 film series, including The Big Broadcast (1936), Down Argentine Way (1940), Tin Pan Alley (1940), and Sun Valley Serenade (1941), which includes the show-stopping "Chattano Choo" tap dance number performed by Harold, Fayard, and Dorothy Dandridge.
Fred Astaire told the brothers that the Jumpin' Jive dance in Stormy Weather (1943) had the most spectacular movie musical number he's ever seen. In the number, the brothers perform on a piano and leap over performers. After film mogul Samuel Goldwyn discovered them in a nightclub and cast them in Kid Millions (1934), the Nicholas Brothers' Hollywood career began (1934). Despite racial restrictions banning speaking parts and scenes with white co-stars at the time, the two became well-known film stars. Gene Kelly performed with them in 1948's The Pirate, their last film together, broke the colour barrier. Harold went on to work as a solo artist, then headed to France and touring as a singer and dancer. He appeared in the French film L'Empire De La Nuit (1964).
Nicholas and his brother perform shows in America occasionally. Harold appeared in the films Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Tap (1989), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and Funny Bones (1995). Nicholas appeared as "Daddy Bates" on the National Tour of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid in 1985-1986. In 1993, he appeared in If These Shoes Could Talk, Milwaukee's world premiere, which also starred Tony nominee Ted Levy, an original tap dance performance by Lee Summers and Kevin Ramsey. "Dr Rhythm," Nicholas' leading character and a veteran triple threat/hoofer, was written for him and it would be his farewell stage appearance in a musical. In 1998, Carnegie Hall's brother and himself were sold out for a tribute to him and his brother, who were both present. By that time, he had been living on New York's Upper West Side, where he and his third wife, Rigmor Alfredsson Newman, a producer, had lived for nearly 20 years.