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Harold Lloyd Nicholas (March 27, 1921 – July 3, 2000) was an American dancer specializing in tap. He was the younger half of the world-famous tap-dancing pair the Nicholas Brothers, known as two of the world's greatest dancers. His older brother was Fayard Nicholas. Harold was married to actress Dorothy Dandridge from 1942 to 1951.
Nicholas was born to drummer and orchestra leader Ulysses Domonick and pianist Viola Harden in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. By the age of three, his older brother Fayard enjoyed sitting in the audience of the black vaudeville theater where his parents performed, enraptured by the great performers on stage. Immersed in show business, when the Nicholases added a second son to the family, seven-year-old Fayard insisted that the child be named after his idol, Harold Lloyd, the silent-screen comedian. The two brothers soon began dancing, and they quickly gained acclaim for their elegant acrobatic moves and mastery of tap. When Fayard was 16 and Harold nine, they made their first appearance at the legendary Cotton Club in New York City and were a popular success immediately.
1981 MAX ROACH & tap dancer HAROLD NICHOLAS of the NICHOLAS BROTHERS
Harold Nicholas, 1944
Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather
Mr Beebe Harold Nicholas.wmv
Harold Nicholas on Italian Show - Tea for Two with Alice ed Ellen Kessler - Al Paradise 1984
Marie Bryant and Harold Nicholas - Mr. Beebe
Harold Nicholas - Madison.mpg
Harold Nicholas "What I say"
Fayard Nicholas : My Brother Harold
Harold Nicholas Danser le surf 1963 Par Mitchou.mpg
Actors: Clement von Franckenstein (actor), Loretta Devine (actress), Raphael Sbarge (actor), William Atherton (actor), Joanne Baron (actress), Halle Berry (actress), Brent Spiner (actor), D.B. Sweeney (actor), Larry Poindexter (actor), Dave Mallow (actor), Klaus Maria Brandauer (actor), Guy Torry (actor), Obba Babatundé (actor), Elmer Bernstein (composer), Halle Berry (producer),
Plot: This biography of Dorothy Dandridge follows her career through early days on the club circuit with her sister to her turn in movies, including becoming the first black actress to win a Best Actress Nomination in 1954 for "Carmen Jones", to her final demise to prescription drugs, which was debated whether it was suicide or accidental. Brent Spiner plays her faithful manager who stood beside her through all of the roller coaster of her career. The film also examines her love affair with director Otto Preminger, which is shown to have probably initially helped her career, but later probably led her to some wrong decisions. The film also examines 50's racism as the black star is not permitted to use white bathrooms or the Vegas pool. In the first situation, she was given a bathroom cup to pee in. In the second situation, the hotel drained the pool and scrubbed it after she dared put her foot in the water.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, abuse, academy-award, actor, actress, adultery, african-american, alcoholism