Harold Lloyd Nicholas (17 March 1921 – 3 July 2000) was an American dancer specializing in tap, the younger half of the world famous tap dancing pair The Nicholas Brothers, known as two of the world's greatest dancers, together with his brother, Fayard Nicholas. He was married to actress Dorothy Dandridge from 1942 to 1951, the couple had one child, Harolyn Nicholas, who was born severely mentally handicapped.
Nicholas was born to drummer and orc...
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Harold Lloyd Nicholas (17 March 1921 – 3 July 2000) was an American dancer specializing in tap, the younger half of the world famous tap dancing pair The Nicholas Brothers, known as two of the world's greatest dancers, together with his brother, Fayard Nicholas. He was married to actress Dorothy Dandridge from 1942 to 1951, the couple had one child, Harolyn Nicholas, who was born severely mentally handicapped.
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. He fell in love with everything about show business, and when the Nicholas' added a second son to the family, seven-year-old Fayard insisted that the child be named after his idol, a silent screen comedian. Soon after Harold was born the two brothers began dancing. They...
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