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For the Fayard and Harold Nicholas dance team the, see Nicholas Brothers.

Fayard Nicholas
Born	Fayard Antonio Nicholas October 20, 1914(1914-10-20) Mobile, Alabama
Died	January 24, 2006 (aged 91) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Choreographer, dancer, actor
Years active	1935-1991
Spouse(s)	Katherine Hopkins (2000-2006) Barbara January (1967-1998) Geraldine Pate (div. 1942)
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Fayard Antonio Nicholas (October 20, 1914 – January 24, 2006) 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 (1935), The Pirate (1948), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and Hard Four (2007). Fayard Nicholas was a member of the Bahá'í Faith.^[1]

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^ Selected profiles of African-American Bahá'ís

"Fayard Nicholas Biography". filmreference. 2008. http://www.filmreference.com/film/87/Fayard-Nicholas.html. Retrieved 2009-01-22.

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Dance portal

Nicholas Brothers official website
Fayard Nicholas at Find a Grave
Fayard Nicholas at the Internet Broadway Database
Fayard Nicholas at the Internet Movie Database
Fayard Nicholas's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
1998 Interview With Fayard Nicholas

Tony Award for Best Choreography

Michael Bennett / Bob Avian (1976) · Peter Gennaro (1977) · Bob Fosse (1978) · Michael Bennett / Bob Avian (1979) · Tommy Tune / Thommie Walsh (1980) · Gower Champion (1981) · Michael Bennett / Michael Peters (1982) · Tommy Tune / Thommie Walsh (1983) · Danny Daniels (1984) · Bob Fosse (1986) · Gillian Gregory (1987) · Michael Smuin (1988) · Cholly Atkins / Henry LeTang / Frankie Manning / Fayard Nicholas (1989) · Tommy Tune (1990) · Tommy Tune (1991) · Susan Stroman (1992) · Wayne Cilento (1993) · Kenneth MacMillan (1994) · Susan Stroman (1995) · Savion Glover (1996) · Ann Reinking (1997) · Garth Fagan (1998) · Matthew Bourne (1999) · Susan Stroman (2000)

Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)

1991 Kennedy Center Honorees

Roy Acuff · Betty Comden & Adolph Green · Fayard & Harold Nicholas · Gregory Peck · Robert Shaw

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NAME	Nicholas, Fayard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nicholas, Fayard Antonio
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Choreographer, dancer, actor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 20, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mobile, Alabama
DATE OF DEATH	January 24, 2006
PLACE OF DEATH	Los Angeles, California

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